Edward Francis Dobbs, of AAA Rentals in Redwood City, passed away February 22, 2017. Ed started his career at AAA Rentals as general manager in 1985. Through the years, he helped build the small business into one of the most successful rental companies in the Bay Area. After 30 years, Ed became owner of AAA Rentals, working alongside his two sons and several faithful employees.

Rules and regulations promulgated by OSHA, the Occupational Safety & Health Administration, affect employers all over the country. Here are two you should be aware of.

Conx Equipment
Pat Romani
2479 Guenette St., St. Laurent, PQ H4R 2E9, Canada
(888) 900-2669
www.conxequipment.com

Tax & Financial Group
David Lien
4001 MacArthur Blvd., 3rd Floor, Newport Beach, CA 92660
(949) 223-8403
www.tfgroup.com

JLG Industries, Inc., an Oshkosh Corporation company and a leading global manufacturer of aerial work platforms and telehandlers, showcased a wide range of low-level access solutions, including the EcoLift™ series and LiftPod® personal portable lifts, at Gold Lot booth #G3946 at CONEXPO 2017.

Mi-T-M Corporation awarded the 2016 Rental Rep of the Year Award to Joshua Attema during The Rental Show in Orlando. Joshua covers the Kansas and Missouri sales regions for the Attema Sales Group. Each year an individual is selected to receive this award based on total sales, category sales and new business growth. Recipients are recognized at the annual rental tradeshow.

This Week in Petroleum – March 8, 2017:
A new study, commissioned by the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), finds that changes in North American energy markets over the past decade have strengthened the supply of transportation fuels including motor gasoline, distillates and jet fuel in the Midwest and Rocky Mountain regions. See the full report.

Charles Crumpley, editor and publisher of the San Fernando Valley Business Journal, elaborated on a recent study concerning California's infrastructure budget in a recent article on Fox&Hounds. According to a report last year from the Center for Budget and Policy Priorities, among all states, California spends the lowest percent of its budget on infrastructure. California invested only 3.3 percent of its budget in 2013 on infrastructure, one of only three states that spent less than 4 percent. Texas, the most comparable state in size and population, spent almost twice as much, at 6.4 percent.

This month we are interested in information about trailers you rent. Here are the responses to the March survey on trailer rentals.