Exhibit 99.3


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




JLG COMPLETES PURCHASE OF GRADALL

     McConnellsburg, PA, June 21, 1999 - JLG Industries, Inc.
(NYSE: JLG) today announced that it has completed the purchase of
Gradall Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ: GRDL).  Gradall was merged with
a wholly owned subsidiary of JLG Industries, Inc, with Gradall as
the surviving company and a wholly owned subsidiary of JLG.  The
merger followed JLG's acceptance for payment of 9,761,042 shares
of Gradall common stock tendered in response to JLG's offer to
purchase shares at a price of $20.00 per share in cash.  The
tendered shares represented approximately 99.2 percent of
Gradall's issued and outstanding shares.  As a result of the
merger, shares not previously tendered now evidence the right to
receive the same $20.00 per share cash payment.  Financing for
the acquisition was provided through a new $250 million
syndicated revolving credit facility led by First Union National
Bank.
     Gradall is a leading manufacturer of rough-terrain,
telescopic material handlers and telescopic hydraulic excavators
used in infrastructure, residential, non-residential and
institutional construction and is one of the industry's most
widely recognized brand names.  Gradall employs approximately 800
people at the New Philadelphia and Orrville, Ohio sites.
     As previously disclosed in the Company's SEC filings, and
upon completion of the merger as planned, Gerald Palmer, Vice
President, Wheel Loaders and Excavators Division, Caterpillar,
Inc. resigned from the Board of Directors of JLG on which he
served as a director for five years.  JLG's Board of Directors
will consider the vacancy created by Mr. Palmer's resignation
during their annual nomination process.
     JLG Industries, Inc., a diversified capital and industrial
equipment manufacturer, is the world's leading producer of mobile
aerial work platforms and a leading producer of telescopic
material handlers and hydraulic excavators.  The Company's
products are marketed under the widely respected JLG and Gradall
trademarks and are distinguished by their technology,
versatility, productivity and reliability.  Sales are made
principally to distributors and rental companies that 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 additional manufacturing facilities in
Bedford, Pennsylvania and New Philadelphia and Orrville, Ohio,
with sales and service locations in Europe and Australia.
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