National Equipment Dealers LLC Joins Manitou Dealer Network
Manitou North America welcomed National Equipment Dealers LLC to the Manitou dealer network. National Equipment Dealers will offer the full Manitou line of skid loaders, track loaders, articulated loaders and telescopic handlers at 11 locations in Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina and Texas.
“We are thrilled that National Equipment Dealers is joining the Manitou dealer network,” said Scott McGuigan, Manitou North America’s sales vice president, Eastern Region. “We are confident the full lineup of Manitou equipment will be a strong asset to the construction, landscape and rental needs in this market.”
The Manitou product line will be available at their stores in Apopka and Ft. Pierce, Fla.; Clayton, Grimesland and Lexington, N.C.; Columbia, Piedmont, Rock Hill and Summerville, S.C.; and Dallas, Texas.
Jesse Beasley, vice president east coast operations at NED, said: “It is our pleasure to announce National Equipment Dealers as the Manitou Dealer in all our East Coast operations. This gives NED the ability to service customers in North Carolina, South Carolina, and the Florida markets. Four Seasons continues to service the Houston/Dallas area as the Mustang / Gehl dealer (a Manitou Company).”
National Equipment Dealers was founded in 2018 with the merger of May Heavy Equipment (N.C./S.C.), Four Seasons Equipment (Texas), Earthmovers Construction Equipment (Fla.), and most recently Robs Hydraulics in the Carolinas. National Equipment Dealers is currently under the ownership of a team lead by Kerry Vickar (chairman) and Mitch Nevins (CEO). Manitou is a global leader manufacturer and distributor of skid loaders, track loaders, articulated loaders, and telescopic handlers used in construction and agricultural applications. Founded in 1958, the Manitou North America subsidiary is headquartered in West Bend, Wis.
To learn more, visit www.manitou. com or contact Manitou North America at 262-334-9461.
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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.