“ With the Manitou, we have one machine that can accomplish many different applications on a construction site,” Propson said.
On a large residential building project, Propson Construction was able to use their Manitou rotating telehandler to reach the backside of the lot without having to reposition the machine.
machine doesn’ t just provide time savings for Propson. It also garners cost savings.“ Machines cost money, so we’ re happy with the MRT because it’ s one machine and it does so much,” Propson said.“ It’ s less insurance we need to buy for multiple machines to do multiple things, too.”
Safety at the Forefront Safety is another factor that Propson said makes the Manitou rotating telehandler the right piece of equipment.“ The MRT is the machine that we look to so we don’ t have to throw the beam up on our shoulder and push it up ladders,” he related.“ That improves safety on the jobsite and can prevent back and other injuries.”
The rotating telehandler’ s remote operation capabilities add to the safety aspect as well. With the remote’ s digital interface, for example, a load chart system indicates what the weight of the load is and if it’ s working within the machine’ s operating capacity.
That gives Propson and his crew the ability to know how close they are to maxing out a load before it happens.
“ If we have a deep load and we’ re not sure we’ re able to take that and swing it out, we check the digital interface,” Propson explained further.“ That gives us peace of mind rather than guessing what capacity we think is going to be there.”
“ With the Manitou, we have one machine that can accomplish many different applications on a construction site,” Propson said.
8 June 27, 2025 www. contractorshotline. com