Makinex Products to be Offered at Stephenson’s-Lowe's Rental Locations

Makinex Construction Products has teamed up with Stephenson’s-Lowe’s Rentals – rental departments run by Toronto-based Stephenson’s Rental Services inside Lowe’s Home Improvement stores in Canada – to offer Makinex’s jackhammer trolley and tile smasher head combo.

Michael Roth

Jan. 7, 2019

A storefront window graphic second from left at Lowe39s Home Improvement center where Stephenson39s runs a rental department shows Makinex39s jackhammer trolley and tile smasher head combo — A storefront window graphic -- second from left -- at Lowe's Home Improvement center, where Stephenson's runs a rental department, shows Makinex's jackhammer trolley and tile smasher head combo.

A predominant storefront window graphic has been installed which displays the products, letting customers know they are available for rent at those locations. The graphics are currently displayed at 23 locations in Alberta, Ontario and Quebec. The graphics will be added to a minimum of four additional locations by the end of 2019, the company said.

The Makinex jackhammer trolley in conjunction with the tile smasher head are widely used in the flooring industry for removal, demolition and surface preparation tasks. They were designed to take a large part of the weight, vibration and impact of a jackhammer off the operator. These products provide reduced labor time and operator fatigue, resulting in completing jobs up to six times faster, says Makinex staff.

Stephenson’s-Lowe’s locations offer a variety of products serving homeowners, contractors and builders.

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.