National Equipment Dealers acquires Carolina Equipment Rental, Sales & Service

National Equipment Dealers LLC (NED), Lexington, North Carolina, has finalized its acquisition of Carolina Equipment Rentals, Sales & Service, located in Fairview, North Carolina.

Carolina Equipment was founded in the mid-1990s, originally doing business as Rent-It of Fairview. The owners, Peter and Ellen Jensen, purchased the business in the year 2000. Under their ownership and management, the company supported the Fairview, North Carolina, community with small equipment and tool rental in its early years. In 2004, the Jensens changed the name of the company to Carolina Equipment Sales, Rentals, and Service to re-focus their business strategy toward small- to medium-sized contractors, site development companies and municipalities.

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“NED is proud to welcome the Carolina Equipment family of employees to our growing organization. This acquisition will further improve our ability to support our western North Carolina customer base,” NED Chief Operations Officer Jesse Beasley says.

Carolina Equipment started representing the Adairsville, Georgia-based Yanmar Construction Equipment line in 2002. As they’ve expanded since that time, they picked up additional compact equipment and forestry lines, including compact track loaders from ASV, Grand Rapids, Michigan, mulching attachments from Lebanon, Ohio-based Fecon and others.

“Part of our growth strategy for this region is to expand the current facilities to a new location. Our new location in Fletcher, North Carolina, is located on a 4-acre site off of Interstate 26 at 99 Underwood Road,” Beasley says. “We thank the Jensens for entrusting our organization to continue their legacy in the equipment business.”

The new NED branch in Fletcher, North Carolina, will continue to represent Yanmar Construction Equipment, ASV, and Fecon, along with additional brands, currently represented by NED in North Carolina, including Hyundai Construction Equipment, Norcross, Georgia; Houston-based Bell Trucks; Dynapac with its North American offices in Fort Mill, South Carolina; soil rollers from Sakai which has its North American headquarters in Adairsville, Georgia; Manitou which has offices in West Bend, Wisconsin; Tana which has offices in Lubbock, Texas; XCMG with its North American headquarters in Las Vegas; Prinoth with U.S. offices in Grand Junction, Colorado, and other locations; Barko, Superior, Wisconsin; and others.

Peter Jensen along with his existing team will continue on as NED employees at the new location in Fletcher with additional NED resources and equipment brands to support the growing Asheville, North Carolina, region.