Genie Adds 74-HP Engine to GTH-844 Rough Terrain Telehandler

Genie showed its redesigned GTH-844 rough-terrain telehandler at the World of Concrete, now with a 74-hp Tier 4 Final engine option.

Michael Roth

Feb. 9, 2016

Genie39s new Dana axles have two gear ratios that are performancematched to each engine size — Genie's new Dana axles have two gear ratios that are performance-matched to each engine size.

Genie showed its redesigned GTH-844 rough-terrain telehandler at the World of Concrete, now with a 74-hp Tier 4 Final engine option. The unit has a high-torque version of the Deutz turbo-charged 3.6 L engine, optimized for 74-hp performance.

“An engine has a big impact on a machine’s overall rental return on invested capital, so we kept things simple and cost-effective with the updates to our popular GTH-844 telehandler,” said Anders Mantere, Genie telehandler product manager. “By optimizing the drivetrain, and utilizing the new high-torque, 74-hp engine, the GTH-844 is a less complex machine at a lower price point.”

Genie also continues to offer a 99-hp Tier 4 Final Deutz 3.6 L diesel engine and a 99-hp Tier 4 Final Perkins turbocharged diesel engine.

Genie also updated other components, including the axles. The new Dana axles have two gear ratios that are performance-matched to each engine size. An optional rear proximity alarm can be used to supplement the operator’s direct and redirect visibility, providing an audible and visual indication of obstacles within the detection range.

The telehandler can be transported without an over-width permit at 97.5 inches wide and 94 inches high. It has an outside turning radius of 13 feet, 9 inches.

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Michael Roth

Editor

Michael Roth has covered the equipment rental industry full time for RER since 1989 and has served as the magazine’s editor in chief since 1994. He has nearly 30 years experience as a professional journalist. Roth has visited hundreds of rental centers and industry manufacturers, written hundreds of feature stories for RER and thousands of news stories for the magazine and its electronic newsletter RER Reports. Roth has interviewed leading executives for most of the industry’s largest rental companies and manufacturers as well as hundreds of smaller independent companies. He has visited with and reported on rental companies and manufacturers in Europe, Central America and Asia as well as Mexico, Canada and the United States. Roth was co-founder of RER Reports, the industry’s first weekly newsletter, which began as a fax newsletter in 1996, and later became an online newsletter. Roth has spoken at conventions sponsored by the American Rental Association, Associated Equipment Distributors, California Rental Association and other industry events and has spoken before industry groups in several countries. He lives and works in Los Angeles when he’s not traveling to cover industry events.