Equipment Purchases

Thank you to all who take time to participate in our surveys. CRA uses the information we gather to better serve you. If you have an idea for a survey for CRA members, please send your request to CRA at Info@CalRental.org. This month, we asked members about their "green equipment." 

“Green” Equipment Rental Survey

1. What type of Rental Business do you have?
General Rental: 59% (17 responses)
Party Rental: 21% (6 responses)
Both: 21% (6 responses)

2. Are you offering or using any “Green” rental equipment?
Yes: 59% (13 responses)
No: 41% (9 responses)
Additional comments:
1. 1 used Sunbelt Scissor lift in fleet.
2. Battery operated lawn and garden equipment blowers, weedeaters, saws.
3. Makita battery powered tools.
4. Battery powered garden equipment.

3. What type of “Green” Equipment do you have? (Select all that apply.)
Tractors: 10% (1 response)
Excavators: 10% (1 response)
Trenchers: 0% (0 responses)
Other (please specify): 100% (10 responses)
1. Makita battery lawn and garden tools.
2. Blowers, weedeaters, chain saw, cut off saw.
3. Hand tools.
4. Propane forklifts.
5. Battery operated chain saws, mowers, weed cutters, etc.
6. Chainsaws.
7. Makita battery powered yard and garden as well as general construction tools.
8. Leaf blower, hedge trimmer, weed eater.
9. Mostly lawn and garden. Chain saws, blowers, trimmers, etc.
10. Generators.

4. What type of “Green” energy source? (Select all that apply.)
Solar: 0% (0 responses)
Zero Emission: 50% (5 responses)
Eco Friendly: 30% (3 responses)
Other (please specify): 40% (4 responses)
1. Battery.
2. Battery.
3. See above..
4. Battery power.

5. Are you researching “Green” Equipment?
Yes: 43% (10 responses)
No: 57% (13 responses)
Additional comments:
1. Maybe if customers demand it.
2. I have been doing this for a while, always looking for quality and efficiency, yet friendlier to the environment and staff. I started changing the glassware crates to use less plastic wrap/bags, then switched the cleaning products we use for regular maintenance. Still keep tenting products I found at ARA show back in 2008 when I added tents to my inventory.

6. Do you anticipate purchasing “Green” Equipment in the next...
3 months: 0% (0 responses)
6 months: 23% (3 responses)
Year: 77% (10 responses)
Additional comments:
1. No. (2 responses)
2. Not likely.
3. Being Party Only, we don’t have too many opportunities for “Green Rentals,” but we have been switching all of our lighting from incandescent to LED.
4. Not really.
5. When needed, I always like finishing what I have first, but always keeping an eye in case
something new that will improve the quality of product/service we offer to clients as well as the
working conditions for myself and staff.
6. Possibly a year or more, depends on what the state decides to do with small equipment emissions.
7. Not sure of the demand for larger equipment at this time.

7. Do you have any additional comments on this survey?
1. There’s not enough green to buy green.
2. It will be great to see more environmentally friendly equipment/products for our industry. Change is happening whether we like it/agree or not. And, new generations are conscious of the environment where they spend 8+ hours a day. Most of the times we tell our clients “Why buy instead of renting”... Less waste ends up in land fills...

8. Survey Ideas
1. Repealing the minimum wage.