About

It all started in 1976, when Wayne Stringer opened his first rental store in Jacksonville, FL. Shortly after opening, he hired his new son-in-law, Tom Nickell, to come work for him. Tom excelled in the rental industry and eventually became the regional manager for a large national rental chain covering the southeast.

In 1998, he decided to get back to his roots of operating his own company. He realized that the national rental chains were doing a great job serving the larger national and regional construction companies, but no one was catering to the local contractors and do-it-yourselfers. With that in mind, he opened the first Nickell Rental location in Newnan, GA.

In 2000, Nickell expanded into the southeast Atlanta market with the acquisition of a location in Griffin. While Nickell Rental now has one of the largest independent rental fleets in the southeast, we remain a family-owned business that values ethics, our employees, and serving the same customers that made us successful.