H&E Equipment Services Announces 2006 Second Quarter Earnings and Conference Call Date

BATON ROUGE, La.--Aug. 2, 2006--H&E Equipment Services, Inc. today announced that it will release its 2006 second quarter financial results after the market on Thursday, August 10, 2006. The Company will also hold a conference call to discuss second quarter results on Friday, August 11, 2006, at 10:00 a.m. (Eastern time). To listen to the call, participants should dial 913-981-5520 approximately 10 minutes prior to the start of the call. A telephonic replay will become available after 1:00 p.m. (Eastern time) on Friday, August 11, 2006, and will continue through August 18, 2006, by dialing 719-457-0820 and entering the confirmation code 1937043.

The live broadcast of H&E Equipment Services' quarterly conference call will be available online at www.he-equipment.com or www.earnings.com on August 11, 2006, beginning at 10:00 a.m. (Eastern time) and will continue to be available for 30 days.

About H&E Equipment Services

The Company is one of the largest integrated equipment services companies in the United States with 47 full-service facilities throughout the Intermountain, Southwest, Gulf Coast, West Coast and Southeast regions of the United States. The Company is focused on heavy construction and industrial equipment and rents, sells and provides parts and service support for four core categories of specialized equipment: (1) hi-lift or aerial platform equipment; (2) cranes; (3) earthmoving equipment; and (4) industrial lift trucks. By providing equipment rental, sales, and on-site parts, repair and maintenance functions under one roof, the Company is a one-stop provider for its customers' varied equipment needs. This full service approach provides the Company with multiple points of customer contact, enabling it to maintain a high quality rental fleet, as well as an effective distribution channel for fleet disposal and provides cross-selling opportunities among its new and used equipment sales, rental, parts sales and service operations.