Rental Equipment Register

Digging Trenchers 

Oct 1, 2004, By Erin Chapman, RER

Despite its name, the newest equipment sales Web site, TrencherCentral.com, doesn't just specialize in trenchers. Launched in late August, the site lists...

Euro Rental Goes High Speed 

Oct 1, 2004, By Murray Pollok

Although it is tempting to look at Europe as a single market, to do so in the context of equipment rental would be a mistake. The major United States...

Engine Spec Guide 

Sep 1, 2004

BRIGGS AND STRATTON Model Shaft Fuel type Bore (mm) Stroke (mm) Number of cylinders Displacement (L/cyl.) Output/cylinder (kW/cyl.) Rated speed Output...

West Side Story 

Sep 1, 2004, By Brandey Chewning Smith, RER

Since coming to work at RER more than three years ago I've become a big advocate of rental and often recommend rental items to friends when they tell...

The eBay Equipment Boom 

Sep 1, 2004, By Erin Chapman, RER

In recent years, eBay has exploded as the world's online marketplace. Online shoppers can browse thousands of categories and make bids on everything from...

Home Improvement 

Sep 1, 2004, By Michael Roth, RER Additional reporting by Brandey Chewning Smith and Erin Chapman, RER

When Home Depot took the plunge into tool and equipment rentals back in the mid-1990s, many rental industry participants scoffed. Some compared it to...

Feeling At Home (Depot) 

Sep 1, 2004, By Erin Chapman, RER

As an apartment dweller, I haven't had many opportunities to rent equipment. Management wouldn't be thrilled if I decided to renovate on my own and would...

A More Professional Rental Experience 

Sep 1, 2004, Michael Roth mroth@primediabusiness.com

I remember, and I'm sure many rental people also do, when Home Depot became serious about offering rental departments, close to a decade ago. I remember...

Human Hub 

Jul 1, 2004, By Brandey Chewning Smith, RER

A sales coordinator is the oil to an engine of a rental company the store just wouldn't run without such a critical component. The job description includes...

Powerful Profits 

Jul 1, 2004, By Erin Chapman, RER

Rental centers have a limited time to make the most of lawn and garden equipment during the short summer season. RER asked both manufacturers and rental...

Money Rules 

Jun 1, 2004, By Mike Arness

The last four years in the finance business have been the most challenging in my career. Not only did our stock markets make a major correction, but so...

Volvo's Values 

Jun 1, 2004, By Erin Chapman, RER

Editor's Note: RER's associate editor, Erin Chapman, recently visited three Volvo manufacturing facilities in Europe, touring the plants and viewing new...

A Big Boom Theory 

Jun 1, 2004, By William Hindman

Many of today's office buildings are built around open areas with atriums and skylights that allow natural sunlight to reach indoor landscaping. As beautiful...

Spider's Web 

Jun 1, 2004, By Erin Chapman, RER

Spider, a division of SafeWorks llc, has given its Web site a facelift. The original site, launched in 1997, had never been updated and was in need of...

Taking the Bull by the Horns 

May 1, 2004, Michael Roth mroth@primediabusiness.com

I had the opportunity to visit the Bauma trade show in late March for the first time and for those who have never been I highly recommend the experience....

10 Tips to Get a Big Bang for Your Advertising Buck 

Apr 15, 2004

RER offers effective advertising tips exclusively to its Web site readers. ...

20 Tips to Design a Showroom That Sells 

Apr 15, 2004

For additional ideas on how to maximize the layout and design of your showroom check out these Web exclusive tips....

Gentlemen, Start Your Engines 

Apr 1, 2004, By Brandey Chewning Smith, RER

Engine manufacturers have their sights set on constant improvement, and with EPA emissions standards in place through the end of the decade there is plenty...

The Laws of Layout 

Apr 1, 2004, By Brandey Chewning Smith, RER

What is the first thing a customer sees when walking through the front door of your rental business? If you answered, The counter, then you have some...

Outlook 2004 

Mar 1, 2004

POWER TO THE PEOPLE RER: What are the benefits of employee ownership? Fien: When employees are given company stock each year, when they see the value...

Outlook 2004 

Feb 1, 2004

Where will the growth come in rental in the coming years? Will rental rates really rise in 2004? Is there more consolidation to come? What do rental companies...

Back in Demand 

Feb 1, 2004, By Brandey Chewning Smith, RER

If the crystal ball gazers are correct, and 2004 does bring about a positive turnaround in the economy, then the gluttonous used equipment market may...

Well-seasoned Leader 

Feb 1, 2004, By Brandey Chewning Smith, RER

RER: Tell me a little bit about your business and your background in the rental industry. Morehead: I came to the rental industry after working for 10...

The New Breed of Investor 

Feb 1, 2004, Michael Roth mroth@primediabusiness.com

I call it the new breed of investor. I remember a call in 2000 from merger and acquisitions specialist Ed Latek telling me that I had to talk to these...

Re-entry To Rental 

Feb 1, 2004, By Frank Scarborough

The rental industry is beginning a reawakening as its entrepreneurs are coming back, their non-compete agreements finally reaching completion. They have...

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