The Rental Journal Podcast

We are exploring some new forms of content, and will be looking at getting industry leaders to answer any questions or topics you might have. Send any questions or topics to: Email --> mark.simonsen@therentaljournal.com LinkedIn --> https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-simonsen-0aabb32b/ The Hire & Rental Industry Association (HRIA ) promotes hire as the preferred choice for Australian busin...

Tim Nuttall is the Managing Director at Access Hire , the National Vice President of the Elevating Work Platform Association of Australia and an active mentor in the HRIA Women In Hire & Access Program. Tim has worked in the equipment rental industry for over 40 years working at companies such as Wreckair and JLG Industries, and was the recipient of the Dave Single Award at HIRE22. The Hire &a...

Dan Clifton is based in Melbourne Australia and is the General Manager at Site HQ, which is part of 1300TempFence. The Hire & Rental Industry Association (HRIA ) promotes hire as the preferred choice for Australian business and consumers through supporting members, hire businesses, developing people and growing the industry. Celebrating our 50th anniversary in 2018, the HRIA continues to be a...

Before your customers can trust your employees, your employees need to trust the leadership & management team. During this episode we dive into five Ways for a leader to win people's trust. The Hire & Rental Industry Association (HRIA ) promotes hire as the preferred choice for Australian business and consumers through supporting members, hire businesses, developing people and growing the...

Andrew Satterley is a strategist, author & mentor in the equipment rental industry and has over 25 years of senior leadership experience working at the likes of Crown Equipment, Linde Material Handling, JLG Industries, Adaptalift Hyster, Baseplan & Access Group Australia. Andrew Satterley recently published his first book " Redefine, Reimagine, Recreate " and was written to enable business...

During this podcast episode we dive into some of the core customer focused KPI's for your equipment rental business. - Quoting turnaround times - Equipment delivered on time - Equipment fit to spec & reliable - Breakdown response & item swaps The Hire & Rental Industry Association (HRIA ) promotes hire as the preferred choice for Australian business and consumers through supporting mem...

The Rental Journal Podcast attended Bauma 2022 in Munich and managed to catch up with Alexander Greschner. Alexander is the Chief Sales Officer at  Wacker Neuson SE. We talked about Bauma 2022, the history of Wacker Neuson, the latest technology and equipment and learn a little more about Alexander. The Hire & Rental Industry Association (HRIA ) promotes hire as the preferred choice for Austra...

During this podcast episode we dive into how you can start to measure the effectiveness of customer experience within the equipment rental industry. This podcast episode was sponsored by Blue Diamond & Net Zero Equipment Learn about how Blue Diamond & Net Zero Equipment is powering a cleaner future through their zero-emission power equipment for a net zero future at https://www.bluedm.com....

Michael Larsen of Larsen's Air Conditioning Hire was the recipient of the 2022 HRIA Young Professional of the Year award . Michael explains how he first joined the equipment rental industry through his family's businesses and his involvement in the HRIA Young Professionals Network & mentoring program . The Hire & Rental Industry Association (HRIA ) promotes hire as the preferred choice for...

During this podcast episode we dive into understanding the decision making process of a customer wanting to rent equipment. - Are you close to where we work? - Do you have the equipment I require? - Are they big enough that they won't go broke during the project? - Do they have safety procedures in place? - Do they do anything special that will add value to my business? This podcast episode was sp...

Justin Pitts is the Managing Director at Blue Diamond Machinery . Blue Diamond Machinery is committed to being at the forefront of the energy transition and assisting in Australia's commitment to Net Zero carbon emission by 2050. As such, they are heavily investing in alternative Power Solutions to the traditional diesel offerings. Blue Diamond Machinery aims to be at the forefront of these soluti...

Ash Brown is the CEO & Founder of Empiraa . Ash has worked at likes of Coates Hire, 1300 Temp Fence & TAXIBOX and would eventually go onto start his own tech business, Empiraa . Empiraa is the best way to design business strategy. It’s simple and easy to use, and it allows you to bring your strategy to life. You can finally take your strategy off of those static documents and into a dynami...

John Stewart is the Group CEO at Makinex Construction Equipment. Makinex makes inefficiencies extinct by inventing and manufacturing solution-driven products, that provide the global construction community new ways to increase productivity, profitability & efficiency. There are now 4,580 rental stores around the world with Makinex Products. The Hire & Rental Industry Association (HRIA ) pr...

Josh Mosko is the previous Managing Director of LogiMove America and today is the Vice President of Business Development at CES Power. LogiMove CheckMobile Global was recently acquired by Banneker, the same company who recently acquired Texada Software. Josh has worked in the equipment rental industry for the past 20 years and the last 10 years in various executive roles globally. Josh worked for...

On the 8th September 2022 is R U OK? Day and I wanted to talk about how a conversation could change a life. You don't need to be an expert to reach out to someone who may be struggling with life - just a good friend and a great listener. Learn more about R U OK? Day https://www.ruok.org.au/ Find Help https://www.ruok.org.au/findhelp PODCAST INFO: Podcast website: https://www.therentaljournal.com/p...

Adam Lawrence is the Co-Founder of Boom & Bucket. Boom and Bucket is a tech start up in the heavy equipment industry that is building the modern marketplace for all things heavy equipment. The Hire & Rental Industry Association (HRIA ) promotes hire as the preferred choice for Australian business and consumers through supporting members, hire businesses, developing people and growing the i...

Dan Cook has over 18 years experience in the U.S equipment rental industry, working at the likes of Sunbelt Rentals and most recently Baseline Energy Services. Baseline Energy Services are located in Fort Worth Texas and specializes in providing efficient, cost-effective natural gas, propane, and diesel power generation solutions to the oil and gas, mining, and construction sectors. LEARN ABOUT OU...

Alma Duran is a Branch Manager at the United Rentals Fluid Solutions location in Midland Texas. Joining the industry almost 5 years ago, Alma hit the ground running and was the recipient of the United Rentals President Award along with the Women's leadership Award. For those of you that aren't aware of United Rentals. United Rentals is the largest equipment rental business in the world, with over...

Alexander Schuessler is the President, International Group & Founder at SmartEquip . Alexander was a Co-Founder of Caterpillar Rental Services Network, and initiative put together by Caterpillar in the 90's to investigate the potential future of rental. This formed an introduction to the equipment rental industry, where Alexander noticed the challenge businesses were having when trying to proc...

Jamie Haitas is the General Manager at Mr Traffic Hire Australia in Melbourne, Australia. This is Jamie's second time on the podcast as we learn about two recent acquisitions he has made expanding into the general rental space through CitiWest Rentals. LEARN ABOUT OUR SPONSORS & PARTNERS https://www.smartequip.com/ If you’re an equipment owner, you know time is money and equipment uptime is cr...

Cody Stewart is a Product Analytics Manager at Sunbelt Rentals. Cody grew up in the equipment rental industry through his families independent rental business, DJ Rentals in Columbia Tennessee. Eventually Sunbelt Rentals came knocking and acquired their family business, and Cody would stay on as a Profit Centre Manager (Branch Manager). During this episode we learn what it is like to be acquired b...

Nathan Venables is the Head of Fleet & Procurement at Kennards Hire and the current NSW Hire & Rental Industry Association (HRIA ) President. Nathan has worked in the equipment rental industry for almost two decades, joining Kennards Hire in 2005 through the Oaks Hire acquisition. Starting his career as a Serviceperson Driver at the Unanderra Branch on the NSW South Coast, he worked his wa...

Scott Daly is the JLG General Manager of Australia & New Zealand. I managed to catch up with Scott at the HIRE22 convention in Adelaide, during the episode we learn how Scott first joined the industry and roles he has had over his career, some of JLG's new products such Service Plus , the new electric powered rough terrain scissor lifts and compact crawler boom while learning about JLG's manuf...

Today is an exciting episode as we have cracked episode #100! Our first ever episode was with Paul Weaver of Makinex Construction Products , so we decided to bring them on again for episode 100. Pete Maginnis is the General Manager at Makinex Construction Products USA and was pivotal in the expansion of Makinex Construction Products from Australia into the U.S market. LEARN ABOUT OUR SPONSORS &amp...

Todd is a Director at ProLift Trucks , a company that provides Material Handling solutions covering sales, servicing and rental in Sydney Australia. LEARN ABOUT OUR SPONSORS & PARTNERS https://www.thefleetoffice.com.au/ Get away from paper documents and spreadsheets and become more compliant by using our cloud-based fleet management software. Save money by streamlining your hire business and u...