17.02.2005

The Rental Show closes today

The American Rental Associations annual conference and Rental Show will close in Las Vegas today on a positive note, the number of exhibitors, and visitors, was higher than expected and traffic in the show for the first two days was strong.
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The ARA/Rental show 2005 in Las Vegas closes today

We will shortly produce a fully detailed review of the show with photos, in the meantime a short summary.

Trends to note at the show included:

The dramatic increase in the number of aerial lift manufacturers offering refurbishment and even rebuild programmes for their old machines or in some cases for competitors units too.

The increasing number of products at the smaller end of the aerial lift market nibbling further in to the top end of the scaffold and ladder markets.

The increase in rental and maintenance software linked into a machine via GMS phone technology and GPS satellite tracking.

New Products included the Genie Z-135/70, JLG's first trailer lift the T-350 and the Billjax 3632T a handy looking all telescopic trailer lift.
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The Genie Z-135/70 was the biggest exhibit

On the telehandler front, the surprise exhibit were Dieci telehandlers badged and liveried as Xtreme units. Xtreme, owned by Don Ahern Americas largest regional aerial lift company is known for its extra heavy duty units with big capacities and reach.