[Restrorob]

It likely has been maintained to the letter of the mfg recommendations.

That's the way my rental department (shop foreman) is ran, If a machine isn't 100% it doesn't get rented or sold. The last thing I want is to cause a contractor or even homeowner down time from faulty equipment.....

 

[Southern Heritage]

I've purchased some from rental houses with great results. Now a competitor of mine has bought tons of stuff. Sod cutter. Rescue saws, chainsaws, mortar mixer, concrete mixer, etc. they lover the stuff he picked up a wackier tamp last week for $350.00 I was pissed cuss I need one bad

 

[mow king]

Be careful and check out the equipment! The big "green" rental place sells a lot of their equipment with problems. I bought a rollback truck from them - Blown head gasket. Drivers daily logs I found under the seat noted the issues. They denied it and refused to do anything about it. An equipment dealer bought 10 skidsteers from them and ended up sending 8 to the auction because of major issues. Not all rental places are the same, but some sell equipment for a reason!

 

[joe crumpler services]

One of my associates bought a Case backhoe from a rental firm in 1997. I ran it myself for a couple of years until I hurt my back. He still uses it, but not every day. He just replaced the pump in the transmission. Everything else has been normal maintenance.

 

[alldayrj]

Bought my mini ex from united. Where else are you going to get a printout of every oil change and greasing? Tight machine, wouldnt hesitate to do it again

 

[KrayzKajun]

Bought my mini ex from united. Where else are you going to get a printout of every oil change and greasing? Tight machine, wouldnt hesitate to do it again

United is literally the next block over from my house. If I could find a used CTL w/ cab from them I would buy it.
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[alldayrj]

Most of what i saw was bare bones, no cabs etc. whats nice about them is they have a master list and can grab stuff from other locations all over the country. I called every major rental house and told thrm what i wanted and united found it for me and set it up

 

[stringfellohawk]

I just bought a fully loaded Cat 259B3 from a Cat dealer's rental fleet. It has 660 hours on it. I agree with the prior post on where else can you find the comprehensive data on maintenance? I can even track how many hours a day the machine was ran on any specific day due to the tracking system installed on the machine.


Some types of equipment can't be abused as much as others and most rental places where I live always give you equipment that is pretty fresh.

Due diligence is key.

 

[jlbf0786]

I have had great luck with the RENTAL Equipment that I've purchased from Sunbelt in years passed; I bought a Ryan Lawnaire IV that was 2 years old for $700 and I still use it from time to time because of its reliability.

 

[Mdirrigation]

its like buying from anyone else sometimes you will get junk sometimes you will get a deal .

 

[xxl]

I never have bought rental. But id look at it as a dice role. And go in with the atitude i might have to fix some thing

 

[stringfellohawk]

I never have bought rental. But id look at it as a dice role. And go in with the atitude i might have to fix some thing

I bought directly from Cat. They went over it, fixed some things I had concerns about, and also have guarantees/warranties. I'd say it all depends on who/where you buy it from.

 

[LunaLanscaping]

I have bought an aerator and a generator from a rental places, and did not have any issues, it's been 2 years now.

Most places, like home depot (where i bought my aerator), will give you a year warranty.

 

[Rick1111]

I bought a claussen core aerator with 40hrs on it from HD a little over a year ago. They were asking $900 for it. Tried to talk manager down wouldn't budge. Then he finally said go get $100 worth of whatever you want you can have that at no charge if you pay the $900. So I did. Ends up these are about $4500 new, didn't know that at the time. Very good condition used it a lot. Already paid for itself and still runs like a tank... About as heavy as one too.

 

[Earthquake Landscaping]

I pick up stuff from the government auction website.. They list any issues known, and there's usually a number to call to the local municipality if you want to take a look at the item, or ask a question.. I always ask if the item is being sold because of a scheduled replacement policy. I've had stuff the got clocked out for each and every day it was on a truck, whether it was used or not, in pristine condition, that I picked up for pennies on the dollar.

I also found out why some companies send their hand helds out to auction, when they still run `fine`... they just compression test once a month, when the hand held drops under 110 psi compression.. off it goes to auction, while it still has enough compression to start.. That`s the kind of sale item I avoid.