25.03.2015

140 Manitous for Morris Leslie

UK rental company Morris Leslie Plant Hire has placed a new order for 140 Manitou MT telehandlers, taking the total number of units ordered in the past 12 months to 250.

The new order includes a range of models from six metre compact units to 14 metre 4,000kg units. The company operates from nine locations, eight across England and one in Scotland.

Telehandlers are now one if its principal product lines, with a fleet of over 700 units, along with mini excavators, dumpers and cabins. In 2014 it purchased 400 new telehandlers, with the order split between Manitou and JCB.
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Morris Leslie has ordered 250 Manitou telehandlers in the past 12 months

Morris Leslie’s group operations director Graham Ogilvie, said: “Manitou is an important partner in our continued investment programme which will see £45 million spent in 2015 to ensure we continue to have one of the, if not the, most modern plant hire fleet in the UK."

Jonathan Tapp, managing director of Manitou UK, added: “Manitou is delighted to be a key supplier of telehandlers to the Morris Leslie Group as they continually grow their business in a variety of hire industries.”