“We have high demand for this machine in rental fleets based on customer utilization/demand. “This size machine is the right combination of capacity and lifting height for the majority of multifamily residential and commercial construction projects,” Kiskunas notes.

The rapid growth in new energy projects has also increased the demand for telescopic handlers in support of those projects.”įor the Manitou Group, which includes Gehl and Mustang, the 10,000-pound, 55-foot lift capacity telehandler has had the highest rate of growth in the last 12 months. Along with the need for more housing, the workforce labor shortage has placed more demand on labor-saving equipment solutions for construction projects, such as telescopic handlers. Overall housing has moved from a surplus to a shortage. “For residential markets, both single- and multi-family housing starts continue to grow, rebounding from the drop in 2008. “Rental customers use telescopic handlers mainly for housing, residential, commercial and government construction projects,” Kiskunas says. Kiskunas says equipment rental remains the primary use for telehandlers, with units then going into a multitude of applications. “This demand is strong for all major construction market segments: residential, industrial, commercial, bridges, roads, infrastructure and energy.” “We continue to see strong market conditions for construction projects in North America,” says Steve Kiskunas, telescopic handler product manager for Manitou Group. While the telehandler industry indeed took a hit during the slowdown in oil and gas, it rebounded strongly in 2018 and most expect it to stay the course. This could very well explain the market boom for these machines over the last handful of years. And if you slap an attachment on the end of a tele’s boom, it becomes even more versatile.

They can lift, place, rotate and traverse. While these clichés often pop up during interviews and conversations, telehandlers hold true to their epithets they are on the jobsite first and leave some of the last tracks behind. These are just a few of the nicknames telehandlers have been given over the years. Genie’s GTH-844 features an all-new multi-function joystick that allows the operator to use any combination of raise/lower, extend/retract and fork tilt simultaneously.

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