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Business & Rental

Dealers, rental fleets, pricing, lead times, and the market forces behind every purchase order.

Rows of used excavators and loaders with lot numbers at an equipment auction yard

Used equipment auction prices level off after two years of decline

Third-quarter results suggest the used market has found a floor, with late-model excavators and loaders holding value best.

Marcus BellSep 304 min read

An aerial view of a large equipment rental depot with rows of lifts, excavators, and loaders

Business & Rental

Treadline adds 4,000 machines to its rental fleet and bets on telematics-first contracts

The rental group will bill some customers by engine hours and utilisation data rather than by the day, starting with aerial and earthmoving equipment.

Marcus BellSep 235 min read

Excavator undercarriages moving along an assembly line in a heavy equipment factory

Business & Rental

Steel prices ease, but dealers warn equipment lead times will stay long into 2027

Lower input costs have not yet reached price lists, and engines, hydraulics, and electronics remain the bottleneck at assembly plants.

Marcus BellSep 144 min read