JLG Telehandler

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

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 incident-two workers being electrocuted on scaffolding when the Groves were visiting Hoover Dam- John uncovered a substantial market for a product that could swiftly and securely elevate individuals in the air to accomplish upkeep and other construction functions.

Upon returning from their travels, John established a partnership with two friends and acquired a metal fabricating company in McConnellsburg, Pennsylvania. In 1970, opening operations with a crew of twenty staff, they manufactured and sold the first JLG aerial work platform. The company incorporates some of the simple design essentials of that original lift into existing versions.

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 marketplace. As of today, the business has expanded itself into quite a few international marketplaces and continues to develop new machinery to ensure that customers are able to become safer and more resourceful within their workplace.

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