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Dealers

H & E adds McKinney location in Texas

H&E Equipment Services Inc. (H&E) has opened a new branch in McKinney, Texas, serving the region northeast of the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area. The 16,650-square-foot facility sits on 4.45 acres with a fenced yard area, offices, parts warehouse and a repair shop with four service bays.  The facility will offer a variety of construction and […]

September 15, 2020

Dealers

Lowe’s adds pro tool rental departments to existing stores

Lowe’s Tool Rental departments are rolling out nationwide, with the big box store opening its first space this month in Charlotte, North Carolina. Lowe’s says each 4,000-square-foot department will feature: Commercial-grade equipment, including well-known brands like Husqvarna, Bosch and Metabo HPT. An assortment of drain cleaning, restoration, sanitation and concrete tools, in addition to items […]

August 28, 2020

Dealers

ASV adds new dealers in second quarter

ASV Holdings added three new dealers in the second quarter. In addition, a dealer added a new location offering the company’s products. CLM Equipment, Houston, Texas; TraxPlus, Hickory, Mississippi, and Nick’s Skid  & Steer, Plainview, Minnesota, now offer the full ASV lineup.  Quality Forklift Sales & Service, Shakopee, Minnesota, also added a location. CLM and […]

August 24, 2020

Dealers

AED Foundation to offer high school equipment aptitude test

In an effort to give 13- to 17-year-olds a way to test their desire to enter the equipment industry, the AED Foundation has created a Construction Career Aptitude Test. The test, says the Foundation, would “allow students the opportunity to see where they stand before committing to an industry program. Students can then make an […]

August 14, 2020

Dealers

United Rentals Q2 rental revenues drop 16.2%

United Rentals total rental Q2 revenues dropped 16.2 percent year-over-year to $1.642 billion, compared to $1,960 billion during the same period last year. In addition, fleet productivity — a measurement of the combined impact of changes in rental rates, time utilization and mix on owned equipment rental revenue — decreased 13.6 percent. The company noted, however, […]

August 4, 2020

Dealers

Takeuchi adds EquipmentShare as dealer in Columbia, Mo.

Takeuchi-US has named EquipmentShare, Columbia, Missouri, as a dealer. The company will sell the full range of Takeuchi track loaders, excavators and wheel loaders and also serve as an authorized Takeuchi equipment repair center in addition to stocking parts. Established in 2014, EquipmentShare provides multiple lines of equipment manufacturers for a wide variety of customers. “We’re […]

July 30, 2020

Construction Equipment

Volvo CE Q2 net sales down 14 %, North America takes 37 % coronavirus hit

Impacts of the global pandemic were fully realized in Volvo Construction Equipment‘s second quarter results. Adjusted net sales during quarter decreased 14 percent to SEK 22,876 million, compared with SEK 26,814 million in Q2 2019. In North America, the decline was even more pronounced, with a decline of 37 percent in net sales during the quarter […]

July 17, 2020

Dealers

Kirby-Smith Machinery names Al-Suwaidi to Pipeline Services division

Kirby-Smith Machinery has hired Allen Al-Suwaidi as a pipeline services account manager. Al-Suwaidi will be responsible for managing existing customer accounts of KSM’s Pipeline Services division, which operates independent of territory restrictions, as well as developing new customers nationally in the pipeline construction industry. Al-Suwaidi comes to KSM with 16 years of experience in the […]

July 16, 2020

Dealers

H&E Equipment Services opens new Los Angeles branch

H&E Equipment Services has opened a new branch in Sun Valley, California, serving the Los Angeles market. The 15,000-square-foot facility sits on four acres with a fenced yard area, offices, parts warehouse, and a repair shop with five service bays.  It joins the H&E facility in La Mirada in serving the greater Los Angeles area. […]

May 20, 2020

Dealers

The Equipment Source bought by Eberhart Capital

Private equity firm Eberhart Capital has acquired Naples, Florida-based tool and equipment rental firm The Equipment Source. Founded in 1999 by Billy Martinez, the southwest Florida store is the exclusive provider for Manitou and Mustang equipment in Collier and Lee Counties. The Equipment Source also is Collier County’s Kobelco compact excavator dealer. Management has transitioned from […]

May 18, 2020

Dealers

United Rentals: 2020 capex will be “down significantly” due to coronavirus

United Rentals, on track to post as-expected 1Q results, instead saw its rental revenues decrease 0.7 percent compared with the same quarter last year as the result of coronavirus impacts starting in mid-March. As with almost all other companies, UR has withdrawn its 2020 guidance. UR expects its 2020 capital expenditures will be down significantly […]

May 6, 2020

Dealers

Bejac now Tigercat dealer in California, Nevada

Bejac is now the Tigercat dealer for California and Nevada. The Los Angeles-based dealer will offer Tigercat’s forestry equipment, including feller bunchers, skidders, loggers and carbonizers. “Their specialized forestry machines are excellent quality and a perfect complement to our other equipment lines,” says Ron Barlet, Bejac president. With both tree length and cut to length […]

March 25, 2020