Several manufacturers noted that the compact telehandler market has shown strong growth in recent years. As of February, JLG even has a 2,700-pound-capacity SkyTrak model, the 3013, which the company refers to as ultra-compact. JLG uses the term "super-compact" when referring to its G5-18A model which, at 5,500 pounds lift capacity, is much smaller than any other telehandler the company offers under the JLG brand. Skyjack defines any telehandler with a lift capacity between 4,000 and 6,000 pounds as compact. Snorkel considers telehandlers between 5,000 and 6,000 pounds lift capacity to be compact and anything below 5,000 pounds to be sub-compact, while Manitou refers to anything below a 4,000-pound lift capacity as sub-compact.
Josh Taylor, Genie product manager, Terex AWP, noted that both compact and sub-compact machines have shorter wheelbases and more compact operator cabins. JCB considers a sub-compact telehandler to be any machine under 5,000 pounds maximum lift capacity and Genie considers a sub-compact machine to be anything under its 5,500-pound-capacity GTH-5519. However, as manufacturers continue to introduce smaller machines, several other designations including sub-compact, super-compact and ultra-compact have come into use – but there is no standardized definition for each of these categories. For this article, we're defining "compact telehandler" as any telehandler with a maximum lift capacity below 6,000 pounds.
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