Rental Equipment Register

Odds Are On Rental 

Jan 1, 2008, By Katie Eagan Ernzen, rer

The Rental Show returns to the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas next month for the 52nd annual trade show and convention. The show seminars...

SEVEN TIPS WORTH SHARPENING 

Jan 1, 2008, By Brandey Smith and Katie Eagan Ernzen, rer

All good advice bears repeating, or at least updating. RER editors recently culled through past articles to uncover tips about everything from electrical...

Housing Down, Rental Up 

Dec 1, 2007, By Brandey Smith, rer

The downturn in residential construction has hit the outdoor power equipment market hard, according to the Outdoor Power Equipment Institute, which forecasts...

50 Years Old, 50 New Products 

Dec 1, 2007, By Michael Roth, rer

Unless you consider reaching the 50-year milestone in the United States, going public, and merging with Neuson Kramer Baumaschinen newsworthy, the past...

Quick Change 

Dec 1, 2007, By Katie Eagan Ernzen, rer

The RER Innovative Product Award was established in 2003 to honor excellence in new product development in the equipment rental industry. This year the...

Time to Analyze Those Delivery Costs 

Dec 1, 2007, Michael Roth, mroth@rermag.com

Although the housing slowdown is a greater cost to the United States economy than the rise in oil prices, the cost of fuel is no small matter for rental...

Rock Solid 

Dec 1, 2007, By Katie Eagan Ernzen, rer

Tom Carroll, president of CS Unitec, Norwalk, Conn. Kevin Day, director of concrete and masonry product division for Carson, Calif.-based Multiquip Mike...

The Working Road 

Nov 1, 2007, By Michael Roth, rer

If Marty Underwood wants to analyze how the economy is, he only has to look at his credit card machine. When times are good, people are spending cash...

Power Gen's Backup Plan 

Nov 1, 2007, By Brandey Smith, rer

Despite the downturn in residential construction, the health of the power generation market is robust. Growth in other areas such as special event, municipal...

The Ripple Effect 

Nov 1, 2007, Michael Roth, mroth@rermag.com

Although the current construction market varies by region or perhaps more accurately, by city and by neighborhood for the most part a recent visit to...

Equipment Auction Website Ensures Iron-Clad Transactions 

Nov 1, 2007, By Katie Eagan Ernzen, rer

Looking for a simpler and less expensive way to buy or sell used equipment without traveling countless miles to visit live auctions across the country?...

Compacts CELEBRATE Middle Age 

Nov 1, 2007, By Katie Eagan Ernzen, rer, with additional reporting by Michael Roth and Brandy Smith, rer

David Daniels, New Holland Construction brand marketing manager Mike Fitzgerald, Bobcat product representative for the loader group Gregg Zupancic, John...

Rentals in the Digital Age 

Oct 29, 2007

The Age of Consolidation 

Oct 29, 2007

The Go-Go ’80s 

Oct 29, 2007

The Golden Age of Rental 

Oct 29, 2007

The Birth of Rental 

Oct 29, 2007, By Michael Roth, Brandey Smith and Katie Eagan Ernzen, rer

Although fragments already existed, the rental industry was born in that era of boundless optimism that was post-World War II America. People were moving around the country, looking for new opportunities and it was in that era of movement that the fast growth of trailer rentals took hold. ...

Stay up to speed with new rental industry technologies and innovations. 

Oct 1, 2007, By Katie Eagan Ernzen, rer

Be Prepared Although this hurricane season has been a relatively tame one compared with recent years, rental companies such as Miami-based Neff Rental...

RER Reaches the Big 5-0 

Oct 1, 2007, Michael Roth, mroth@rermag.com

Fifty years is a long time for any business to remain relevant. If you don't think 50 years is a long time, consider that 50 years ago Dwight Eisenhower...

Renting Aerial Work Platforms Safely 

Oct 1, 2007, By William Hindman

Scissorlifts, boomlifts and vertical masts for some rental companies this aerial equipment comprises part of their business; for others, it is their business....

The HEIGHT of Sophistication 

Oct 1, 2007, By Brandey Smith, rer

Genie's boomlift product manager Phil Harvey and telehandler product manager Luke Webber discuss the growth of the telehandler market and the latest trends...

ON SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS AND MVPS 

Sep 1, 2007, Michael Roth mroth@rermag.com

The economic news has been far from uplifting the past month or so. Credit is tightening, housing continues slowing and consumer confidence is on the...

The Technology Equation 

Sep 1, 2007, By Brandey Smith, RER

You've probably seen those commercials for office supply company Staples that show someone doing what should be a fairly simple everyday task in what...

Put Those Management Skills To Use 

Aug 1, 2007, Michael Roth mroth@rermag.com

It doesn't take a rocket scientist to see that the current business environment is not quite what it was the past few years. In preparation for this issue,...

Up Front: One Size Does Not Fit All 

Aug 1, 2007, By Michael Roth, RER

RER: You came to Terex after 22 years with United Technologies. Seems like you're coming from a very different industry. Isaman: Not really. I spent most...

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