JLG Telehandler

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

Whilst on their trip, John spent time conversing with former business contacts whom the Groves stopped to see along the way. These conversations combined with a tragic occurrence-two workers being electrocuted on scaffolding when the Groves were visiting Hoover Dam- John uncovered an infinite marketplace for a product that could swiftly and safely lift individuals in the air to accomplish upkeep and other construction services.

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

JLG forklifts have come a ways from the time when Mr. John L. Grove came back to town from his cross-country road trip and since the initial aerial work platform debuted on the market. These days, the company proudly continues to expand itself into a range of marketplaces worldwide and develops new products to make sure customers are capable of being more efficient and perform in the workplace within a safer environment.

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