Manitou Extends Warranty Periods on Compact Equipment

Effective January 1, 2020, Manitou, Gehl and Mustang, all brands of Manitou North America, have increased their warranty periods on U.S.-built compact equipment products to two years/2,000 hours, whichever occurs first for machines in the U.S.

Michael Roth

Jan. 9, 2020

Effective January 1, 2020, Manitou, Gehl and Mustang, all brands of Manitou North America, have increased their warranty periods on U.S.-built compact equipment products to two years / 2,000 hours, whichever occurs first for machines sold and registered within North America.

Manitou equipment covered under the new two-year / 2,000-hour warranty includes skid-steer loaders, track loaders and articulated loaders built in North America.

“As a company rooted in quality and durability, expanding our warranty period reinforces the confidence we have in our machines to perform and puts service as our core strength,” said Myron Birschbach, vice president of service and aftermarket for Manitou North America. “Backed by our strong dealer network, this added level of protection offers our customers peace of mind so they can focus on increasing productivity.”

About the Author

Michael Roth

Editor

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.