Customers can now gain much better informed advice about the recently introduced NewAg range of Manitou MLT telescopic handlers following a major in-house training event.

Held at the National Agricultural Centre, Stoneleigh, the hands-on event training event was the largest ever practical training session organised by Manitou (UK) Ltd.

Dealers get hands-on at the Manitou training event

During the training sessions, 180 Manitou dealer personnel including Managing Directors, senior managers, sales people and support staff were able to learn about, inspect and test drive the latest MLT NewAg models. Experts from Manitou UK were on hand to provide comprehensive presentations before the dealer personnel tried out the different models to carry out a series of realistic operating tasks with appropriate attachments.

In a statement Manitou said, "The training event made it easy for the participants to check out the different operational advantages of the alternative transmissions now being offered with some of the MLT NewAg models. As well as the traditional powershift transmissions, Manitou can now provide alternative CVT (continuously variable transmissions)."

The latest ZF CVT transmission is now available in the NewAg V (Varioshift) and V+ (Vario Plus) models. And, at the major training event, the Manitou dealer personnel were able to directly compare the benefits of both the Power Shift Plus (P+) and Vario Plus (V+) transmissions on new machines such as the MLT635-140 V+ and MLT 635-130 PS+.

The manufacturer says that feedback from dealer personnel who attended, indicates that the event has given the confidence and greater practical knowledge to better impart the advantages of the NewAg range to potential customers. Andrew Waddington, Managing Director of Doncaster-based  dealer Farmstar Ltd, said, “This has been the best Manitou training that I have been to in the last 20 years.”