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Welcome to the Editor’s Choice Award edition of Rental magazine!

The Rental staff and I have been busy parsing through nominations for our annual Editor’s Choice Awards, which zero in on the hottest, most cutting-edge new and enhanced products within the rental equipment space.

Especially with supply chain issues and labor shortages plaguing the industry, we wanted to know what products are making rental stores and their customers more efficient. Instead of compiling this list by online page views like in past years, winners were based on a submissions process. We changed the process in order to add credibility, assurance and uniformity for all nominees.

Be sure to check that story out on p. 10. And, if after reading it, you’re in the mood to learn about more products making a splash in the marketplace, be on the lookout for our December issue, which will feature our 2023 Equipment & Tool Showcase.

As for the rest of this issue, we cover a wide variety of topics that we hope you’ll find useful in your business: On p. 26, pressure washer manufacturers provide tips on how to winterize your pressure washer; on p. 28, we delve into how rental companies handle testing employees for unsafe substances; and on p. 34, we look at tips to ensure operator safety when operating boom lifts.

And, as always, columnist Dick Detmer shares a few pieces of wisdom, this time on how rental companies can deal with inflation and price increases (p. 44), and in our Rental Snapshot, we talk with Brian Walter of WBC Lumber and Tool Rental about his company’s challenges, successes and overall philosophy (p. 38).

What tools or products has your company adopted to boost your bottom line? I’d love to hear them— and I’m sure your fellow readers would too. Email me or connect with me on LinkedIn using the QR code below.

Email your ideas to swebb@acbusinessmedia.com or connect with me on LinkedIn by following the QR code.

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EDITORIAL

Editor ................................................................ Sarah Webb swebb@acbusinessmedia.com Managing Editor ............................................... Gigi Wood gwood@acbusinessmedia.com Technology Editor ...................................Charles Rathmann crathmann@acbusinessmedia.com

AUDIENCE

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PRODUCTION

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