The Pettibone Extendo 10056 is a telehandler, a material handler that reaches loads with a telescopic boom. It comes from Pettibone, an American maker of cranes and lifting equipment that has been in business since 1881, when it was founded in Chicago as Pettibone Mulliken.
Pettibone Extendo 10056 at a glance
| Maker | Pettibone, United States |
|---|---|
| Type | telehandler (telescopic-boom material handler) |
| Model | Extendo 10056 |
| Product line | Extendo |
| Founded | 1881, Chicago, Illinois, as Pettibone Mulliken |
| First president | Alfred H. Mulliken |
| Company today | Baraga, Michigan |
| Main products | cranes and other material handling equipment |
| Best-known cranes | Speed Swing line |
| Railroad work | lifting rails and moving ties |
Based on the manufacturer’s page on English Wikipedia only; no published specification for the Extendo 10056 was available, so this page describes the machine and its maker rather than quoting figures.
History of the Pettibone Extendo 10056
A Chicago maker of railway equipment
Pettibone Mulliken was founded in 1881 in Chicago, Illinois, with Alfred H. Mulliken as president. Its biggest early product was not a crane at all but railway track and switch equipment, and by 1929 the company’s manufacturing facilities in Chicago covered 32 acres.
Cranes, artillery and the modern range
While primarily a maker of cranes and material handling equipment, the company took a $3,817,844 contract for artillery material from the United States Department of War in 1940, on the eve of American entry into the Second World War, and went on making artillery for the armed forces during the war. Today the firm trades simply as Pettibone, is based in Baraga, Michigan, and still concentrates on cranes and other material handling equipment, some of it sold for railway work. It is best known for its Speed Swing cranes, which railroads use for lifting rails and moving ties.
Where the Extendo fits
The Extendo name belongs to Pettibone’s telescopic-boom material handlers: the boom extends to reach over a load instead of lifting it on a fixed mast, which is what separates a telehandler from an ordinary forklift. The 10056 is one of that family, and it carries the maker’s long experience with lifting gear rather than a background in general trucks.
Design and features
- Telescopic boom: the machine reaches out to its load with an extending boom, the idea behind the Extendo name.
- Material handler first: it belongs to Pettibone’s core business of cranes and handling equipment rather than to volume truck production.
- Crane-maker’s background: the company behind it has built lifting machinery since the 19th century.
- Railway heritage: Pettibone cranes are used by railroads for lifting rails and moving ties.
Pettibone Extendo 10056 versions
- Extendo 10056: the telehandler covered on this page.
- Speed Swing: Pettibone’s best-known crane line, used by railroads.
- Super 8: an all-terrain forklift sold under the Land Crab name.
- 30 Multikrane: a rough-terrain crane from the same maker.
The other Pettibone machines on this site are the Super 8 all-terrain forklift and the 30 Multikrane. All of them are listed in the Pettibone collection.
Video: Pettibone Extendo 10056 telehandler review
Video by Lift and Access on YouTube.
Sources
- Pettibone (company), English Wikipedia: history, founder, headquarters, products
