H&E Equipment Services (HEES) 10-Q 2008 Q1 Quarterly report

Exhibit 32.1

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 906 OF
THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

     In connection with the Quarterly Report of H&E Equipment Services, Inc. (the “Company”) on Form 10-Q for the period ending March 31, 2008 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, John M. Engquist, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, and Leslie S. Magee, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary of the Company, each certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1350, as adopted pursuant to § 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

(1)	the Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and
(2)	the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

Dated: May 8, 2008	By:	/s/ John M. Engquist
		John M. Engquist
		President and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer)
Dated: May 8, 2008	By:	/s/ Leslie S. Magee
		Leslie S. Magee
		Chief Financial Officer and Secretary (Principal Financial Officer)

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