26.08.2003

JCB wins £18 million telehandler contract

JCB has landed one of the biggest supply contracts in the company’s history with UK plant hire firm Fork Rent. Under the massive £18 million agreement JCB will supply the East Anglia-based company with up to 500 of its latest Loadall telehandlers over the next two years. The order will comprise the new-look 530-70, 532-120, 533-105, 520-50 and 540-170 telehandler models, with lift capacities ranging from 2 to 4 tonnes and lift heights ranging from 5 to 16.7 metres. Please register to see all images

JCB will deliver 500 of its latest Loadall telehandlers to Fork Rent over the next two years.

JCB launched its latest generation of side engine Loadalls at the Intermat exhibition back in May and Fork Rent are one of the first companies to buy the modernised machines. The order will boosts Fork Rent’s position as holding one of the UK’s youngest telehandler fleets.