Exhibit 10.1(g)

AMENDMENT NO. 7

This AMENDMENT No. 7 dated as of March 31, 2005 ("Amendment No. 7"), is entered into by and
among H&E EQUIPMENT SERVICES L.L.C., a Louisiana limited liability company ("H&E"), GREAT NORTHERN EQUIPMENT, INC., a Montana corporation
("Great Northern" and together with H&E, individually a "Borrower" and jointly, severally and
collectively, the "Borrowers"), H&E HOLDINGS, L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company, GNE INVESTMENTS, INC., a Washington corporation and
H&E FINANCE CORP., a Delaware corporation, the persons designated as "Lenders" on the signature pages hereto, and GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation, as Agent.

WHEREAS,
Borrowers, the other Credit Parties, the Lenders (as defined therein) and Agent are party to the Credit Agreement dated as of June 17, 2002 (including all annexes,
exhibits and schedules thereto, and as amended by Amendment No. 1 dated as of March 31, 2003, Amendment No. 2 dated as of May 14, 2003, Amendment No. 3 dated as of
February 10, 2004, Amendment No. 4 dated as of October 26, 2004, Amendment No. 5 dated as of January 13, 2005 and Amendment No. 6 dated as of March 11,
2005, and as further amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified and in effect from time to time, "Original Credit Agreement"; all capitalized
terms defined in the Original Credit Agreement and not otherwise defined herein have the meanings assigned to them in the Original Credit Agreement or in Annex Athereto); and

WHEREAS,
Borrowers and each Lender, subject to Section 3 hereof, wish to amend the Original Credit Agreement in the manner set forth below.

NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the agreements, provisions and covenants herein contained, Borrowers, Credit Parties, each Lender and Agent agree as follows:

SECTION 1.  AMENDMENTS TO ORIGINAL CREDIT AGREEMENT

Subject to the satisfaction of the conditions to effectiveness referred to inSection 3hereof, the
Original Credit Agreement is hereby amended as follows:

Paragraph (d) of Annex Eof the Original Credit Agreement is amended by adding the following new sentence to the end of such
paragraph:

Notwithstanding
the other provisions of this clause (d), in the case of H&E Holdings' audited Financial Statements for the Fiscal Year ended December 31, 2004 and the
accompanying written statement of H&E Holdings' independent public accountants required to be delivered in connection therewith, the Credit Parties shall be deemed to have complied with the
requirements of this clause (d) if such Financial Statements and accompanying report are delivered on or before September 30, 2005.

SECTION 2.  CONSENTS AND WAIVERS.

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SECTION 3.  CONDITIONS TO EFFECTIVENESS

This Amendment No. 7 shall become effective on the date, which must be prior to March 31, 2005 (the "Effective
Date") on which the following conditions shall have been satisfied:



SECTION 4.  LIMITATION ON SCOPE

Except as expressly amended hereby, all of the representations, warranties, terms, covenants and conditions of the Loan Documents shall remain in full force and
effect in accordance with their respective terms. The amendments set forth herein shall be limited precisely as provided for herein and shall not be deemed to be waivers of, amendments of, consents to
or modifications of any term or provision of the Loan Documents or any other document or instrument referred to therein or of any transaction or further or future action on the part of Borrowers or
any other Credit Party requiring the consent of Agent or Lenders except to the extent specifically provided for herein. Agent and Lenders have not and shall not be deemed to have waived any of their
respective rights and remedies against Borrowers or any other Credit Party for any existing or future Defaults or Event of Default.

SECTION 5.  MISCELLANEOUS





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[SIGNATURE PAGES FOLLOW]

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WITNESSthe due execution hereof by the respective duly authorized officers of the undersigned as of the date first written above.

| |  |                                       |  |             
| |  | ------------------------------------- |  | ------------
| |  | BORROWERS:                           
| |  | H&E EQUIPMENT SERVICES, L.L.C.       
| |  | By:                                   |  |             
| |  |                                       |  | Name:
Title:
| |  | GREAT NORTHERN EQUIPMENT, INC.       
| |  | By:                                   |  |             
| |  |                                       |  | Name:
Title:
| |  | CREDIT PARTIES:                      
| |  | H&E HOLDINGS, L.L.C.                 
| |  | By:                                   |  |             
| |  |                                       |  | Name:
Title:
| |  | GNE INVESTMENTS, INC.                
| |  | By:                                   |  |             
| |  |                                       |  | Name:
Title:
| |  | H&E FINANCE CORP.                    
| |  | By:                                   |  |             
| |  |                                       |  | Name:
Title:
| |  | AGENT AND LENDERS:                   
| |  | GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL
CORPORATION,
| |  | as Agent and a Lender By:            
| |  | By:                                   |  |             
| |  |                                       |  | Name:
Title:
| |  |                                       |  |             

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| |  | FLEET CAPITAL CORPORATION,     
| |  | -------------------------------
| |  | as a Lender                    
| |  | By:                            
| |  |                                
| |  | PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
| |  | as a Lender                    
| |  | By:                            
| |  |                                
| |  | LASALLE BUSINESS CREDIT, LLC,  
| |  | as a Lender                    
| |  | By:                            
| |  |                                

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