Franklin Equipment Opens in Indianapolis

Franklin Equipment, an equipment rental and sales company based in Groveport, Ohio, has opened a branch in Indianapolis.
July 28, 2015

Franklin Equipment, an equipment rental and sales company based in Groveport, Ohio, has opened a branch in Indianapolis. Franklin Equipment rental equipment includes backhoes, skid steers, track loaders, compact excavators, scissor lifts, telehandlers, light equipment, wheel loaders and a wide range of attachments along with handheld equipment and safety gear. The full lines of Wacker Neuson construction equipment, Skyjack aerial equipment and Chicago Pneumatic are available for sale at the Indianapolis location.

“The Indianapolis area has been growing quickly and we believe our Franklin Equipment brand of high quality customer service along with our new rental fleet will benefit this market in many ways,” said Tony Repeta, general manager at Franklin Equipment. “Construction remains strong in the area, which is a good indicator for the demand in equipment purchases and rentals.”

Franklin Equipment also has branches in Columbus, Dublin and Newcomerstown, Ohio.

About the Author

Michael Roth

Editor

Michael Roth has covered the equipment rental industry full time for RER since 1989 and has served as the magazine’s editor in chief since 1994. He has nearly 30 years experience as a professional journalist. Roth has visited hundreds of rental centers and industry manufacturers, written hundreds of feature stories for RER and thousands of news stories for the magazine and its electronic newsletter RER Reports. Roth has interviewed leading executives for most of the industry’s largest rental companies and manufacturers as well as hundreds of smaller independent companies. He has visited with and reported on rental companies and manufacturers in Europe, Central America and Asia as well as Mexico, Canada and the United States. Roth was co-founder of RER Reports, the industry’s first weekly newsletter, which began as a fax newsletter in 1996, and later became an online newsletter. Roth has spoken at conventions sponsored by the American Rental Association, Associated Equipment Distributors, California Rental Association and other industry events and has spoken before industry groups in several countries. He lives and works in Los Angeles when he’s not traveling to cover industry events.

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