JLG Telehandler

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

While on their journey, John spent time talking to past business contacts whom the Groves stopped to see along the way. These conversations combined with a tragic incident-two workers being electrocuted on scaffolding when the Groves were visiting Hoover Dam- John discovered a substantial market for a product that could swiftly and securely elevate people in the air to accomplish upkeep and other building services.

Upon returning from their travels, John formed a partnership with two friends and acquired a metal fabrication company in McConnellsburg, Pennsylvania. In 1970, starting operations with a crew of twenty employees, they built and sold the first JLG aerial work platform. 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. These days, the company proudly continues to expand itself into numerous markets worldwide and develops new products to ensure customers are capable of being more efficient and perform in the workplace within a safer environment.

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