JLG Telehandler

JLG Telehandler Training Ottawa - After retiring 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 result of a road expedition.

While on their trip, John spent time talking to previous business contacts whom the Groves stopped to visit along the way. These conversations combined with a tragic occurrence two workers being electrocuted on scaffolding when the Groves were visiting Hoover Dam John discovered a vast marketplace for a product that could quickly and securely lift individuals 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 purchased a metal fabrication business in McConnellsburg, Pennsylvania. Starting with a small crew of twenty workers, they produced and sold their first JLG aerial work platform in 1970. The company incorporates many of the simple design elements of that original lift into existing versions.

JLG lift trucks have come a long way from the time when Mr. John L. Grove returned to town from his cross-country road trip and since the first aerial work platform debuted on the market. Today, the business proudly continues to expand itself into various markets worldwide and develops new products to make certain consumers are capable of being more effective and perform in the workplace within a safer environment.

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