The Rental Journal Podcast

By Mark Simonsen

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Episodes: 146

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The Rental Journal’s podcast weekly interviews with equipment rental industry experts offers unparalleled insights into business successes and challenges, career progression, new technologies and industry-provoking topics from around the world. The Rental Journal Podcast aims to increase awareness of the hire and rental industry while also providing a platform for listeners to learn about the experiences from others in the industry.

Episode Date
#145 - Scott Irwin: President of Delux Rentals & ARA 60th President
Apr 16, 2024
#144 - John Jeanguenat: President of RentalMax - 10 locations across Chicago, North West Indiana & South Wisconsin
Mar 26, 2024
#143 - Tom Wood: HRIA Young Professional of the Year 2023
Mar 05, 2024
#142 - Max Line: Transitioning from hiring equipment to the Director of LGC Equipment Hire
Feb 14, 2024
#141 - Matthew Hoy: Kelm Hire, one of Australia's fastest growing equipment hire businesses
Feb 06, 2024
#140 - Emmanuel Georgoudis: The NSW President of the Hire & Rental Industry Association
Jan 24, 2024
#139 - Kevin Ennis: 35 years of sales experience in the equipment rental industry
Dec 18, 2023
#138 - Jeremy Shaw: HRIA National President & Master Hire 33 years in business
Nov 20, 2023
#137 - Michael Larsen: International Rental Business Leadership Exchange Program
Oct 25, 2023
#136 - Nathan Borg: Head of Digital and Customer Experience at Kennards Hire
Oct 04, 2023
#135 - Phil Mause: Equipment rental benchmark & utilization data with Rouse Services
Aug 16, 2023
#134 - Kenneth Kimura: Have you ever wondered what rental software United Rentals utilize?
Jun 13, 2023
#133 - Justin Walters: Benefits of GPS asset tracking for equipment rental providers
May 17, 2023
#132 - Jason Morey: The 40th anniversary of Bandit Industries
Apr 27, 2023
#131 - Matt Harris: Texada Software CEO
Apr 12, 2023
#130 - Tom Trbojevic: Planning a career after a professional sporting career
Apr 07, 2023
#129 - Nathan Hogan: Navigating your asset finance in 2023 with iFin Capital
Apr 05, 2023
#128 - Dan Cook: JCB unveiling their hydrogen powered combustion engine
Mar 29, 2023
#127 - Kylie Quinn & Damien Smith: Navigating insurance in the equipment rental industry
Mar 08, 2023
#126 - Gil Milton: The journey with Vortex Hire, Pumps United, Vortex Group of Companies & NPE
Mar 01, 2023
#125 - Nathan Mitschuinig: Select Plant Australia & Laing O’Rourke Group
Feb 01, 2023
#124 - Gill Dvir: The evolution of Alfasi Group
Jan 25, 2023
#123 - Send in your questions & topics for industry leaders to answer
Jan 18, 2023
#122 - Tim Nuttall: Learnings from a lifetime in the equipment rental industry
Jan 09, 2023
#121 - Dan Clifton: Finding a healthy work-life balance
Dec 14, 2022
#120 - Five Ways for a leader to win people's trust
Dec 01, 2022
#119 - Chatting with Andrew Satterley: Strategist, author & mentor in the equipment rental industry
Nov 23, 2022
#118 - Customer Focused KPI's for your equipment rental business
Nov 09, 2022
#117 - Chatting with Alexander Greschner: Bauma 2022 in Munich
Nov 01, 2022
#116 - How to measure customer experience in the equipment rental industry
Oct 25, 2022
#115 - Chatting With Michael Larsen: HRIA Young Professional of the Year
Oct 18, 2022
#114 - Understanding your customers decision making process
Oct 12, 2022
#113 - Chatting With Justin Pitts: Hydrogen Powered Generators
Oct 04, 2022
#112 - Chatting With Ash Brown: Leaving the equipment rental industry to start Empiraa
Sep 27, 2022
#111 - Chatting With John Stewart: Makinex Group CEO
Sep 20, 2022
#110 - Chatting With Josh Mosko: Digitizing your equipment rental business
Sep 12, 2022
#109 - R U OK? Day - A conversation could change a life
Sep 06, 2022
#108 - Chatting With Adam Lawrence: Take the guess work out of buying used equipment
Aug 30, 2022
#107 - Chatting With Dan Cook: Baseline Energy Services - Specializing in natural gas generators
Aug 23, 2022
#106 - Chatting With Alma Duran: What it is like to work for United Rentals
Aug 17, 2022
#105 - Chatting With Alexander Schuessler: The history of SmartEquip
Aug 09, 2022
#104 - Chatting With Jamie Haitas: Growing through acquisitions
Aug 02, 2022
#103 - Chatting With Cody Stewart: Sunbelt Rentals Product Analytics Manager
Jul 26, 2022
#102 - Chatting With Nathan Venables: Kennards Hire Head of Fleet & Procurement
Jul 18, 2022
#101 - Chatting With Scott Daly: Taking on the role of JLG General Manager Australia & New Zealand
Jul 11, 2022
#100 - Chatting With Pete Maginnis: Makinex Construction Products Episode 1 & 100!
Jul 05, 2022
#99 - Chatting With Todd Cane: Starting my own forklift service, hire and sales business
Jun 28, 2022
#98 - Chatting With Chris Bradley: Becoming a Volvo Construction Equipment Dealer
Jun 20, 2022
#97 - Chatting With Ian Coleman: Conplant - 2022 HRIA Hire Company of the Year
Jun 13, 2022
#96 - Chatting With Tom Wood: Learning from the youth in the equipment rental industry
Jun 07, 2022
#95 - Chatting With Mark Simonsen: Gary Radford interviewing the host of The Rental Journal Podcast
May 31, 2022
#94 - Chatting With Glenn Martin: The journey from a Coates Hire mechanic to Ahern Australia Managing Director
May 23, 2022
#93 - Chatting With Ben Blood: Our customers can now rent equipment & schedule deliveries via our website
May 17, 2022
#92.5 - Weekly Equipment Rental News: Orange Hire, Hire22, United Rentals Mobile App, Oil-free MEWP
May 12, 2022
#92 - Chatting With Federica Gargiuli: Finding the right recruiter for your business
May 09, 2022
#91 - Chatting With Curtis Fort: Improving debt collection in the construction industry
May 02, 2022
#90 - Chatting With Gary Radford: Surround yourself with good people & believe in your business
Apr 25, 2022
#89 - Chatting With Ryan Condon: Finding ways to improve your customer experience
Apr 19, 2022
#88 - Chatting With Jim Lee: The Fleet Office
Apr 11, 2022
#87 - Chatting With Greg Pugh: Figure out your strengths & weaknesses and focus on improving them
Apr 04, 2022
#86 - Chatting With Greg Parfitt: Becoming the Orange Hire CEO
Mar 28, 2022
#85 - Chatting With Tom Kimber: Kennards Hire have added a level of professionalism to the New Zealand market
Mar 21, 2022
#84 - Chatting With SiteSmart: Incorporating QR Codes into your fleet
Mar 14, 2022
#83 - Chatting With Grant Voysey: I worked at Coates Hire for 25 years and took on anything they asked me to do
Mar 07, 2022
#82 - Chatting With Steven Taylor: The journey from a Wreckair Rental Coordinator to the CEO of Adaptalift Group
Feb 28, 2022
#81 - Chatting With Josh Nickell: Joining the American Rental Association as the Vice President, Equipment Segment
Feb 21, 2022
#80 - Chatting With Andrew Donald: A sustainable business is about patience, process efficiency and building a sound reputation
Feb 14, 2022
#79 - Chatting With David Schurman: The journey from The Home Depot to a Kennards Hire General Manager
Feb 07, 2022
#78 - Chatting With Joshua Inskip: Every no gets me closer to a yes
Jan 31, 2022
#77 - Chatting With Steven Whitehead: The quality of your success is directly correlated to the quality of your goal setting
Jan 24, 2022
#76 - Chatting With Emily Donney: When I first joined the equipment rental industry I hated everything about it
Jan 17, 2022
#75 - Chatting With Joe Valen: Fiber Optic Equipment is used to reduce the time it takes to install cabling
Jan 10, 2022
#74 - Chatting With Alex Kraft: Heave notifies sales reps when customers are seeking heavy equipment in their area
Jan 03, 2022
#73 - Reflecting on The Top 10 Podcast Moments from 2021
Dec 27, 2021
#72 - Chatting With Rebecca Waters: In 1996 our first piece of rail equipment was a telehandler with a basket chained to the forks
Dec 20, 2021
#71 - Chatting With Clint White: The 2021 Hire and Rental Industry Association Young Professional of the Year
Dec 13, 2021
#70 - Chatting With Maureen Mousdell: Women need to promote working in the equipment rental industry
Dec 06, 2021
#69 - Chatting With Charles Anderson: If you truly believe in your product, it's not selling, it's helping your clients succeed
Nov 29, 2021
#68 - Chatting With George Whyte: The journey from Sales Manager to Aggreko Australia Managing Director
Nov 23, 2021
#67 - Chatting With Van Cuong Lo: A day in the life of a Material Handling Sales Manager
Nov 16, 2021
#66 - Chatting With Rosemary Tilley: Every dollar you spend on wellbeing it is estimated to have a $14 return
Nov 08, 2021
#65 - Chatting With Erin Johnston: We are rebuilding our event rental business for the 3rd time in 18 months
Nov 01, 2021
#64 - Chatting With Charlie Pidcock: Pick up the phone, don't hide behind emails or text messages
Oct 25, 2021
#63 - Chatting With James MacPherson: Most equipment rental businesses are not utilizing the data they collect
Oct 18, 2021
#62 - Chatting With Patrick Tunnicliffe: I competed in world cup snowboard racing while working at a rental store
Oct 11, 2021
#61 - Chatting With Aileen Hiskins: HRIA Women in Hire & Access Mentoring Program & Young Professional Network
Oct 04, 2021
#59 - Chatting With Colleen Cohen: I joined the rental industry with Coates Hire in 1973
Sep 20, 2021
#58 - Chatting With Charles Anderson: It's unreasonable that everything in your life is digital, but when you go to work, it operates in the year 2000
Sep 13, 2021
#57 - Chatting With Kyle Clements: There was a decade of e-commerce growth in just 2 months
Sep 06, 2021
#56 - Chatting With Gary Kerr: Taking on an opportunity in Hire 53 years ago changed my whole life
Aug 30, 2021
#55 - Chatting With Ash Woodcock: Understanding your strategy for me has been also understanding what you're not going to do
Aug 23, 2021
#54 - Chatting With Cliff Chadwick: When Chadwick Forklifts won Rental Company of the Year, I nearly fell off my chair
Aug 16, 2021
#53 - Chatting With Matt Whalen: Being a service tech is like putting a cape on everyday
Aug 09, 2021
#52 - Chatting With Jesse Buckingham: Don't live your life based on what somebody else wants
Aug 03, 2021
#51 - Chatting With Matt Lambert: How I started an equipment rental business when I was 19 years old
Jul 26, 2021
#50 - Chatting With Aaron Witt: Every equipment rental company in the U.S is experiencing record growth right now
Jul 19, 2021
#49 - Chatting With Luke Habza: It's all about putting your hand up and saying yes to opportunities
Jul 12, 2021
#48 - Chatting With El Ioannou : For others to believe in you, you first need to believe in yourself
Jul 05, 2021
#47 - Chatting With Sheldon Fingler: Our business revenue crashed to zero overnight
Jun 28, 2021
#46 - Chatting With Stefan Ottl: Customers sharing construction equipment on job sites will become mainstream
Jun 21, 2021
#45 - Chatting With Ali Hajj: What I learnt Implementing Rental Software into a 1000+ employee Caterpillar Dealership
Jun 14, 2021
#44 - Chatting With Tony Colon: The journey from the U.S Military to Herc Rentals
Jun 07, 2021
#43 - Chatting With Stephen Donnelley: The equipment rental industry has been such a big part of my life
May 31, 2021
#42 - Chatting With Andy Martin: Martin Plant Hire acquired the rights to the easyToolhire Scotland brand
May 24, 2021
Episode Highlight: Why am I here? What can I control? What can I Influence?
May 23, 2021
#41 - Chatting With Bruce Fouracre: The history of 1300TempFence
May 17, 2021
#40 - Chatting With Doug Levings: I was told I would never make in the equipment rental industry
May 10, 2021
#39 - Chatting With Jason Stanczyk: I told the doctor that panic attacks don't happen to me
May 03, 2021
#38 - Chatting With Steven Brooks: I was travelling for work 250 nights of the year
Apr 26, 2021
#37 - Chatting With Blake Menning: Equipment prices are going up and rental rates are going down
Apr 19, 2021
#36 - Chatting With Freddie Blanton: Hey Hey Hey It's Freddie at Bobcat!
Apr 12, 2021
#35 - Chatting With Bryan Peters: Don’t wait, the time will never be just right
Apr 05, 2021
#34 - Chatting With Mike Rooney: How we significantly increased our equipment damage recovery
Mar 29, 2021
#33 - Chatting With Caleb Yell: Taking your equipment rental business online
Mar 22, 2021
#32 - Chatting With Matthew Nemes: Get out of the way of yourself
Mar 18, 2021
#31 - Chatting With Rod Lentino: We can now see all of our OEM machine data in a single screen
Mar 15, 2021
#30 - Chatting With Kate Everitt: For to long I let other people dictate my path
Mar 13, 2021
#29 - Chatting With Sarah Kuhne: I was included in the Top 100 Women in Construction in 2020
Mar 11, 2021
#28 - Chatting With Chania Rodwell: I do believe unconscious bias is a real thing
Mar 10, 2021
#27 - Chatting With Angela McLachlan: Customers would call and request to be put through to a man
Mar 09, 2021
#26 - Chatting With Manelle Merhi: Don't let seeds of insecurity make you doubt what you are actually capable of
Mar 08, 2021
#25 - Chatting With Heidi Sundin & Manal Thomas: We need to elevate the stories of women
Mar 07, 2021
#24 - Chatting With Scott Cannon: Our equipment rental network now has over 10,000 locations
Mar 01, 2021
#23 - Chatting With Michael McDaniel: I started my rental business on credit cards
Feb 22, 2021
#22 - Chatting With Adrian Manning: The journey from yardman to Coates Hire Chief Operating Officer
Feb 15, 2021
#21 - Chatting With Jake White: The path to become a Kennards Hire Branch Manager
Feb 08, 2021
#20 - Chatting With Louise Azzopardi: The 1st female to win the National World Skills Competition in Heavy Vehicle Mechanics
Feb 01, 2021
#19 - Chatting With Jamie Haitas: I said I got nothing, I'm not going to work, I can't do it
Jan 25, 2021
#18 - Chatting With Federica Gargiuli: Overcoming the challenges of employee recruitment
Jan 18, 2021
#17 - Chatting With Donald Charbonnet: Tips on buying or selling an equipment rental business
Jan 11, 2021
#16 - Chatting With Peter Lancken: It is the people within a company that make it a success
Jan 04, 2021
#15 - Chatting With Ken Baker: I wish I started my own business when I was much younger
Dec 28, 2020
#14 - Chatting With Doug Dougherty: Canada’s fastest growing independent equipment rental company
Dec 21, 2020
#13 - Chatting With Miles Beamish: Tips on managing your equipment finance
Dec 14, 2020
#12 - Chatting With Braden Murrin: Knowing when it's time for a new challenge
Dec 07, 2020
#11 - Chatting With Bruce Peatman: The journey from technician to Hubtex Australia Managing Director
Nov 30, 2020
#10 - Chatting With Viv Kennelly: The keys to success in Key Account Management & Sales
Nov 23, 2020
#9 - Chatting With Michael Bell: Certain things happen in your life that shift your focus and direction
Nov 16, 2020
#8 - Chatting With Martin Costello: If it doesn't positively affect the customer, we won't do it
Nov 08, 2020
#7 - Chatting With Allen Besseling: Tips on starting your own hire business
Nov 02, 2020
#6 - Chatting With Mark Snook: How I almost fell out of love with the hire industry
Oct 26, 2020
#5 - Chatting With Daniel Haskins: Implementing rental software into 150+ locations
Oct 19, 2020
#4 - Chatting With Jason White: Building a Career after Serving in the U.S Airforce
Oct 12, 2020
#3 - Chatting With Andy Kennard: Growing a Family Owned Business
Sep 16, 2020
#2 - Chatting With Tony Lockwood: Importance of Mentoring and Perspective on Life
Sep 09, 2020
#1 - Chatting With Paul Weaver: Personal Growth and International Business
Aug 31, 2020