24.02.2023

Best Line moves into Maryland

Pennsylvania based rental company Best Line Equipment has acquired the assets and location of Chesapeake Supply & Equipment of Jessup, Maryland - between Baltimore and Washington DC.
The acquisition is Best Line’s first in Maryland and takes its network to 15 locations, joining 12 in Pennsylvania and one in New Jersey. All Chesapeake employees have transferred to Best Line.

Chesapeake is a general rental company and runs telehandlers but not aerial lifts, which is one of Best Line’s main product lines. It is a long time JLG dealer and also handles Genie and Skyjack.
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Best Line chief executive Adam Houseknecht said: “We intend to keep Chesapeake’s established brands while adding Doosan heavy equipment and JLG access equipment as our large dealership-oriented brands. Like most of our other locations, we intend to lead the market in construction & industrial equipment rentals while also serving the market by providing dealership-oriented equipment for sale, service and parts.”

Best Line Equipment was founded in Muncy, Pennsylvania in 1985 by Mike Houseknecht and soon began extending across Pennsylvania, acquiring the Bobcat and JLG dealerships.