JLG Telehandler

Following retirement in the late 1960's, John L. Grove set out on a cross country RV voyage. After spending numerous years establishing his family built crane company with his brother, John had no idea that this journey would bring forth the rise of JLG Industries, Inc. The world leader of mobile aerial work platforms and precision materials handling equipment was the end consequence of a road trip.

Whilst on their trip, John spent time talking to previous business acquaintances whom the Groves stopped to see along the way. These conversations combined with a tragic incident two workers being electrocuted on scaffolding when the Groves were traveling to the Hoover Dam John uncovered a vast market for a product that could promptly and safely lift individuals in the air to accomplish upkeep and other building services.

Upon returning from their travels, John established a partnership with two friends and obtained a metal fabricating company in McConnellsburg, Pennsylvania. In 1970, starting operations with a crew of twenty personnel, they built and sold the first JLG aerial work platform. The company incorporates many of the simple design essentials of that original lift into existing models.

Since then, JLG Forklifts have come a long way from when Mr. John L. Grove returned from his fatefull cross-country trip and since the first JLG aerial platform entered the marketplace. As of today, the business has expanded itself into quite a few global markets and continues to cultivate new equipment to guarantee that customers are able to become safer and more well-organized within their workplace.

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