Shop Talk

Shop Talk: Thieves using your equipment to steal more equipment

In this episode, Elliott Vigil and John Jeanguenat talk to Kristen Bonewell from AMAROK about brazen thieves in the equipment rental industry.

Shop Talk: Doug's first rental theft - what it's like for an independent operator

John Jeanguenat and Elliott Vigil sit down with Doug Haas at the Equipment Rental Guard event to talk about Doug's experience with theft. He says it's more than a $100 million problem and that independent operators need to do more to prevent it.

Shop Talk: How do we find people to work in the equipment rental industry?

Melissa Hanna joins John Jeanguenat and Elliott Vigil to talk about one of the hardest challenges facing our industry - finding the right talent. 3:00 - How young is too young to start talking about rental with people? 6:00 - How important is mentoring and on the job training? 8:02 - Can personality tests help you in the hiring process? 14:19 - How do we grow our workforce 18:23 - Are we training enough in our industry? 19:35 - What is an experience map? 21:10 - How does culture fit in to retention? 23:29 - How do you maintain the culture through acquisitions? 25:52 - How do the big companies and independents work together to sell what rental has to offer?

Shop Talk: That's right, he's a naval aviator. Fourth generation rental, CA fires, and more.

Shop Talk takes on The ARA Show - powered by ANA. Robert Pedersen of A Tool Shed joins John Jeanguenat and Elliott Vigil to talk about everything from his dad becoming the ARA president, his time in the military, changing their inventory to meet the needs of commercial customers, and more. 5:53 - Adaptable leadership and how being a helicopter pilot changed his mindset 9:00 - Being a rental store in California during COVID 12:58 - Rob talks about the California wildfires 18:45 - Residential market and competition 20:31 - Moving from residential to commercial customers 25:00 - Work/life balance

Shop Talk: The contractor tells all.

Shop Talk takes on The ARA Show - powered by ANA. Jon Kaye of Miller Construction joins John Jeanguenat and Elliott Vigil to talk about what he looks for in a rental partner. He talks about his costs as a contractor, his decisions to rent vs. buy, and why it's important for a rental company to want to be his second call. 3:30 - Does the size of rental company matter? 13:00 - Jon talks about renting vs. buying 18:08 - The group talks about battery-powered equipment and its place on the jobsite 24:00 - Jon talks about brand preference of equipment 32:17 - John J. asks about theft on the job