Volvo Construction Equipment Rents, Inc. (Volvo Rents) has announced the opening of a new Volvo Rents equipment rental franchise in Nashville, Tenn.
Tennessee Rental LLC, owned by Curtiss Shewmaker, has opened a Volvo Rents franchise at 1809 Dabbs Avenue in Nashville. The new equipment rental center is the third Volvo Rents franchise in Tennessee. Other Volvo rental centers are in Chattanooga and Memphis.
The new independently owned and operated franchise will carry, in addition to Volvo construction equipment, a line of equipment and tools for the construction, commercial, industrial, and homeowner markets. Principal Volvo products for its franchised rental centers include its line of compact excavators and wheel loaders and the company's backhoe and skid-steer loaders.
Volvo Rents centers are independently owned and operated franchises within the Volvo Construction Equipment rental program. The program was designed by Volvo CE and covers all aspects of an operating rental business model. Features include use of the Volvo brand, financial assistance, a fleet purchasing program for non-Volvo products, a Volvo Rents proprietary software program, training, facility design, and local and regional marketing.
Volvo Rents began its equipment rental franchise initiative in 2001 and now has equipment rental centers open in Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia, Florida, California, Tennessee, Ohio, South Carolina, Louisiana, New York, Minnesota, Arkansas, New Jersey, Alabama, Kentucky, Illinois, New Mexico, Washington, Pennsylvania, Texas, Mississippi, Maryland, Nevada, Arizona, and Canada. The company is expanding its operations in Europe with rental centers open in Portugal and Spain and has recently signed franchise agreements with a company in Italy.