JLG’s X1000AJ Compact Crawler Boom Named Top Construction Product by EC&M
JLG Industries, leading global manufacturer of aerial work platforms and telehandlers, has won the Electrical Construction & Maintenance magazine’s Construction Equipment category in its annual Product of the Year competition for the third consecutive year. A panel of judges representing electrical professionals from the engineering, contracting, plant facilities and maintenance industries selected the X1000AJ after reviewing 155 entries across 37 categories.
“We are honored to be recognized once again by this respected publication,” said Randy Marzicola, director of channel development, JLG Industries. “The enhanced reach capacity and stability of the X1000AJ allows operators to safely and confidently expand their work envelope on the jobsite.”
As a category winner, the X1000AJ will not compete for the 2019 Product of the Year Platinum, Gold and Silver awards, which will be determined through an online readers’ poll and announced in EC&M’s August issue. All entries will be featured in the print tabloid showcase, scheduled to mail with the April issue of EC&M and May issue of Electrical Wholesaling.
The X1000AJ offers a 56-foot up-and-over work envelope and 54-foot horizontal outreach. One-touch, self-leveling and multi-position outriggers provide added stability. The X1000AJ delivers added power options with a 76V advanced technology 2.0 lithium-ion battery for quiet indoor operation and a Kubota D902 diesel engine for outdoor jobs. Also, the X1000AJ has a compact stowed length with the ability to fit through standard double doors. Its forklift pockets and heavy-duty lifting hooks facilitate transport.
The machine is ANSI-compliant and meets the most up-to-date A92.20 ANSI standards.
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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.