JLG Telehandler

In the late 1960â??s John L. Grove, with his wife Cora embarked on on a cross country journey in their RV. Recently retired, after spending numerous years working with his brother to manufacture their crane company into an market leader, John had no idea that important trip would permit JLG Industries, Inc to emerge. The world leader of mobile aerial work platforms and precision materials handling technologies was the end result of a road trip.

Whilst on their journey, John spent time conversing with former business acquaintances whom the Groves stopped to see along the way. These conversations combined with a tragic event two workers being electrocuted on scaffolding when the Groves were traveling to the Hoover Dam John uncovered a substantial marketplace for a product that could quickly and safely lift people in the air to accomplish upkeep and other building services.

After returning from their holiday, John set up a partnership with two of his friends and bought a metal fabrication business in McConnellsburg, Pennsylvania. Starting with a small crew of twenty personnel, they produced and sold their first JLG aerial work platform in 1970. The company incorporates many of the basic design elements of that original lift into existing versions.

Since then, JLG Forklifts have come a long way from when Mr. John L. Grove returned from his fatefull cross-country journey and since the first JLG aerial platform entered the market. As of today, the business has expanded itself into quite a few global markets and continues to develop contemporary machines to ensure that consumers are able to become safer and more efficient within their workplace.

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