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In the Cloud
When Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, or Apple chairman and CEO Steve Jobs introduce their companies' latest technologies to the world, software developers...
Quiet, Clean and Rental
Interview participants Bill Thompson, president, Thompson Pumps Mike Grant, portable products and rental market manager, Tsurumi Pumps Ron Askin, vice...
The Boys Are Back in Town
The middle of the worst recession in the United States since the 1930s is probably not what most people would consider an ideal time to start an equipment...
Engines of Change
It's no small task. Reduce particulate matter by 90 percent, reduce nitrogen oxides by 45 to 50 percent, and don't sacrifice performance. Change the physical...
Billions Well Spent
Most engine makers and equipment manufacturers are making significant changes to their machines in preparation for Interim and Final Tier-4 regulations,...
Plug and Play
RER: Tell us about the latest technological advances and functionalities of your rental business software. Shaffer: Communication tools have become important....
Diversification is the Buzzword
Although the aerial industry has slumped recently, it is still one of the leading equipment segments in the rental industry and manufacturers are developing new technology and products on an ongoing basis...
Winds of Opportunity
Environmental clean-up applications and natural disasters don't happen on a schedule. But when they do, equipment is needed onsite immediately. The Deepwater...
The Hardest Year - RER 100
Everybody felt it, in every business in every state, city and hamlet in North America. It was the fiercest recession they'd ever seen and virtually everyone...
Are You Utilizing Your Service Inventory?
In this economy, rental businesses are leaving no stone unturned in the push for inventory utilization. When demand for traditional rentals declines,...
Decisions, Decisions
The right equipment and rental management software partner can improve the operational efficiency of your rental business and just simply make your life...
Diversification: Next U.S. Trend?
The interesting thing about diversification is that it can be both a game-changer and a gamble. And like consolidation, it can be an industry's response...
Earthmoving's New Front-Tier
Participants: John Bartz, emission solutions manager, Volvo Construction Equipment Tom Bucklar, marketing support manager, Caterpillar Robert Desel, vice...
Training Wheels
Buoyed by the newly published Statement of Best Practices of General Training and Familiarization for Aerial Work Platform Equipment, the subject of operator...
Inspect the Worksite for Hazards
A lot of useful articles have been written on aerial work platform safety to help end-users and jobsite supervisors increase their knowledge of proper...
Uptick in Some Industries
Woody Weld's Acme Lift Co. is a unique business, specializing in re-rental of very large aerial work platforms that most rental companies do not stock...
Money to Lend
Harry Schneider, president of Allied Financial Solutions, Florence, Ky., has been involved in financing rental fleets for decades, but he has never seen...
Edge of the Cliff
It's that time of year again when I lick my finger and stick it in the air to see which way the wind is blowing and how it might affect the equipment...
Think Like a National, Act Like a Local
In talking recently with independent rental store owners around the country, all seem to agree that the last 12 to 24 months have been the most challenging...
The Rental Show
Rayco Rayco's RC814 is a compact, 8-inch-capacity chipper equipped with Versa-Feed automatic feed control and a 44-hp Kubota diesel engine that meets...
Profile: Rentals in the Blood
Joel Theros looked around at his four branches with nice parking lots filled with shiny brand-new equipment, a top dealer for various brands, with bustling parts counters, shops filled with service work and an organization of more than 100 busy, productive people....
We Need That Extra Injection
Ed Sullivan, chief economist and vice president of the Portland Cement Association, has more than 30 years experience of industrial economic analysis with Chase Manhattan Bank, Standard & Poor’s, Wharton Economics, the Central Intelligence Agency and the office of Senator Edward Kennedy. We need aid to the states, increased infrastructure spending and support for small businesses in the midst of the worst downturn since the Great Depression. So why is he so optimistic? RER’s Michael Roth recently spoke with Sullivan to find out....
The Rental Show
Wacker Neuson Wacker Neuson's newest walk-behind saws are compact and lightweight units designed to offer cutting performance, maximum cutting speed,...
30 Takes on the New Year
It's the season for predictions. By now almost everyone in the world of business has read reams of predictions about the economy for the coming year....
Poles to Hold Up the Sky
Dennis Von Ruden, president of General Equipment, has more than three decades of experience manufacturing surface-preparation products for the rental...
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