Forklift Rentals are a Profitable Option During the Holiday Season

Maybe it’s just an old American mentality, but it doesn’t occur to businesses to rent construction equipment like forklifts when the need arises. Renting a forklift is often a sensible alternative to purchasing, especially since not every business needs a forklift on hand all the time. Construction site material handling applications like moving bricks, drywall, steel beams and/or jobsite supplies are a prime use for forklifts. However after moving materials from point A to B, it’s nice to return rental equipment and keep operating costs lean.

Businesses using forklifts more frequently probably own one but sudden spikes in necessity offer good reasons to  rent a forklift. ‘Tis the season as they say and business surges over the Christmas holidays create great demand in the shipping and retail warehousing industries. If you’ve ever worked at a shipping company, you know how business can absolutely explode during the holiday season.  Why sink the purchasing money and effort of maintenance into equipment you won’t use the rest of the year?

The process of renting is simple. Many business rent forklifts, including car rental services and construction equipment supply companies. You can rent a forklift for any duration of time, from a few days to as long as needed. On top of that, you can choose from any number of forklift types that are designed for specific jobs. Whether you need tough equipment for outdoor material handling applications like a rough terrain forklift, a heavy duty straight mast forklift for lifting hefty loads, or a maneuverable forklift suited for operating inside a warehouse, you can rent it. If handling materials in high or hard to reach places is required then consider leasing a telehandler or reserving a reach forklift rental.

Remember to plan ahead. Supply chain logistics professionals understand how companies use their supply chains to generate value. During the holiday madness a lack of handling materials optimally results in loss of revenue.  Do not assume construction companies have unlimited supplies of heavy machinery on hand. When it comes to seasonal business fluctuations, local equipment rental suppliers may experience similar increases in demand for equipment rentals. Therefore make sure to reserve your forklift rental ahead of time.

About Volvo Rents of New York:

Volvo Rents Construction Equipment – Kingston, NY

Heavy Equipment Rental Location:  711 East Chester Street, Kingston, NY 12401

Service Areas:  (Metro/Cities) Kingston, Saugerties, Rhinebeck, Red Hook, Catskill, Cairo, Hudson, Coxsackie, Ravena, Castleton-on-Hudson, Albany, Woodstock, Liberty, Ellenville, New Paltz, Poughkeepsie, Arlington; (Counties) Ulster, Greene, Dutchess, Sullivan, Columbia; (States) New York – NY, New Jersey – NJ, Pennsylvania – PA, Connecticut – CT

Featured Kingston NY Construction Equipment Rental:  Boom Lifts, Warehouse Forklift Rental, Telehandler Reach Forklifts, Scissor Lifts, Aerial Lifts, Backhoes, Skid Steers, Excavators, Vibratory Rollers, Wheel Loaders, Generators, Air Compressors, Light Trailers, and Bulldozers.

Volvo Rents Construction Equipment – New Windsor, NY

Heavy Equipment Rental Location:  898 Little Britain Road, New Windsor, NY 12553

Service Area:  (Metro/Cities) New Windsor, Newburgh, New City, Wallkill, Walden, Wappingers Falls, New Paltz, Poughkeepsie, Brewster, Danbury, West Point, Monroe, Stony Point, Harriman, Peekskill, Woodbury, Suffern, Spring Valley, Nyack, Tarrytown, Port Jervis; (Counties) Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Sullivan, Westchester; (States) New York – NY, New Jersey – NJ, Pennsylvania – PA, Connecticut – CT

Featured New Windsor NY Construction Equipment Rental:  Boom Lifts, Warehouse Forklift Rentals, Telehandler Reach Forklift Rental, Scissor Lifts, Man Lifts, Loader Backhoes, Skid Steers, Excavators, Vibratory Rollers, Loaders, Generators, Air Compressors, Light Trailers, and Dozers.

…New York City.  It was interesting to find out, after a little research, that New York City was originally called “The Big Apple”  by John Fitzgerald, a writer for the New York Morning Telegraph.  “In the early 1920′s, apple was a word used to reference the many horse racing courses around New York City. The actual word Apple referred to the lucrative prizes awarded for winning the races.  John Fitzgerald, referred to New York City’s races using the phrase, Around the Big Apple.” With New York City and racing in mind it is certainly fitting that our article today highlights Jupiter’s Motorcycle Rentals LLC. While we are certainly not advocating renting street bikes and racing around New York City, when riding motorcycles you cannot help but embrace the feeling of speed and exhilaration produced from the open air in your face and the road at your feet.  Jupiter’s Motorcycle Rentals provides BMW motorcycle rentals in New York City and Los Angeles, California. Jupiter’s has a very nice selection of high end 2009 model BMW motorcycles for rent.  In addition Jupiter’s provides motorcycle storage rentals, and an incredible “across the country” motorcycle tour from New York City to Los Angeles, California.

Jupiter’s specializes in BMW Motorcycle Rentals for local and cross country rentals. Whether you want to rent a BMW to just get out of the city for a day, or go across the country, Jupiter’s offers the latest BMW motorcycles to help you achieve your ideal adventure.

In the past it was not possible to rent a BMW 1200RT motorcycle and ride it comfortably across the country, one way. Or choose the more nimble BMW F800ST or F650GS motorcycle to ride in and out of  the New York City or Los Angeles metro area, or for that matter ride that BMW motorcycle across the country one way.

Enter Jupiter’s Motorcycle Rentals:

Jupiter’s was spawned from my own riding experiences and is much more than just a business.  In the summer of 2006 I spent over a month traveling alone across China by motorcycle. My only traveling companion was a book by Ted Simon called “Jupiter’s Travels.” Simon traveled around the world alone by motorcycle long before the adventure bikers of today set out to do the same. He wrote of his adventures and how he acquired his name. He was told by a friend, “You have a determined soul. This is reflected in your mind. You are Jupiter…” he said.

To which Simon thought “Why not? I like the sound of that.”

The mission of my trip was very much the same as Ted Simon’s: “The goal was comprehension, and the only way to comprehend the world was by making myself vulnerable to it so that I could change me. The challenge was to lay myself open to everybody and everything that came my way. The prize was to change and grow big enough to feel one with the whole world.”

It surprised me to discover that this sense of rightness does not appear naturally in people, even though they live in the heart of nature,” Simon wrote. To which I agree. It was not my environs that needed to change but me. How do we change?

This isn’t just a motorcycle business to me; it is my attempt to help bring about the change in ourselves we all seek–that feeling of one with the world. Traveling helps me do that–motorcycling brings me closer to the heart of nature both within myself and I find with others.

So, the way I see it, we are all Jupiter if we want to be. Or as another great traveler once wrote: “On ne voit bien qu’avec le cœur, l’essentiel est invisible pour les yeux.” – One can see rightly only with the heart, what is essential is invisible to the eye.

–Chris Miles, owner Jupiter’s Motorcycle Rentals

You can plan a one way vacation excursion, across the USA motorcycle trip of a lifetime by contacting Jupiter’s Motorcycle Rentals at the following locations:

New York

• 119 8th street, Suite 100
• Brooklyn, NY 11215
• (718) 788–2585

Los Angeles

• 7522 Talbert Avenue, Unit 3
• Huntington Beach CA 92648
• (714) 596–8833

If you are interested in renting a motorcycle, motorcycle storage rentals, or motorcycle tours in the New York City or Los Angeles areas you can view all of Jupiter’s motorcycle rentals here or visit their website directly by clicking here.