Alpine Equipment adapts to boulders, pandemics and more

Kelli Thomas, owner, Alpine Equipment and Party Rentals, Alpine, Calif., has learned to adapt to whatever comes her way.

It all began when she married Scott Thomas, who started the rental operation in 1991. Scott came from a family of rental operators. His father, Harold, owned B & H Rentals in the Los Angeles area. His brother, Brad, owned BJ’s Rentals in San Diego, which grew to 12 locations before he sold the operation.

Kelli, who did not have any rental experience before marrying her husband, quickly learned the business.

“I didn’t know anything when I started working for him. It was quite the learning curve, but I did it. That learning never stops. In this business you learn something all the time,” she says.

While Kelli continued to learn about the rental industry, one thing she didn’t expect to deal with was a 300,000 lb. boulder slamming into the business. Click here to read how the Thomas’ managed never to miss a day and how they’ve overcome other challenges in the May issue of Rental Management.

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