Thompson Machinery Opens Jackson, Tenn., Cat Rental Store

Thompson Machinery has opened a new Cat Rental Store operation at its Jackson, Tenn., branch. In addition to Caterpillar equipment, the Jackson Cat Rental Store will offer additional equipment options for electrical, mechanical, plumbing, roofing and other subcontractor needs, the company said.

Michael Roth

Jan. 27, 2017

2 min read

“The addition of the Cat Rental Store in Jackson fills a gap between our Nashville and Memphis locations that expands our footprint in which to serve customers’ equipment rental needs,” said Mike Rattan, Thompson rental store general manager. “Our Jackson staff brings a wealth of expertise to the market and will provide a valuable resource to our customers in the area.”

“Jackson and the surrounding region are seeing a significant growth in the industrial and commercial markets,” said Jackson rental store manager Preston Mysinger. “Thompson’s new Cat Rental Store will provide not only earthmoving equipment, but scissor and boomlifts, air compressors, light towers, generators, and more. Having an increased local presence allows us to be even more connected to the community, and means we can offer more equipment options for all jobsite needs.”

Thompson Machinery also named Del Reid rental sales representative for the Jackson office.

Reid, Mysinger and other members of the Jackson rental staff combine to total more than 70 years of rental operations experience.

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.