Postcards from Las Vegas & New Orleans
Dosko Announces Winner of Mini Stump Grinder Giveaway
Dosko, a Rogers, Minn.-based tree care equipment manufacturer, this week announced the winner of its Rental Show drawing to give away a 200-6H mini stump grinder valued at $2,499. Lewis Rents of San Lorenzo, Calif., entered the drawing at the show Feb. 5-8 in New Orleans and took home the prize....
RMI Announces Rental Show iPad 2 Winner and Second Chance
RMI Corp. last week announced that Joanne Bell from Delcor Equipment Sales & Rentals is the winner of RMI’s iPad 2 raffle that took place at The Rental Show early this month in New Orleans....
Toro Presents Three New Turf-Renovation Models at The Rental Show
Toro presented three new models from its growing line of turf renovation equipment at the Rental Show in New Orleans last week. The new units were an 18-inch mechanical aerator, an 18-inch slit seeder and an 18-inch power rake....
Doosan Introduces DXB260H Hydraulic Breaker at WOC
Doosan Infracore Construction Equipment recently debuted its newest hydraulic breaker, the DXB260H, at World of Concrete in Las Vegas. Features of the new model include two-speed control of breaker frequency for improved efficiency in demanding demolition and rock-breaking applications. ...
Genie Presents Prototype of Redesigned Telehandler at The Rental Show
Genie showed its new prototype 8,000-pound capacity telehandler at The Rental Show last week. Replacing its existing GTH-844 model, the unit, which will begin production in November, has been recreated in its entirety and has a number of significant improvements compared to the previous model....
Solutions Turns 30; Adds Card Payment Gateway Program
Solutions by Computer held a special 30th anniversary reception and customer appreciation party in New Orleans last week, in conjunction with The Rental Show. The company was founded in 1982 by CEO Jack Shea....
Ditch Witch Introduces New Walk-Behind Trencher Line
The Charles Machine Works, manufacturer of Ditch Witch underground construction equipment, introduced a new line of compact and powerful walk-behind trenchers last week at The Rental Show in New Orleans. Each model was designed and manufactured to provide an exceptional return on investment for small business owners, particularly equipment rental companies....
LoJack Launches New Stolen Vehicle Recovery System
LoJack Corp. introduced its next generation Stolen Vehicle Recovery System for construction equipment and commercial vehicles at The Rental Show in New Orleans this week. The self-powered, radio frequency-based system is based on a proprietary power management protocol, which enables a battery life that can be warranted up to seven years, surpassing the 30-day battery life of some GPS solutions....
Bomag Introduces BW90AD-5 Light Tandem Roller at The Rental Show
Bomag showcased its new BW90AD-5 tandem vibratory roller at The Rental Show in New Orleans last week. Designed for more efficient operation, the new roller features intuitive controls and all-around visibility. Highly maneuverable and fuel-efficient, the roller is suited for small and medium asphalt compaction projects....
Hilti Introduces Rental Ready DD150U Diamond Coring Machine
The newly introduced DD 150-U Diamond Coring System from Hilti is designed to allow the operator to drill by hand or with a core stand in wet or dry conditions. The new DD 150-U, introduced at The Rental Show last week in New Orleans, has a 6-inch capacity for drilling the most popular sizes of holes for anchoring, blind holes and through holes. This system can handle a variety of base materials from reinforced concrete to brick, concrete block and natural stone....
JLG Introduces Electric Scissorlifts at The Rental Show
JLG Industries this week introduced the RS Series of electric scissorlifts — the 1932RS and the 3248RS at The Rental Show in New Orleans....
Kohler Engines Upgrades Rental Partner Program
Kohler Engines, a manufacturer of gas and diesel engines for lawn and garden, commercial, construction and agriculture markets, announced this week at The Rental Show it has upgraded the Rental Partner Program to include more savings and opportunities for current and new rental merchants....
Snorkel Showcases New Boom at The Rental Show 2012
Snorkel, a leading manufacturer of aerial work platforms, will showcase its latest articulated boomlift at The Rental Show 2012 this week in New Orleans....
Point-of-Rental to Give Away iPad2 at The Rental Show
Point-of-Rental Systems will host a drawing for a free Apple iPad2 At The Rental Show in New Orleans next week. The company will be demonstrating how its rental software may be used with the iPad2 and other wireless devices so that rental store owners and managers may access their store’s system from virtually anywhere. In addition, customers can view firsthand the newest Integrated Mobile Website feature as well as last year’s Wireless Alerts....
Ritchie Bros. and CIM Set New Record at World of Concrete Charity Auction
Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers, the world's largest auctioneer of heavy equipment and trucks, conducted two unreserved auctions in Las Vegas last week. The first auction, a charity event at World of Concrete on Wednesday, Jan. 25, generated $558,000 for Concrete Industry Management's post secondary education program — a new record for the annual auction. At the second auction, which took place at Ritchie Bros.' Las Vegas site on Friday, Jan. 27, the company sold more than $24 million worth of equipment for more than 200 consignors. All items in the two public auctions were sold to the highest bidders with no minimum bids or reserve prices. Bids were made in person at the auction site, online in real time at www.rbauction.com, or by proxy....
RMI Celebrates 10th Year Exhibiting at The Rental Show
RMI Corp. will celebrate its 10th year of exhibiting at The Rental Show next week in New Orleans....
Canadian Concrete Contractor Wins Wacker Neuson’s Trowel Challenge Competition at World of Concrete
More than 150 trowel operators participated in this year’s Wacker Neuson trowel challenge competition at the World of Concrete. The winning operator was Darin Wiebe of Extreme Concrete, Linden, Alberta, Canada. His combined winning time was 67.429 seconds....
Case Names Triple Threat Rodeo Champion at WOC
Case Construction Equipment last week crowned Octavio Miranda, of Ancaster, Ontario, Canada, the champion of its Triple Threat Rodeo series, following a day-long competition among 59 pre-qualified equipment operators from the United States and Canada at the 2012 World of Concrete show in Las Vegas. The event, which was also a fundraiser for Habitat for Humanity, included prizes with a total value of nearly $140,000....
Case Construction Launches Attachments, Wheel Loader and Excavator at World of Concrete
Case Construction launched several new products at the World of Concrete in Las Vegas this week....
Subaru Announces New Five-Year Warranty at World of Concrete
Subaru last week announced at the World of Concrete in Las Vegas that it is the first and only manufacturer to offer a five-year warranty on its industrial engines and power products. Previously, the company was the first in the industry to offer a three-year warranty. Subaru featured its complete line of industrial engines covered under the new five-year warranty at the show and will be an exhibitor at the upcoming Rental Show Feb. 6-8 in New Orleans....
