Tag: JCB telehandlers

Dealers

Equipment Roundup: Deere intros first mast-free GPS motor grader system; CTL market in fierce competition; Cat unveils 5-seater UTVs; JCB intros first 12,000-lb. capacity tele with no DEF, DPF; Gehl intros new DL telehandlers

Deere debuts industry’s first mast-free motor grader GPS system, Cat adds 5-seaters to UTV lineup, and Gehl intros new generation of DL telehandlers. More here!

August 27, 2018

Construction Equipment

With new engine, JCB’s 12,000-lb. capacity 512-56 telehandler needs no DEF, DPF

The no-aftertreatment version has the largest lifting capacity of any 74-horsepower telehandler and includes a low-effort servo single joystick. More here.

August 24, 2018

Construction Equipment

JCB ceases backhoe production at Ga. facility to make room for telehandlers; will build dedicated parts warehouse and distribution center in Miami

Less than four years after the first JCB 3CX backhoe rolled off the assembly line at the British equipment maker’s Savannah, Georgia-based North American headquarters, the company has announced that it has ceased backhoe production at the plant in order to make room for production of the 505-20TC compact telehandler. JCB says installation of the […]

May 10, 2018

Construction Equipment

This is Teleskid: Check out JCB’s new half skid steer, half telehandler before its official ConExpo launch

JCB has been in the headlines quite a bit lately with announcements on a switch to Rolls-Royce engines in its largest excavators and an entry into the aerial lift market that the company was able to keep quiet for two years while 27 initial models were in development. Now, the British manufacturer is preparing to launch a […]

February 21, 2017

Trucks

U.S. Army places $142 million order for JCB’s new rough terrain forklifts

The U.S. Army is responsible for the largest order in JCB’s history, and to start 2017, it has placed another historic order with the U.K.-based heavy equipment maker. The Army has ordered 1,600 light-capabilty rough terrain forklifts from JCB to be deployed for loading and unloading aircraft and shipping containers around the world. The $142 million […]

February 10, 2017

Construction Equipment

JCB intros 8018 and 8029 compact excavators and Loadall 516-42, its largest capacity telehandler

JCB never wastes a news conference, and it’s phalanx of introductions today proved true to form.  The machine intros include the 8018 and 8029 compact excavators. The 8029 CTS, for conventional tail swing, has a 25 horsepower engine and a tail swing just  18.5 inches longer than the 8025 zero tail swing machine. With a 10-foot […]

March 5, 2014

Construction Equipment

JCB’s new 525-60 telehandler offers power in a compact footprint

JCB used the American Rental Association show this week to debut its compact 525-60 Hi-Viz loader, designed to offer the performance of a full-size telehandler within a compact footprint. “It’s just 5 feet 10 inches wide, and 6 feet 3 inches tall, which gives you the ability to maneuver in confined areas,” says Stuart Fox, […]

February 14, 2014

Gear

First look: JCB’s 514 telehandler designed with Americans in mind

Two industries that are booming right now in the U.S. and Canada are the oil and gas drilling and wind farm businesses. With these markets in mind JCB has designed and, as of today, just shipped its first 514 telehandler with 14,000 pounds of capacity and a 56-foot reach for heavy duty pick and place […]

June 7, 2013