The cold weather package for SkyTrak telehandlers includes a hydraulic tank heater, battery heater, breather heater and cold weather fluids.
JLG Industry has introduced the availability of a cold weather package for SkyTrak telehandlers. The optional cold weather package helps maximize machine performance in ambient temperatures down to minus 20 degrees Fahrenheit. Features of the package include a hydraulic tank heater, battery heater, breather heater and cold weather fluids, such as hydraulic oil and antifreeze.
“We understand projects can’t stop because of cold weather,” said John Boehme, JLG senior product manager, telehandlers. “This package helps ensure our SkyTrak telehandlers are operating at optimal efficiency. At the same time, operators will have the confidence that the machines will perform at the highest level in harsh conditions.”
Michael Roth has covered the equipment rental industry full time for RER since 1989 and has served as the magazine’s editor in chief since 1994. He has nearly 30 years experience as a professional journalist. Roth has visited hundreds of rental centers and industry manufacturers, written hundreds of feature stories for RER and thousands of news stories for the magazine and its electronic newsletter RER Reports. Roth has interviewed leading executives for most of the industry’s largest rental companies and manufacturers as well as hundreds of smaller independent companies. He has visited with and reported on rental companies and manufacturers in Europe, Central America and Asia as well as Mexico, Canada and the United States. Roth was co-founder of RER Reports, the industry’s first weekly newsletter, which began as a fax newsletter in 1996, and later became an online newsletter. Roth has spoken at conventions sponsored by the American Rental Association, Associated Equipment Distributors, California Rental Association and other industry events and has spoken before industry groups in several countries. He lives and works in Los Angeles when he’s not traveling to cover industry events.
