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New Excavator Plant for Victoria, Texas

Caterpillar will be breaking ground for their new state-of-the-art hydraulic excavator manufacturing facility in Victoria, Texas, next month. The 600,000-sq.-ft. manufacturing plant is expected to be operational by the middle of 2012. Caterpillar manufactures a wide range of Heavy Equipment for use in construction, by contractors and rental companies.
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Dig This Heavy Equipment Experience in Colorado

Dig This, Heavy Equipment Theme Park, in Steamboat Springs, Colorado offers you the thrill and challenge of operating Heavy Equipment. Operate big machinery, such as excavators, bulldozers, and loaders, while you move sand, gravel, and rock, build roads, dig trenches, and feel what it's like to work in construction. This ultimate extreme adventure is waiting for you!
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Theft Awareness for Rental Stores

Statistically thefts of rental equipment increase during the Memorial Day long weekend, and the Fourth of July weekend. Here are some tips to raise awareness, and help rental stores with theft prevention.
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Renting Lets You Try Before You Buy

Have you ever considered renting a big ticket item before purchasing it? The next time you’re considering a larger scale purchase, try renting that item first and take it home for a “test drive” before you decide to buy it.
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Three Arrests Made for Stolen Rental Equipment

Three men have been arrested for allegedly stealing over $600,000 worth of Rental Equipment in and around Florida and Alabama. The organized theft ring was targeting rental companies, and stealing very high end rental items.
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Funding Available for Purchasing Hybrid Trucks and Buses

The California Air Resources Board, or CARB, has started a funding program worth $20 million, to help fast track the purchase of Heavy Duty Hybrid Vehicles. The funding program is the first one of it’s kind in the United States, and will help reduce the up-front cost of hybrid vehicles for businesses and industry.
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United Rentals Awarded Contracts

United Rentals, the largest equipment rental company in the world, has been granted state purchasing contracts in Texas and Massachusetts, through it’s Government Solutions business department. United Rentals, and all the various equipment that they rent can be found on Rentcharlie.com.
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Volvo Construction Equipment’s Retrofit Diesel System is Approved in California

Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo Rents), a rental equipment leader in the USA, partnered with HUSS, LLC, in 2008 with the goal of providing retrofit systems for Volvo construction equipment that will significantly reduce exhaust emissions.
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H&E Equipment Services Serving California’s Construction Industry

Established in 1961, H&E Equipment Services is ranked in the top 10 of RER’s top 100 equipment rental companies. H&E is a leading supplier of rental equipment for construction, earthmoving, compaction, paving and material handling customers.
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