“We could see a niche in the market” NXGen boss reports spike in demand for specialist re-rentals

Lucy Barnard Senior Web editor

14 May 2025

NXGen operates as a specialist’s specialist – providing niche equipment on a re-rental basis to heavy lift firms when don’t quote have enough. Group managing director, Russ Jones, tells Lucy Barnard how demand is spiking.  

The NXGen team in Breda, Netherlands, pictured with some of the company’s SPMT fleet. Photo: NXGen

Russ Jones, group managing director at NXGen, a niche rental firm specialising in cranes and heavy lifting, is a busy man.

The company runs a fleet of self-propelled modular transporter (SPMT) – long trains of multi-axle trailer like vehicles designed to carry heavy loads – as well as more than…

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