Mega deal: 80 Manitou machines for Luibl

Major purchase by Luibl from the French manufacturer, including the Manitou flagship MRT 3570, a 35 m / 7 tonne roto telehandler. The rental company Luibl Rental & Sales has made substantial purchases from Manitou for 2022 and is expanding its rental fleet by 80 Manitou machines. With this multi-million € investment, Luibl aims to offer an even wider rental range and provide customers with modern construction machinery and telehandlers from a leading manufacturer.

The order, already completed in the summer, includes almost the entire aerial work platform range, a batch of modern fixed telehandlers from the MT series including new models and, finally, the new futuristic MRT telehandlers. On the platform side, the order covers machines between 12 m and 28 m. It includes electric articulating boom lifts from 12 m to 20 m, including the new rough-terrain battery-powered articulating boom lift 200 ATJ E. For industrial use, the electric articulating models 120 AETJ-C 3D, 150 AETJ-C 3D and 170 AETJ-L 3D are also being acquired, which offer users a high level of comfort in rental use thanks to the 3D jib. In addition, diesel articulating boom lifts from 16 m to 20 m with the models 160 ATJ, 160 ATJ+ with 408 kg load capacity, 180 ATJ and 200 ATJ. The diesel articulating boom lifts are ideal for rentals where the strengths of Manitou articulating booms count: four-wheel steering and continuous rotation, which set these platforms apart from those of other manufacturers. The modern Kubota Stage V engine underlines both companies' technological standards in drive technology. The order also includes the telescopic boom lifts 220TJ+ and 280TJ, which likewise score with four-wheel steering and high load capacity. Some of the machines were ordered with low-marking tyres. To meet the highest quality standards for fixed rental telehandlers, Luibl invested in numerous Manitou telehandlers. Here Luibl is expanding its rental range with the following machines: compact telehandlers with 2 and 2.5 tonnes load capacity MT 420 and MT 625, the new innovative MT 930 with 3 tonnes load capacity, and the classics Manitou MT 1440 and MT 1840 with 4 tonnes load capacity. Luibl owner Karl Bauer inspected the newly developed Manitou MT 930 telehandler together with key account manager Simon Rath at the Platformer Days and was impressed by its compact dimensions and respectable performance. Beyond that, Luibl boss Karl Bauer values the high reliability and low downtime of Manitou telehandlers.

Luibl also invested heavily in roto telehandlers to complement the packages from competitor Magni already integrated into the fleet. Customers should be free to choose which innovative construction machinery they want to use for their projects. The expansion in roto telehandlers covers almost all new Manitou models: the Manitou MRT 1845 Vision with 18 m lift height and 4.5 tonnes load capacity as successor to the MRT 1840 easy, and the new Vision+ models MRT 2260, MRT 2660 and MRT 3060, now with 6 tonnes instead of 5 tonnes load capacity and 22 m, 26 m and 30 m lift height respectively. Finally, the showpiece is the new largest Manitou telehandler, the MRT 3570 Vision Plus, with max. 35 m lift height and 7 tonnes load capacity. The new models thus reach 35 m lift height, just like competitor Merlo. The only missing model is the heavy-duty roto MRT 2570; here Luibl Rental & Sales recently invested in several Magni RTH 7.26 units. The new machines will be available with all attachments such as buckets, load hooks, long load hooks, winches for use as a crane, lattice jib winches, folding work baskets and much more. New to its rental range, Luibl will then be able to offer a work basket that folds out to 6 m for special jobs. This gives the operator a working area as wide as on a scissor lift, with the reach of a telehandler. All telehandlers also come as standard with a trailer pin and radio remote control for operating the lifting functions and the slewing of the superstructure, for maximum ease of use in rental.

The expansion of Luibl's state-of-the-art rental fleet is therefore continuing. According to Karl Bauer, Luibl operates the most modern specialist equipment fleet in Europe, with dozens of large machines, most of which are only 1-2 years old. In addition to numerous other telehandlers from Manitou, Merlo and Magni up to 39 metres lift height, Luibl also offers many aerial work platforms and special forklifts. End customers and re-renters find a wide variety of exceptional machines at Luibl, such as the 48 m and 57 m telescopic boom lifts Genie SX-150 and Genie SX-180, diesel scissor lifts up to 34 m from Holland Lift and JLG Liftlux, or high-bay scissor lifts from 22 m to 33 m from PB and HAB. With our own truck and low-loader fleet, delivery of the specialist equipment throughout Belgium is ensured. Here too, investments were made for 2022. You can read about other notable new additions to the Luibl rental fleet over the coming weeks on Vertikal.net and in our news section.