At this year’s SIMA show in Paris, Manitou previewed replacements for its existing MLT 524 and MLT 527 compact telehandlers. The tiny MLT 523 hydrostatic won’t make it here until early 2002, but the French firm is shipping the more mainstream MLT 526T across the Channel this summer. Andrew Faulkner travelled to Ancenis for a drive on Manitou’s 2.6t/5.25m MLT 526T