JLG Telehandler

JLG Telehandler Training Oshawa - In the late 1960's John L. Grove, with his wife Cora embarked on on a cross country voyage in their RV. Recently retired, after spending many years working with his brother to build their crane business into an market leader, John had no idea that momentous trip would allow JLG Industries, Inc to emerge. The world leader of mobile aerial work platforms and precision materials handling technologies was the end consequence of a road expedition.

While on their trip, John spent time talking to previous business associates 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 visiting Hoover Dam- John discovered a substantial market for a product that could quickly and safely lift individuals in the air to accomplish upkeep and other construction services.

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

Since then, JLG Forklifts have come a great distance from when Mr. John L. Grove came back from his fatefull cross-country trip and since the first JLG aerial platform entered the market. As of today, the company has extended itself into several international marketplaces and continues to develop innovative equipment to ensure that consumers are able to become safer and more resourceful within their workplace.

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