Essex Rental Corp., formerly Hyde Park Acquisition Corp., conducts its operations through Essex Crane Rental Corp (Essex Crane). Essex Crane is a provider of lattice-boom crawler crane and attachment rental services and possesses fleets of such equipment in the United States. As of December 31, 2008, Essex Crane’s fleet size stood at more than 350 crawler cranes and attachments which are made available to clients in any location in the United States and Canada. Essex Crane primarily rents its crawler cranes and attachments bare, meaning without an Essex Crane-supplied operator, and charges its customers for certain transportation costs and repair costs while the equipment is on rent. The Company generates revenue from a range of activities, including crawler crane and attachment rental, repair and maintenance services, equipment transportation services and used equipment sales. On October 31, 2008, The Company acquired Essex Crane Rental Corp.