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Renting Offers Contractors New Opportunities

Georgia Sealcoating finds several benefits with renting large equipment

Road Products, Inc., Fayetteville, GA, rents large hot applied crack sealing machines. Before renting, contractors are required to have a special insurance and declare if they are familiar with the equipment.

MO Transportation Program Cut in Half

MoDOT proposes five-year construction spending program worth $600 million per year, down from $1.2 billion per year

Highway-Bill Drafting Could Be Complete in May, Mica Says

Circulating a draft this month is competing for House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee attention with FAA reauthorization

Titan Machinery Announces Agreement to Acquire St. Joseph Equipment Inc.'s Construction Equipment Business

Titan Machinery Inc. announced it has entered into a definitive purchase agreement to acquire St. Joseph Equipment Inc.'s construction equipment business.

H&E Equipment Services Q1 Loss Narrows

H&E Equipment Services Inc. posted a narrower quarterly loss, helped in part by higher equipment rental revenue, and said it expects its losses to moderate for the rest of the year on improvement in industrial construction markets.

President's Highway-Bill Draft Testing Tolls, User Fees

Administration's draft of a surface transportation bill is testing political waters on contentious proposals such as funding roads with tolls and user fees

What Contractors Want (and Why)

Overwhelmingly, contractors plan to rent equipment this year, and attachments are on their list

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2011 - A Year of Transition for the Aerial Market

Manufacturers are seeing increased sales of aerial equipment due to the replacement of aging rental fleets, but real recovery isn’t expected until 2012 and beyond.

Tim Ford, president of Terex AWP, says 'the industry is back.'

How High Is Your Low Potential?

Low-level access boosts recovery of the aerial market while it opens new revenue streams for rental.

Kawasaki Disease and Carpet Cleaners

Rental businesses need to understand the facts about this rare pediatric disease and its connection to rented carpet cleaning equipment

Rental businesses should promote the use of commercial carpet cleaning equipment over consumer-grade cleaners, which scientists suggest might have a link to Kawasaki Disease in children.

Equipment Trailers

Towmaster Gives Away Trailer at 2011 ARA Rental Show

Draws name of Brook Hinman, A-1 Tractor of Kingman, Ariz., and sends her home with 12,000-lb. drop-deck trailer

Arin Laugtug, Towmaster regional sales manager, gives Brook Hinman of A-1 Tractor, Kingman, Ariz., a Model TE-12D 12,000-lb. drop-deck trailer at The Rental Show.

Titan Machinery Announces Public Offering of Common Stock

83-dealership CNH consolidator to offer 2,000,000 shares

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