Aerial Pros

Always Focusing On Our Customers

As we continue to journey through our company’s 50th year in business, it is important to keep coming back to the reason we got into business and are still in business today: To serve our customers.

Understanding Horsepower in Telehandlers

Historically, horsepower has been a key parameter for customers as they spec telehandlers for the rental applications.

Terry Eklund - Genie Team Lead 3, Large Slab Weld

I started in 1991 as a welder, and over the years, I have worked to learn and improve many processes at Big Boom on several lines, as well as have helped to increase production on three lines by using Lean methodologies.

Don’t Let Rental Equipment Sit Idle

With access to capital constrained, we are going to see the development of innovative equipment ownership strategies.

Phil Reilly - Boston's WGBH TV studio

As Staffing Director with WGBH TV in Boston (WGBH is the leading contributor of programming to the PBS network), I have been a longtime Genie customer and Genie trainer for over 20 years.

Aerial Pros Minute: Smart Charger

Learn more about Smart Charger in this month's Aerial Pros Minute

What’s Next?

Celebrating 50 years in business can’t be all retrospective, we need to also look forward: What’s next?

Genie Hybrid System

With the Genie Z-60/37FE boom, equipped with a Fuel Electric Hybrid System, we give our customers the opportunity to choose either from a full electric machine or a diesel powered machine, environmental consciousness with lower cost of operation.

Arctic Blast - Prep Your Rental Fleet for Winter’s Subfreezing Temperatures

For the northern two-thirds of the U.S. and Canada, November signals the beginning of the season where some special steps must be taken to prepare the equipment for cold-weather work.

Jorge Encinas - Rental Lift

We are dealer in Queretaro, México, in the central area.

Lessons Learned in 50 Years

One of the best parts of getting ready to celebrate the company’s 50th anniversary is reflecting about what Genie has achieved in the last 50 years — how we’ve helped shape the industry, and how it shaped us.

The Importance of Preventive Maintenance

In theory, everyone knows that preventive maintenance is the key to keeping equipment running at peak efficiency and to getting a better return on invested capital (ROIC).

Daniel Batista - Mills Rental, Brazil

I have worked with Genie® aerial equipment for seven years at Mills Rental Company.

Aerial Pros Minute: Fast Mast

Learn more about Fast Mast in this months Aerial Pros Minute

Failures Lead to Successes

To have been in business for 50 years means that Genie has achieved its share of success. But along with those successes have also been failures.

Designing to fit Multiples Units on a Truck

Nobody likes paying for machine transport.

Compact Telehandler Rental Essentials

Base questions to ask customer to match the right machine to the need

Tire Talk: Inspection and Replacement Tips for Aerial Work Platform Tires

A lot is riding on your aerial work platform (AWP) tires.

Case Study: Genie Partners with WWCC to Proactively Train New Service Technicians

According to upcoming changes to the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) and Canadian Standards Association (CSA), only a qualified person should inspect and maintain mobile elevating work platforms (MEWPs) in accordance with the manufacturer’s recommendations.

Aerial Pros Minute: Slab Scissor Gradeability

Learn more about the Scissor lift gradeability in this months Aerial Pros Minute

Luis Gutierrez - LGP Equipment Rentals Inc

It's hard to understand why some times things happened to us.