telehandlers

ALH
20/20
telehandlers
2008
the largest aerial work
platform and telehandler
rental fleets in North America
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TELEHANDLERS
Telehandler20
Last year ALH published the ALH 20/20, a list of the 20
largest aerial and telehandler fleets in North America.
This year, we are publishing the two lists separately
– this month it is the ALH Telehandler20, and our SeptOct issue will bring you the ALH Aerial20. So, what
changes in the telehandler list in 2008?
TOTAL FOR TOTAL FOR
2008
2007
%
CHANGE
Top 20 total number of units
31,554
30,893
2.1%
Top 10 total number of units
29,373
28,892
1.6%
Top 5 total number of units
21,379
21,120
0.8%
Telehandler20
COMPANY
COMPANY
FLEET
FLEET SIZE
SIZE
2008
2008
1 United Rentals
10,113
2 Ahern Rentals
3,503
3 RSC Equipment Rentals
3,000 (Est)
4 Sunbelt Rentals
2,500 (Est)
5 NES Rentals
2,263
6 H&E Equipment Services
2,119
7 Hertz Equipment Rental Co.
2,000 (Est)
8 Sunstate Equipment Co.
1,500
9 Neff Rental
1,225
10 Volvo Rents
1,150
11 Leavitt Machinery
604
12 Equipment Depot
423
13 Admar Supply Co. Inc.
275
14 Holt of California (Cat)
165
15 NMC (Cat)
159
16 Midwest Aerials
150
17 Venetor
115
18 Ideal Crane Rental Inc.
101
19 Battlefield Equipment (Cat)
99
20 AirWorx Construction Equipment & Supply 90
FLEET SIZE
2007
2007
10,215
3,130
3,000 (Est)
2,500 (Est)
2,275
2,075
2,000 (Est)
1,300
1,397
1,000
510
425
285
180
120
129
105
82
95
70
F
or this first installment, the Top 20
specialists in telehandlers are the focus.
This year, we see new entries make way and
some entrants from last year drop off from the
list. Some of the numbers are estimates, as was
the case last year, because several rental yards
still prefer to keep these particular numbers close
to their chests.
Overall, the Telehandler20 list grew
this year by 1.6%, with a total figure of 31,554
machines in fleets. This figure is helped by the
independents, as the top five grew at a slower
pace of 0.8%. This figure includes some estimates,
so it is more realistic to simply talk of zero growth
in the region’s largest telehandlers fleets.
Last year, the top rental carrier was the obvious,
United Rentals, which held a fleet of 10,215. It holds
the title again this year; however, the company
reports 1% less with 10,115.
At the other end of the table, Indianapolis-based
AirWorx reported 20 more handlers in 12 months
to its fleet, totaling 90, symbolic of its growth
% +/CHANGE
WEBSITE
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11%
0%
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-0.4%
2.1%
0%
15%
-0.6%
15%
18%
-0.5%
-0.49%
-1.6%
32%
16%
9.5%
23%
4.2%
28%
www.ur.com
www.ahernrentals.com
www.rscrental.com
www.sunbeltrentals.com
www.nesrentals.com
www.he-equipment.com
www.hertzequip.com
www.sunstateequip.com
www.neffrental.com
www.volvorents.com
www.leavittmachinery.com
www.eqdepot.com
www.admarsupply.com
www.holtca.com
www.nebraska-machinery.com
www.midwestaerials.com
www.venetor.com
www.idealcrane.com
www.battlefieldequipment.ca
www.airworxcorp.com
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TELEHANDLERS
The survey
Research for the Telehandler20 was carried
out during spring 2008. Where companies were
unwilling to provide data, we have made our own
estimates based on advice from annual reports
and industry contacts.
Ahern Rentals holds the second largest number
of handlers in its fleet with more than 3,500.
as the company expands into the Cincinnati and
Louisville markets (see News). Ahern Rentals
continues its climb as the second largest owner
of handlers – reflecting its historical strength in
high-reach equipment. Caterpillar dealer rental
operations stepped up this year with three of its
Cat Rental Store operators in the Top 20.
New entrant
New to this list is Ideal Crane, of Wisconsin, which
not only runs a large crane rental fleet, but has
also built quite a fleet in its aerial and handler
division.
From the perspective of growth overall, some
companies still individually reported a decline in
its handler fleets. United Rentals has 102 less than
it did 12 months ago. Florida’s Neff Rental sees a
decline in its total count, as well as Texas-based
Equipment Depot. Last year’s 19 ranked company,
Valley Equipment & Supply, has closed one of its
branches and dropped around 25 handlers with a
current fleet now of 45. These figures support a
softening in the market that seems more apt to
decrease than climb over the next 12 months.
Nationals in the top five, such as RSC Equipment
Rental and Sunbelt Rentals, declined to state its
fleet size. Again, estimates were necessary in
tallying this year’s results.
Next time around, aerials are the subject matter
and the numbers will be significantly higher. It
will be interesting to see the growth in aerials
compared to the zero-growth telehandler
ALH
fleets.
Ten fastest growers
COMPANY
HANDLER FLEET
GROWTH 2007-8
NMC (Cat Rental Store)
32%
AirWorx Construction Equipment & Supply
28%
Ideal Crane Rental Inc.
23%
Leavitt Machinery
18%
Midwest Aerials
16%
Sunstate Equipment Co.
15%
Volvo Rents
15%
Ahern Rentals
11%
Venetor
9.5%
Battlefield Equipment
4.2%
Preparing for its entrance into the Louisville and
Cincinnati markets, AirWorx added 20 handlers to
its fleet over the last year.
Overlooked?
If you would like to get a headstart on the
Aerial20 or next year’s Telehandler20
list, please send your company’s information to
[email protected]. Please include size of
current aerial fleet, last year’s number, as well
as web site listings.
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