Exhibit 99.5

H&E EQUIPMENT SERVICES, INC.

OFFER TO EXCHANGE

$530,000,000 AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF ITS

7% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2022

                , 201

To Our Clients:

Enclosed for your consideration are a Prospectus, dated             , 201     (as the same may be amended or supplemented from time to time, the “Prospectus”), and a Letter of Transmittal (the “Letter of Transmittal”), relating to the offer (the “Exchange Offer”) by H&E Equipment Services, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), GNE Investments, Inc., a Washington corporation, Great Northern Equipment, Inc., a Montana corporation, H&E California Holding, Inc., a California corporation, H&E Equipment Services (California), LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, H&E Equipment Services (Mid-Atlantic), Inc., a Virginia corporation, and H&E Finance Corp., a Delaware corporation (collectively, the “Guarantors”), to exchange an aggregate principal amount of up to $530,000,000 of its 7% Senior Notes due 2022 (the “New Notes”) which have been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, for any and all of its outstanding 7% Senior Notes due 2022 that were issued on August 20, 2012 (the “Old Notes”) in denominations of the principal amount of $2,000 and any integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof upon the terms and subject to the conditions of the enclosed Prospectus and Letter of Transmittal. The terms of the New Notes are identical in all material respects (including principal amount, interest rate and maturity) to the terms of the Old Notes for which they may be exchanged pursuant to the Exchange Offer, except that the New Notes are freely transferable by holders thereof and will not contain certain provisions providing for the payment of additional interest under certain circumstances pursuant to a Registration Rights Agreement, dated August 20, 2012, by and among the Company, the Guarantors and the initial purchasers of the Old Notes. The Old Notes are fully and unconditionally guaranteed initially by the Guarantors (the “Old Guarantee”), and the New Notes likewise will be fully and unconditionally guaranteed initially by the Guarantors (the “New Guarantee”). Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Prospectus and the Letter of Transmittal, the Guarantors offer to issue the New Guarantee with respect to all New Notes issued in the Exchange Offer in exchange for the Old Guarantee of the Old Notes for which such New Notes are issued in the Exchange Offer. Throughout this letter, unless the context otherwise requires and whether so expressed or not, references to the “Exchange Offer” include the Guarantors’ offer to exchange the New Guarantee for the Old Guarantee, references to the “New Notes” include the related New Guarantee and references to the “Old Notes” include the related Old Guarantee. The Company will accept for exchange any and all Old Notes properly tendered according to the terms of the Prospectus and the Letter of Transmittal. Consummation of the Exchange Offer is subject to certain conditions described in the Prospectus.

PLEASE NOTE THAT THE EXCHANGE OFFER WILL EXPIRE AT 5:00 P.M., NEW YORK CITY TIME, ON                 , 201     (THE “EXPIRATION DATE”), UNLESS THE COMPANY EXTENDS THE EXCHANGE OFFER.

The enclosed materials are being forwarded to you as the beneficial owner of the Old Notes held by us for your account but not registered in your name. A tender of such Old Notes may only be made by us as the registered holder and pursuant to your instructions. Therefore, the Company urges beneficial owners of Old Notes registered in the name of a broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee to contact such registered holder promptly if such beneficial owners wish to tender their Old Notes in the Exchange Offer.

Accordingly, we request instructions as to whether you wish to tender any or all such Old Notes held by us for your account, pursuant to the terms and conditions set forth in the enclosed Prospectus and Letter of Transmittal. If you wish to have us tender any or all of your Old Notes, please so instruct us by completing, signing and returning to us the “Instructions to Registered Holder from Beneficial Owner” form that appears below. We urge you to read the Prospectus and the Letter of Transmittal carefully before instructing us as to whether or not to tender your Old Notes.

The accompanying Letter of Transmittal is furnished to you for your information only and may not be used by you to tender Old Notes held by us and registered in our name for your account or benefit.

If we do not receive written instructions in accordance with the below and the procedures presented in the Prospectus and the Letter of Transmittal, we will not tender any of the Old Notes on your account.

INSTRUCTIONS TO REGISTERED HOLDER FROM BENEFICIAL OWNER

The undersigned beneficial owner acknowledges receipt of your letter and the accompanying Prospectus dated                 , 201     (as the same may be amended or supplemented from time to time, the “Prospectus”), and a Letter of Transmittal (the “Letter of Transmittal”), relating to the offer (the “Exchange Offer”) by H&E Equipment Services, Inc. (the “Company”), GNE Investments, Inc., Great Northern Equipment, Inc., H&E California Holding, Inc., H&E Equipment Services (California), LLC, H&E Equipment Services (Mid-Atlantic), Inc. and H&E Finance Corp. (collectively, the “Guarantors”) to exchange an aggregate principal amount of up to $530,000,000 of the Company’s 7% Senior Notes due 2022 (the “New Notes”), which have been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), for any and all of the Company’s outstanding 7% Senior Notes due 2022 (the “Old Notes”), upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Prospectus and the Letter of Transmittal. The Old Notes are fully and unconditionally guaranteed initially by the Guarantors (the “Old Guarantee”), and the New Notes likewise will be fully and unconditionally guaranteed initially by the Guarantors (the “New Guarantee”). Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Prospectus and the Letter of Transmittal, the Guarantors offer to issue the New Guarantee with respect to the New Notes issued in the Exchange Offer in exchange for the Old Guarantee of the Old Notes for which such New Notes are issued in the Exchange Offer. Unless the context otherwise requires and whether so expressed or not, references to the “Exchange Offer” include the Guarantors’ offer to exchange the New Guarantee for the Old Guarantee, references to the “New Notes” include the related New Guarantee and references to the “Old Notes” include the related Old Guarantee. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the meanings ascribed to them in the Prospectus.

This will instruct you, the registered holder, to tender the principal amount of the Old Notes indicated below held by you for the account of the undersigned, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Prospectus and the Letter of Transmittal.

Principal Amount Held for Account Holder(s) Principal Amount to be Tendered*

* Unless otherwise indicated, the entire principal amount held for the account of the undersigned will be tendered.

If the undersigned instructs you to tender the Old Notes held by you for the account of the undersigned, it is understood that you are authorized to make, on behalf of the undersigned (and the undersigned, by its signature below, hereby makes to you), the representations and warranties contained in the Letter of Transmittal that are to be made with respect to the undersigned as a beneficial owner of the Old Notes, including but not limited to the representations that the undersigned (i) is not an “affiliate,” as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act, of the Company or the Guarantors, (ii) is not engaged in, and does not intend to engage in, and has no arrangement or understanding with any person to participate in, a distribution of New Notes, (iii) is acquiring the New Notes in the ordinary course of its business and (iv) is not a broker-dealer tendering Old Notes acquired for its own account directly from the Company. If a holder of the Old Notes is an affiliate of the Company or the Guarantors, is not acquiring the New Notes in the ordinary course of its business, is engaged in or intends to engage in a distribution of the New Notes or has any arrangement or understanding with respect to the distribution of the New Notes to be acquired pursuant to the Exchange Offer, such holder may not rely on the applicable interpretations of the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission relating to exemptions from the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act and must comply with such requirements in connection with any secondary resale transaction.

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Dated:                  , 201

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