Renting Equipment

Whether you’re planning on aerating a lawn, putting in a retaining wall,
grinding a stump, installing a deck or creating a garden pond and waterfall,
renting equipment is always an option when buying isn’t as convenient.

According to Rental Service Corp., here are some of the items landscaping
contractors can rent from their local equipment rental store that they don't
normally think they can rent:

Aerators
Blowers - hand-held, back-pack and towable
Brush chippers
Dethatchers (lawn combers)
Edgers
Lawn rollers
Log splitter
Garden hose
Hand tamp
Hedge trimmers
Mini excavators
Mowers - walk-behind, ride-on and towable
Posthole diggers
Skid steer loaders - along with backhoe, forklift and auger attachments
Sod cutters
Sprayers
Spreaders - fertilizer and seed
Stump grinder
Tillers
Vacuums - leaf and litter
Weed eaters
Wheelbarrows - Melanie Braden

The author is with Two Rivers Marketing Group, Des Moines, Iowa, and can be reached at melanieb@2rmg.com.