Citing rising demand from contractors, equipment manufacturer Pettibone has launched the Traverse T944X telehandler, its first lateral-traverse machine since 2013. Boasting a 44-ft lift height, the machine is also able to move the carriage forward at full extension an additional 70 in. This feature allows for the machine to load and unload over obstacles on jobsites. Pettibone showed the machine for the first time at the World of Concrete show in Las Vegas on Jan. 23.
"Just a few years ago there were a couple of brands in the market that had a traversing unit, us being one of them,” says Kyle Rubin, director of sales and marketing for Pettibone. “For various reasons we both bowed out of that industry for a while. But we did see a lot of customers asking for it the last few years, so we’re excited to bring it back.”