ARA of Minnesota

05/15/2026

Our auction is now live and will close on May 26th.

Bid on Household & Estate items in Eden Prairie, MN. Auction ends May 26th, 2026. Trusted online auctions powered by K-BID.

05/08/2026

Hey ARA of MN! Just a quick update, we know the auction was supposed to go live today, but due to the overwhelming response from all of our wonderful members, the auctioneer needs a bit more time to get everything properly described, tagged and sorted to be presented for sale. The goal is to go live on Tuesday May 12th!

Thank you to everyone that was able to provide items! Have a wonderful weekend and Happy Mother's day to all of our wonderful Mom's out there!

04/30/2026

Hey Minnesota!

Got some equipment you need to get off your hands?! Tomorrow begins drop off dates for our Equipment Auction. Check out the link below for more details.

Drop off dates: May 1st, 4th, & 5th

Auction begins May 8th and runs until May 19th.

ARA of Minnesota members-only surplus equipment auction hosted by Surplus Liquidation Auctions on K-BID. Sell surplus rental equipment, tools, and inventory to 500,000+ verified buyers.

04/15/2026

Need something to listen to during lunch? Hop on as Claire shares some ERG updates.

If you've used our customer alert system in the past, this is it, but now it's nation wide!

🎥The ERG Lunch & Learn is going live tomorrow!

From real-time text alerts to the Problematic Renter Database, this session is all about what you can start using right away.

🗓️ April 16 | 12 PM CST
👉 Register here: https://bit.ly/4dyw9eB

04/10/2026

For those of you in Minnesota that haven't heard yet, we have shifted away from using our website and Customer Alerts and encourage everyone to sign up for ERG. Unsure on how it will help you, join in on this lunch and learn!

04/03/2026

If you missed our Solutions on Wheels event yesterday, you missed out! So many wonderful conversations had amongst peers. Questions asked. Ideas taken away. And room for so much more!

Huge shout out and thank you to the ARA of MN board for putting together such an absolutely wonderful, educational event for the YPN group.

Another shout out to 3 of our members for offering up their stores for tours and their leaders to share some knowledge. Broadway Tent & Event, Reddy Rents Minneapolis, & Crown Rental - your time, knowledge and store tours brought so much to our event.

Check out some of the photos and watch your emails for our next event. We don't want anyone getting any FOMO!

03/31/2026

🔨 Got Equipment to Sell? 🔨

The ARA of Minnesota is hosting an upcoming used equipment auction — a great opportunity to move surplus equipment without the hassle of hosting your own auction.

Skip the logistics, avoid the extra work, and let the auction do the heavy lifting for you.

👉 Click the link for more details on how to participate and watch your emails!

https://www.k-bid.com/page/ARA-Auction

ARA of Minnesota members-only surplus equipment auction hosted by Surplus Liquidation Auctions on K-BID. Sell surplus rental equipment, tools, and inventory to 500,000+ verified buyers.

01/27/2026

Hey ARA of MN! Have you purchased your ARA Foundation Bronco raffle ticket yet? If not, head on over to their website and get yours today!

See you at the show!

Join the ARA Foundation in supporting the equipment and event rental industry through educational opportunities, community grants, and more.

01/13/2026

Huge THANK YOU to everyone that was able to make it to our annual Holiday Party. There was over 70 of us present! We cannot put together such a wonderful event without our board and the donations from all of our wonderful vendors. Congratulations to our Hall of Fame inductees! See you all in Florida!

Thank you to those that contributed to our raffle: Danny Gans Ditch Witch of Minnesota and Iowa Hilti RDO Equipment Co. Vermeer Corporation Makita Tools USA Toro CPS, JP Sauce House, Haulotte, General Equipment Company, Forst, ARA Insurance

11/07/2025

Huge shoutout and thank you to Cheyenne Green and Detective Jim Dietz for their presentations last night! We hope everyone was able to take something useful to their teams today.

Another shoutout to Great Northern Equipment Distributing, Inc. for hosting wonderful event! It was great to see the team again.

And we cannot forget to thank our speaker sponsor - ARA Insurance - Jim Lavelle!