AND EVEN THOUGH RENTAL EQUIPMENT
IS THEIR BREAD A BUTTER ,,,
THEIE EVER CHANGING
MARQUIS IS WHAT KEEPS PEOPLE
TALKING.
IN TONIGHTS BUSINESS MATTERS WE
FEATURE THE DECADES OLD BUSNIESS
THAT
DELIEVERS THOUSANDS OF SMILES
IF YOU LIVE IT TOWN OR EVEN IF
YOU DON'T YOU'VE PROBABLY DRIVEN
PAST IT DOZENS OF EVEN HUNDREDS
OF TIMES.
HAWAIIAN RENT ALL HAS BEEN A
FIXTURE ON THIS BERETAINIA
CORNER FOR MORE THAN HALF A
CENTURY.
AND NATHAN OH IS THE SELF
ADMITTED NEWCOMER TO THE
BUSINESS WHO'S RUNNING IT.
NATHAN OH:"THREE YEARS AGO A
FRIEND OF MINE CALLED AND SAID I
HAVE A FRIEND THAT WANTS TO
RETIRE. A GREAT BUSINESS IT'S
BEEN AROUND FOR 50
SOMETHING YEARS"
IT WAS SOMETHING COMPLETELY
DIFFERENT FROM ANYTHING WAS
DOING. BUT IT WAS ALSO
SOMETHING THAT PIQUED HIS
CURIOSITY.
NATHAN OH:"I'M PART OF THE CAR
RENTAL BUSINESS BUT THIS IS
EQUIPMENT RENTAL. SO I SAID
LET'S TAKE A LOOK. AND I ALWAYS
WANTED TO BE PART OF A
A SECOND GENERATION OF A FAMILY
BUSINESS BECAUSE I STARTED ON MY
OWN"
NATHAN OH: "THE EXPECTATION WAS
HIGH BECAUSE PEOPLE ALWAYS CAME
IN HERE AND THEY NEEDED WHAT
THEY NEEDED TO HELP THEM TO
FINISH UP
THEIR PROJECT OR SOMETHING THAT
THEY NEEDED ON THE JOB AND A LOT
OF THE STUFF WE HAD WAS RUNNING
A LITTLE OLD. SO I NEEDED TO
FIGURE OUT HOW WE
COULD ADD NEW EQUIPMENT "
HE DECIDED THE BEST WAY WAS TO
AUCTION OFF A BIG CHUNK OF THE
EXISTING RENTAL ITEMS, AND
REPLACE THEM WITH NEW
EQUIPMENT.
AND EVEN THOUGH NATHAN IS THE
COMPANY'S THIRD OWNER, HE SAYS
THE FOUNDER OF THE COMPANY STILL
COMES AROUND.
NATHAN OH: "IT'S STILL FEELS
LIKE A FAMILY BUSINESS. TWO
BROTHERS THAT STARTED WITH
GORDON AND NORM AND LOUIE. AND
GORDON STILL COMES AROUND AND HE
SCOLDS US BECAUSE WE'RE NOT
DOING CERTAIN THINGS"
DESPITE THE OCCASIONAL
SCOLDINGS, NATHAN SAYS HE'S
APPRECIATED ALL OF IT.
NATHAN OH: "I NEEDED IT. I
NEEDED THE KNOWLEDGE AND HIS
WISDOM GUIDE TO KIND OF GUIDE ME
BECAUSE I WAS THE NEWCOMER
WITHOUT ANY BACKGROUND IN THIS
INDUSTRY I'M DEALING WITH PEOPLE
THAT ARE CONTRACTORS I'M JUST A
SMALL A KID AND I HAVE
CONTRACTORS TOWERING ABOVE
ME AND IT GETS A LITTLE
INTIMIDATING WHEN THEY NEED TO
FINISH A PROJECT SO I REALLY
NEEDED ALL THE KNOWLEDGE I COULD
GET".
HE ALSO KNEW HE NEEDED EVERY
POSSIBLE ITEM, EVERYONE ELSE
WANTED.
NATHAN OH: "JACKHAMMERS, SCISSOR
LIPS TO TAKE THEM UP 20+ FEET,
CHAINSAWS AND GENERATORS JUST A
LOT OF STUFF THAT I DIDN'T EVEN
REALLY KNOW WHAT IT WAS WHEN I
STARTED HA HA"
LOOKING FORWARD TO SAYS THE KEY
TO SUCCESS IS SIMPLE.
TAKE CARE OF HIS CUSTOMERS BY
MAKING SURE HE HAS EVERYTHING
THEY NEED.
NATHAN OH:"I THINK THE KEY HERE
IS JUST MAKING SURE WE'RE FULLY
STOCKED EQUIPMENT IS NEW IT'S
RELIABLE FOR NURSES BEFORE SOME
OF THE
EQUIPMENT DOESN'T LAST AS LONG
SO WE HAVE TO CONSTANTLY MAKE
SURE THE MAINTENANCE IS UP TO
PAR"
AND THEN THERE'S THE OTHER PART
OF HIS BUSINESS THAT MIGHT BE
THE MOST IMPORTANT OF ALL.
DASH SOT: 4:55 "THE MARQUEE OUT
FRONT. PRESSURE. PEOPLE BEEN
LOOKING AT THOSE MESSAGES FOR
DECADES AND NOW YOU HAVE TO COME
UP WITH THOSE
CLEVER SAYINGS? 5:07 I DON'T DO
IT AND WE DON'T TALK ABOUT IT.
THERE'S SOME PEOPLE WHO GO UP
THERE AND PUT IT UP. DASH: OH
REALLY, THERE'S A
MENEHUNE.? YAH
" IT'S BEEN A REWARDING
EXPERIENCE TO SEE THAT SIGN. AND
IT'S REWARDING BECAUSE THAT SIGN
DOESN'T BELONG TO US BELONGS TO
THE PUBLIC".
DASH:
AFTER YEARS OF REPAIRS .. ONE OF
WASHINGTON D.C.'S MOST POPULAR
LANDMARKS IS