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                                                                 EXHIBIT 11.01

                            GRADALL INDUSTRIES, INC.
                    COMPUTATION OF EARNINGS PER COMMON SHARE



                                                                Year Ended          Six Months Ended
                                                               December 31,              June 30,
                                                               ------------     -------------------------
                                                                  1995             1995            1996 
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Primary Actual Earnings Per Share (A):

(a) Net income as reported                                         $6,607          $4,320          $3,526
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  Weighted average number of common shares outstanding
    assuming the Recapitalization had occurred on
    January 1, 1995                                                 1,000           1,000           1,000
  Shares issuable upon conversion of outstanding warrants,
    assumed to be converted January 1, 1995                            81.1            81.1            81.1
  Weighted average number of common shares and common stock
    equivalents outstanding                                          1081.1          1081.1          1081.1
                                                                ---------       ---------       ---------
Effect of 5540 to 1 stock split which will become effective
  at the time of the Offering                                       X5540           X5540           X5540
                                                                ---------       ---------       ---------
(b) Weighted average actual common shares and common stock
  equivalents outstanding after giving effect to the
  stock split                                                   5,989,294       5,989,294       5,989,294
                                                                =========       =========       =========
Primary actual earnings per share (a divided by b)                  $1.10            $.72            $.59
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Primary Supplementary Earnings Per Share (B):

  Net income as reported                                           $6,607          $4,320          $3,526
  Pro forma adjustments:
    Reduce amortization of deferred financing fees                     80               -             162
    Change in interest expense resulting from payoff
      of debt from proceeds of the Offering                           737               2           1,658
    Tax expense related to pro forma adjustments                     (294)             (1)           (706)
                                                                ---------       ---------       ---------
(a) Pro forma net income                                           $7,130          $4,321          $4,640
                                                                =========       =========       =========
  Weighted average number of common shares outstanding
    assuming the Recapitalization had occurred on
    January 1, 1995                                                 1,000           1,000           1,000
  Shares issuable upon conversion of outstanding warrants,
    assumed to be converted January 1, 1995                            81.1            81.1            81.1
                                                                  ---------       ---------       ---------
                                                           
                                                                     1081.1          1081.1          1081.1
Effect of 5540 to 1 stock split which will become effective
  at the time of the Offering                                       X5540           X5540           X5540
                                                                ---------       ---------       ---------
                                                                5,989,294       5,989,294       5,989,294

  Stock options to become effective August 15, 1996                10,000          10,000          10,000

  Shares assumed to be issued in connection with the Offering   2,500,000       2,500,000       2,500,000
                                                                ---------       ---------       ---------
(b) Pro forma weighted average shares of common stock and
   common stock equivalents outstanding after giving effect
   to the stock split                                           8,499,294       8,499,294       8,499,294
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Primary supplementary earnings per share (a divided by b)            $.84            $.51            $.55
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A       Presented based on actual earnings and average shares outstanding in
        the periods indicated after giving effect to the anticipated 5540 to 1
        stock split and the conversion of the outstanding warrants.

B       Presented as if the 1995 Recapitalization, the exercise of the Warrants
        and an option for 10,000 shares, the issuance of shares of Common Stock
        pursuant to the Offering and the application of the estimated net
        proceeds thereof had occurred on January 1, 1995. Pro forma net income
        per share data do not include a $0.5 million extraordinary loss (net of
        a tax benefit of $0.4 million) to be incurred on repayment in full of
        the Senior Subordinated Notes and a $0.4 million write-off (net of a tax
        benefit of $0.3 million) of the financing costs related to the repayment
        in full of the Senior Subordinated Notes and the Term Loan and a portion
        of the Revolver which will be reported in the period in which the
        Offering is consummated. 

C       Primary and fully diluted earnings per share are the same because the
        outstanding stock options are the only additional common stock
        equivalents, and under the treasury stock method there would be no
        impact upon their exercise at the current estimated market value of the
        stock.