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EQUIPMENT CHECKOUT

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TINKER AIR FORCE BASE --  Equipment Checkout is open to all active duty, retired military and their dependents, reservists, Guardsmen and Department of Defense employees. The office is open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays.
   The office is located in the Services Mall, Bldg. 478, southeast of Burger King. They offer a variety of rental items and services that are available to all base ID card holders. Members of the Tinker Club receive a 10 percent discount on rentals by showing their current Members First Plus! card at the time payment is due.
   Because Equipment Checkout is closed on weekends and holidays, they run a weekend special on most items. In February, rent a lawn vacuum for $18 when returning it the same day, $36 for overnight or $72 for the weekend. Members First Plus! customers receive an additional 10 percent off the monthly special.
   Equipment Checkout rents a variety of lawn and garden items such as lawn mowers, aerators, sod cutters, lawn vacuums, brush cutters, chipper/shredders, detacher/power rakes, vacuum blowers, lawn spreaders, lawn rollers, limb pruners, rototillers, wheelbarrows, rakes, 14- and 14-inch gas powered chain saws and more. A pick-up or trailer is needed for transporting most items. Equipment Checkout also rents utilitarian trailers. 
   Equipment Checkout carries home improvement items such as moving dollies and flat bed trailers, home repair tools, sports equipment, camping and fishing equipment and picnic or party items. Most items are rented on a first come first served basis. Items that can be reserved are champagne fountains, canopies, dunk tanks, camping trailers, barbecue grills, Moonwalks and tables and chairs.
   Items can be rented anytime Friday and must be returned no later than 11:30 a.m. the following Monday for only one a half day rental fee. All other rentals must be returned no later than 4:30 p.m. on the return due date.
   Payments for rentals are done at the time they are picked up. Cash, check, money-order, MasterCard or Visa are accepted for payment.  For more information, call 734-2289 and ask for the rental section.