MTA 519 Telehandler is a Rental Choice Award Winner
Manitou's MTA 519 compact Telehandler was awarded a Rental Editor's Choice Award for 2024! Every year, ForConstructionPros.com selects the equipment and general tool industry's best products gaining interest from end-users and rental professionals alike that exhibit innovation and utility.
The MTA 519 was launched at ARA in February. This new compact telehandler is built for the rental, construction and material handling markets.
“There is continued growing demand for compact telehandlers in the market today,” said Steve Kiskunas, product manager for telescopic handlers, Manitou. “We’ve made this MTA 519 even stronger than previous Manitou compact telehandlers, and are delivering even greater versatility to the North American market with a skid steer quick attach system that makes this machine compatible with any standard-flow skid steer or CTL attachment that many businesses already have in their fleet.”
The new MTA 519 is compact at 5 ft., 11 in. wide and 6 ft., 4 in. tall, with a tight turning radius of 10 ft., 10 in. This makes it small enough to fit through garage doors and down ramps into the lower levels of structures. It also retains operating capacities, including a maximum load capacity of 5,500 lbs., a 19-ft, 1-in. maximum working height and outreach of up to 11 ft., 2 in. for loading and unloading materials on the second floor of a structure. It also features five different tire options and a ground clearance of 13 in. for working on varied terrain.
The MTA 519 features a skid steer quick attach system, which allows the machine to operate standard flow skid steer and CTL attachments. This can be used by rental businesses who can rent out this telehandler with a whole range of attachments and fleet managers who may already own several attachments that can now be used on another asset.
“Attachment compatibility increases utilization, both for rental businesses and contractors,” said Kiskunas. “This increases profitability. The ability to run standard-flow attachments with this machine, in addition to its more standard fork and bucket operations, makes it a productive addition to any fleet.”
This machine is further built for use with a variety of ground-engaging attachments, from snow pushes to brooms, through the design of its ground-engaging boom. The outer shell of the boom is designed with steel of equal thickness on all sides for strength — and the extension and retraction of the boom is entirely hydraulically driven for simplicity and performance. The boom is also situated lower within the framework of the machine for visibility on the right side of the machine from the cab.
“In addition to the traditional lifting and placing strengths, these booms are also designed to better handle the side-to-side forces you experience in ground-engaging applications, really giving you a purpose-built operator’s experience,” said Kiskunas. “Operators can run this telehandler in all functions with confidence that it will perform as desired.”