MOVE UP TO A TAILOR-MADE MACHINE DEAL

RESULTS OF THE RENTAL AND LEASING SURVEY CONDUCTED BY CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT'S EDITORIAL STAFF ARE: (1) ALMOST 70 PERCENT OF ALL FIRMS THAT RESPONDED RENT AT LEAST PART OF THEIR JOBSPREADS. (2) SPECIALIZED RENTAL AND LEASING PACKAGES HAVE BECOME AVAILABLE FOR USING THE BEST MACHINES FOR A PARTICULAR PHASE OF A PROJECT. (3) THE TREND IS TO INCLUDE EVERYTHING IN THE COST, FROM SITE CLEARING TO RIBBON CUTTING. (4) RENTAL FIRMS RATE THEIR CUSTOMERS ACCORDING TO THEIR PERFORMANCE RECORD. (5) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE IS SOMETIMES AVAILABLE AS A PART OF THE ENTIRE PACKAGE PRICE. (6) LOCAL EQUIPMENT DEALERS ATTEMPT TO PROVIDE MORE EQUIPMENT. (7) MACHINE FACTORIES ARE NOW PROVIDING RENTAL OUTLETS FOR THEIR EQUIPMENT. SEVERAL EXAMPLES OF CONSTRUCTION FIRMS THAT RENTED AND/OR LEASED EQUIPMENT ARE CITED. FOR INSTANCE, D&D EQUIPMENT RENTAL, LONG BEACH CALIF., MAINTAINS THAT EQUIPMENT, COMPLETE WITH TRAINED OPERATORS, AND SERVICE REPAIR SYSTEM ARE AVAILABLE.

• Publication Date: 1973-6

Media Info

• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: p. 22-9
• Serial:
  • Construction Equipment
  • Volume: 47
  • Issue Number: 7

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Data collection; Equipment leasing and rental businesses; Equipment maintenance; Leasing; Operating costs; Ownership, leasing and rental; Surveys; Technical assistance; Trend (Statistics)
• Subject Areas: Highways; Maintenance and Preservation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00219108
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 11 1973 12:00AM