H&E Rentals Opens Cedar Rapids Branch, its First in Iowa
Effective August 5, H&E Rentals announces the opening of its Cedar Rapids branch, the company’s first general rental location in the state of Iowa. H&E now operates in 32 states, and it has opened 23 new branches across the country and acquired nine others since the second quarter of 2023.
“H&E’s expansion into Iowa adds another state to our Midwest operations and extends our reach farther north from our Columbia, Peoria and St. Louis branches,” said branch manager Scott Pritchett. “Our territory covers the entire eastern half of Iowa, from the Illinois and Wisconsin borders west to I-35. The newly renovated facility is just off I-380, and our proximity to Highway 100 and other major roadways means we’re on our way to your job site quicker. We may be new to the Hawkeye State, but we’re certainly not new to the equipment rental business. H&E maintains one of the youngest fleets in the industry, and we look forward to establishing new relationships and showing customers how we can partner with them in their business.”
The Cedar Rapids branch specializes in the rental of aerial lifts, earthmoving equipment, telescopic forklifts, compaction equipment, generators, light towers, compressors, and more and represents the following manufacturers: Allmand, Atlas Copco, Bomag, Case, Club Car, Cushman, Doosan, Gehl, Generac Mobile, Genie, Hamm, Hilti, Husqvarna, JCB, JLG, John Deere, Kobelco, Kubota, LayMor, Ledwell, Lincoln Electric, Link-Belt Excavators, MEC, Miller, Multiquip, Polaris, Sany, Skyjack, SkyTrak, Sullair, Sullivan-Palatek, Tag, Towmaster, Unicarriers, Wacker Neuson, Yanmar, and others.
Founded in 1961, H&E is one of the largest equipment rental companies in the nation, providing the higher standard in equipment rentals. Branches are located throughout the Pacific Northwest, West Coast, Intermountain, Southwest, Gulf Coast, Southeast, Midwest, and Mid-Atlantic regions.
For more information, visit HErentals.com. H&E, based in Baton Rouge, La., is No. 6 on the RER 100.
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Michael Roth
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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.