A rental yard and a service shop, on NY-43

There are two halves to the business and they support each other. One is the rental fleet — machines for earthwork and site prep, yard equipment for the jobs that come round once a year, tools by the trade, trailers, and the tents and tables that turn a back garden into a graduation party.

The other is the service shop. Bob’s repairs outdoor power equipment and sharpens chains and blades, and keeps replacement parts for the machines it services. The practical consequence for a renter is that the people handing over a machine are the people who maintain it.

On top of that, Bob’s is an authorized U-Haul dealer and keeps boxes, blankets, tape and packing materials at the counter — so a move is one stop rather than three.

Pick your dates and the catalogue answers the question that used to need a phone call: is it free, and what does it cost for those days. Reserve online and the equipment is held.

Availability is worked out from what is actually committed — existing reservations, machines in for service, and anything the yard has taken off the board — so what you see is what the counter sees.