Tag: JLG telehandlers

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JLG’s New 1075 Telehandler Is One of the Tallest and Longest in Its Class

The JLG 1075 ranks as one of the tallest and longest-reaching telehandlers in the 10,000-pound-capacity class.

December 9, 2020

Construction Equipment

JLG, AUSA to launch SkyTrak 3013 compact telehandler in challenge to skid steers

The new SkyTrak 3013 “ultracompact” telehandler is light enough to be hauled with a small tow-behind trailer and is designed to challenge the place of skid steers on small material-handling jobs. The new telehandler is the result of a 10-year partnership between JLG and Spain-based equipment manufacturer AUSA, with plans to debut the machine at […]

January 22, 2020

Components

TeleMaster flat-proof tires designed for JLG, SkyTrak telehandlers

Continental has designed its new solid, flat-proof TeleMaster tires for JLG telehandlers in a partnership between the tire maker and aerial work platform manufacturer. The TeleMaster tires are available as an option on certain JLG and SkyTrak telehandlers. The tires consist of three-layer construction and specialized rubber compounds. The inner layer contains dampening properties and […]

December 28, 2017

Construction Equipment

JLG intros gravity lowering system with 742 telehandler

ConExpo attendees got the first peek at the 742 telehandler, which offers 7,000-pound lift capacity and introduces JLG’s precision gravity lowering system. The first JLG telehandler with the new lowering system, the 742 uses hydraulic power to raise the boom and gravity to lower it. That gives the operator better control and increases the machine’s […]

March 21, 2017

Business

JLG to close manufacturing at Orrville, Ohio plant, shutter two European facilities

JLG Industries, part of the Oshkosh Corporation, plans to shut down the manufacturing lines at its Orrville, Ohio, telehandler plant by Sept. 30 this year, and will move all North American telehandler production to its Pennsylvania sites. It also plans to close the Maasmechelen, Belgium, manufacturing and pre-delivery inspection (PDI) facility within 18 months, and […]

January 30, 2017

Construction Equipment

Telehandler, aerial lift intros headline JLG’s massive launch at The Rental Show

[imagebrowser id=204] “We’re calling 2015 the year of the launch,” says Alan Loux, vice president of global marketing for JLG Industries. “We’ve got more new and redesigned products coming out than at any time in our history.” JLG used The Rental Show this week to put some weight behind these words throughout its telehandler and […]

February 27, 2015

Business

PHOTOS: JLG opens new customer training center, proving grounds

[imagebrowser id=138] Classes have begun at JLG Industries’ new $2.5 million customer training center and proving grounds in McConnellsburg, Pennsylvania. Quadrupling the size of the company’s original training facility, the expansion includes a 4-acre proving grounds course that will allow trainees to get experience operating lift and access equipment such as telehandlers, scissor lifts and […]

October 21, 2014

Construction Equipment

Thieves steal telehandler from construction jobsite, unsuccessfully try to knock over an ATM with it

The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office is hunting for those involved in a failed attempt to either steal or burglarize an ATM using a telehandler. According to a First Coast News report, police said the JLG G10-55A, valued at more than $135,000, was stolen early Monday morning from a construction jobsite near Prudential Drive. The machine was […]

September 12, 2014

Construction Equipment

JLG to discontinue Lull line of telehandlers

JLG has announced that it will discontinue its Lull line of telehandlers. The company says that beginning next year in 2015 the Lull 644E-42, 944E-42, and 1044C-54 Series II will no longer be manufactured as part of the JLF telehandler portfolio. The company will continue to manufacture SkyTrak and JLG-branded telehandlers. JLG’s global product director for […]

February 20, 2014

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Renting a telehandler: Questions 6 and 7

What attachments do you need? Beyond the standard forks, popular attachments include wider fork carriages, brooms, and jib – or truss – booms. Keep in mind, however, that a wider fork carriage may be too wide to enter restricted openings, Kiskunas says, “or may project beyond palleted loads.” “One of the neatest things I’ve seen lately […]

November 7, 2013

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Renting a telehandler: the final questions

What options/features do you need?  One example would be a light package for night work. Enclosed cabs will give your operators more comfort in high and low temperatures. Other options include pintle hitches for towing, brick guards to protect the cab glass and fenders, Boeckman says. How will you transport the machine?  Many telehandlers are […]

November 7, 2013

Construction Equipment

10 questions to answer before renting a telehandler

“Telehandlers offer great flexibility,” says Heath Watton, branch manager for rental dealer Southeastern Equipment, Cambridge, Ohio. “They handle multiple attachments, including jib booms, auger heads and swing carriages.” This versatility has made the 10,000-pound-plus units the darling of the oil shale business in Watton’s territory of eastern Ohio, where he carries the JLG, Skytrak and […]

November 7, 2013