Rental Equipment Register

Watts, Bourque to be Inducted in Rental Hall of Fame
Mike Watts, chairman of Sunstate Equipment, one of the rental industry’s largest independent rental companies, and the late Bill Bourque, a major executive of Taylor Rental Corp. and Grand Rental Station, will be inducted into the American Rental Association Hall of Fame at The Rental Show in O...

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H&E Rental Revenues Drop 42 Percent in Third Quarter
Revenues decreased 37 percent to $175.6 million for H&E Equipment Services in the third quarter, compared with $278.6 million in the same period in 2008. Equipment rental revenues plunged 42.3 percent to $45.1 million compared with $78.2 million in the third quarter of 2008.

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Aluminum box system
ICON offers the ICON-O-LITE aluminum box system to contractors as an alternative to heavy steel trench boxes

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Stephenson’s Rental Services Names New President and CEO
Stephenson’s Rental Services, one of Canada’s largest general construction rental companies, last week named Guy Manuel the company’s new president and CEO. Manuel has run significant businesses in Canada and the United States with particular expertise in building sales organizations, enhan...

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JLG to Exhibit at ARA in 2010
JLG Industries will exhibit at the 2010 Rental Show, president Craig Paylor told RER in a recent interview.

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Equipment Wanted: 2 Used Niftylift Model C64 Manlifts
Donald Charbonnet, EQUIPCO, New Orleans

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JLG to Discontinue Rear-Pivot Steer Telehandler Models
JLG Industries Inc., an Oshkosh Corp. company, this week announced it will discontinue the manufacturing of its four rear-pivot steer telehandler models. Beginning in 2010, the G6-42P, 534D9-45, 534D10-45 and 544D10-55 will no longer be part of the JLG-branded family of telehandlers.

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Veteran Sedillo Returns to Home Town as Action GM
Leonard Sedillo, a 28-year veteran of the rental industry, is the new general manager of Las Cruces, N.M.-based Action Equipment Rental, after a nine-year stint in the same position for Salt Lake City-based Diamond Rentals.

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Volvo Machines Harvest Movie Screen Made of Ice
A cinema screen made from ice harvested by Volvo Construction Equipment machines will be featured for the first time at the Stockholm International Film Festival next month.

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Hertz Completes $2.14 Billion Fleet Debt Refinancing
Hertz Global Holdings last week said its subsidiary Hertz Vehicle Financing completed a $2.14 billion issuance of Series 2009-1 variable funding rental car asset-backed notes due January 2012. The notes are rated Aa1 by Moody’s, have an advance rate of about 67 percent and a margin of 2.5 perce...

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Speedy Hire Names Supply Chain Director
Speedy Hire, the U.K.’s largest tool and equipment rental company has named Andy Connor supply chain director. Connor has 27 years experience in the rental industry, beginning as a trainee fitter at HSS in 1982. Before joining Speedy in 2005, Connor was technical and procurement director at Hir...

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General purpose engines
new series of general purpose engines for pressure washer applications are designed to provide smooth and reliable power to a variety of residential and commercial pressure washers

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Sunbelt Rentals Decreases 32 Percent in Fiscal First Quarter
Sunbelt Rentals dropped 32 percent in its fiscal first quarter ended July 30. Revenues were $287.7 million, compared with $422 million for the same period in 2008. Rental revenues for Sunbelt decreased 29 percent to $268.1 million.

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