JCB has boarded the battery-electric bandwagon, with the first production models of its 525-60E telehandler now whizzing around inner-city building sites, industrial warehouses and posh equine units.

In the first of a new ‘Test drive’ series for KHL, construction equipment journalist Dan Gilkes puts the JCB 525-60E electric telehandler under the microscope. The electric revolution has begun. As ...

JCB, Savannah, Georgia, celebrates the production of its 200,000th Loadall telehandler. Launched in 1977 as the JCB 520, the first Loadall was a two-wheel drive machine with a 21-foot (6.4-meter) lift ...

The 505-20E is the first fully electric version of the company’s Loadall telehandler, designed to deliver the same performance as the conventional diesel-powered machine for construction, industrial, ...

The machine’s new positive air shut-off (PASO) option is designed to shut the engine down if flammable materials are detected, to protect the operator and the machine. This feature is common in the ...

Pictured left to right are Fork Rent chairman Guy Nicholls and director Trudi Nicholls and Watling JCB managing director Richard Telfer. UK rental company Fork Rent has ordered 900 telescopic handlers ...