JCB has secured a contract with Rocket Rentals, a UK equipment hirer, for 16 of its Loadall telescopic handlers.

Rocket Rentals, of Dursley, Gloucestershire, ordered 520-40, 533-105, 530-70, 532-120 and 540-170 models from JCB's range.

The new JCB machines will expand the company's 200-strong fleet of tracked excavators, telescopic handlers, articulated dump trucks and backhoe loaders.

The contract price was not released.