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IPAF Harness Pledge Holds Industry Responsible for Proper Fall Protection

On September 5, International Powered Access Federation (IPAF) held a signing event during the BICES event in Beijing, China, which renews and reinforces a mass pledge signed at the IPAF Asia Conference & Showcase 2017 in Changsha, China.

October 3, 2019

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JLG SkySense Delivers Advanced Operator Experience

JLG Industries is now offering its SkySense technology for most boom and scissor lifts.

September 24, 2019

How This Equipment Rental Company Saved $7,500 Per Month

The construction equipment rental industry is perhaps the hardest hit rental and leasing industry when it comes to paying for damages.

January 17, 2018

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ABLE Equipment Rental Acquires Pennsylvania-Based Key Equipment

ABLE Equipment Rental, Inc. of NY, a supplier of construction equipment rentals, sales, service and parts, announces it has purchased the assets of Key Equipment Inc. of Honey Brook, PA.

January 10, 2018

Sunbelt Continues Buying Streak With Addition of Denver-Based Van's Equipment Co.

Sunbelt Rentals is in acquisition mode, adding a handful of companies over the past few months, including most recently Van's Equipment Co. in Denver but also MSP Equipment Rentals, based in New Castle, DE, as well as Los Angeles-based Noble Rents.

June 26, 2017

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Sunbelt Acquires New York City Aerial Rental Oufit Pride Equipment

Pride Equipment is a major provider of rental equipment in New York City and surrounding areas specializing largely in aerial work platforms to the construction, industrial and movie production industries.

April 5, 2017

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JLG’s New AccessReady Training Portal Connects Instructors with Lift Users

AccessReady aims to train operators to use JLG and competitive aerial work platforms and telehandlers, connect with trainers and programs and keep track of safety training status

February 28, 2017

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Snorkel Will Continue to Extend Electric Vertical-Mast Lifts at CONEXPO

Following official launch of the TM12E at The Rental Show 2017, Snorkel will unveil a 16-ft. electric drive version of the popular 12 ft. self-propelled telescopic mast lift

February 27, 2017

SkyGuard System Now Standard on All JLG Boom Lifts

'After working to continuously improve SkyGuard, JLG has now made it a standard feature and is included in the price of the machine'

February 21, 2017

When activated, the SkyGuard system stops all functions in use at the time, then temporarily reverses or undoes most functions that were in use when the system was activated.

BigRentz Aims to Empower the $52-Billion Equipment Rental Industry

Using BigRentz is a cinch for its customers; it's built as a seamless one-stop shop for renting scissor lifts, boom lifts, forklifts, excavators, and so much more: a single point of contact and self-service portal.

February 15, 2017

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JCB Launches into the Powered Access Business with Nine Scissor Lifts

Brand new product line for the British equipment maker expected to expand to 27 scissors, articulated booms and telescopic booms manufactured in China by the end of 2017

February 3, 2017

Noble Iron and American High Reach Form New Asset-Sharing Partnership

Under the terms of the agreement, a number of AHR-owned assets will be placed into Noble Iron's equipment rental pool in Los Angeles, and the two companies will share rental revenue earned on the equipment.

January 9, 2017

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Loxam Makes Preliminary Approach to Acquire Lavendon

Loxam SAS, a European industrial equipment rental firm, has made a preliminary cash approach to buy Lavendon Group Plc, a British aerial work platform rental firm.

November 30, 2016

North American Aerial Platform Owners Will See New Requirements for Load Sense and More

North American aerial platform owners should prepare for significant changes to the design of machines when new ANSI and CSA standards are introduced in 2017 and 2018, said Chad Hislop, Genie director of engineering, Terex AWP.

October 19, 2016

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What Will Revised Standards for Aerial Work Platforms Mean to You?

One of the biggest changes in the draft standard is the requirement for load-sensing alarms and cutouts to be built into new work platforms. The comment period for revised ANSI standards ends on May 16.

May 13, 2016

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Aging Lift Equipment Lowers Retail Prices for Rental Companies

To make up for lower prices on electric scissor lifts and rough terrain lift trucks, rental distributors may consider adjusting prices upwards on other equipment types that still command a higher premium.

March 23, 2016

EquipmentWatch Measures Strong Rental-Rate Increases in Fourth Quarter

Nearly all of the high-volume construction equipment rental inventory in North America saw average rates increase in the fourth quarter of 2015

March 15, 2016

Among the ten highest-volume machine categories studied: • Rates on hydraulic excavators jumped the most – 13.4% to an average weekly rate of $2,464 • Rates on electric self-propelled scissor lifts rose 10.1% to an average weekly rate of $449 • Single-drum vibratory rollers rose 6.0% to an average weekly rate of $1,503 • The only rate decrease was in skid steer loaders – slipping 0.7% to $855 per week

Rental Equipment Investment Group Buys Colorado-Based Hillside Rentals

Rental Equipment Investment Corp. (REIC), Miami, has acquired all of the assets and certain liabilities of Hillside Rental LLC, an equipment rental holding company led by Kevin Fitzgerald and other private investors based in Evans, CO.

January 18, 2016