Exhibit 99.2

                                            FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
                                           Contact:  Juna Rowland
                                    Director, Corporate Relations
                                                   (717) 485-6605


JLG COMPLETES GRADALL TENDER OFFER

     McConnellsburg, PA, June 16, 1999 - JLG Industries, Inc.
(NYSE: JLG) today announced that 9.4 million shares, or
approximately 99.2 percent of the outstanding shares of voting
common stock of Gradall Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ: GRDL), were
tendered for $20.00 per share, net to the seller in cash, without
interest, in response to its tender offer which expired on June
15, 1999, based upon preliminary count by ChaseMellon
Shareholders Services, L.L.C., the depositary.  Validly tendered
shares will be purchased in accordance with the terms of the
tender offer.
     JLG will proceed with those steps necessary to complete the
merger of its wholly owned subsidiary with and into Gradall by
filing a certificate of merger with the Secretary of State of the
State of Delaware in accordance with Delaware law as soon as
practicable. Pursuant to the merger, any shares of Gradall common
stock not tendered in the tender offer will be converted into the
right to receive $20.00 per share in cash.
     JLG Industries, Inc. is the world's leading manufacturer,
distributor and international marketer of mobile aerial work
platforms.  Sales are made principally to distributors and rental
companies, which rent and sell the Company's products to a
diverse customer base, which includes users in the industrial,
commercial, institutional and construction markets.
Headquartered in McConnellsburg, Pennsylvania, JLG has two
additional manufacturing facilities in Bedford, Pennsylvania and
sales and service locations in Europe and Australia.
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