H&E Equipment Services opened a new branch in Phoenix, making it the company’s third branch in Arizona and its 96th nationwide. The branch opened Feb. 4. The branch will provide full-service coverage to customers on the north side of the valley and metro Phoenix area. The two other Arizona branches are in Phoenix and Tucson.
The 9,050-square-foot facility sits on 2.5 acres with a fully fenced yard area, offices, parts warehouse, and a repair shop with six bays. The facility is capable of servicing a variety of general industrial and construction equipment.
The branch specializes in aerial lifts, telescopic forklifts, earthmoving and general construction equipment and represents Atlas Copco, Bomag, E-One, Effer, Gapvax, Gehl, Generac Magnum, Genie, Grove, JCB, JLG, John Deere, KME, Laymor, Lincoln Electric, Manitowoc, MEC, Miller, Multiquip, National Crane, Skyjack, Skytrak, Sullair, Takeuchi, Taylor, Tymco, Unicarrier, Wacker and Yanmar.
“As commercial construction continues to expand in the North Phoenix area, we are proud to dedicate our resources and open our second Phoenix facility to meet customer needs,” said H&E Arizona general manager Rick Herdt. “This new location will significantly improve inventory levels and response time as well as provide greater convenience for our customers. We look forward to partnering with customers and providing our full-service model of equipment rentals, sales, parts and service for many years to come.”
In addition to equipment rentals, the facility provides new and used equipment sales, in-shop and mobile service, comprehensive parts availability, training and other value-added services.
H&E Equipment Services is based in Baton Rouge, La., and now has 96 branches.
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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.