Our relationship with Manitou UK goes back to 1972 when Manitou’s were first imported into the UK. At that point their range was only three rough terrain forklift trucks. Now the range consists of over 100 models including telescopic handlers with capacities ranging from 2 ton to 40 ton and lifting heights from 6 metres to a 32 metre 360°rotating telehandler, rough terrain, industrial and semi-industrial forklifts from 1 ton to 10 ton.

A.T. Best was founded in 1997 to specialise in the promotion, sales and servicing of Manitou products in the West of Scotland. In addition to all Manitou equipment we also supply Takeuchi excavators and BOMAG compaction equipment.

We are a family-run business with two depots with one in the West of Scotland situated in our 4 acre site at Brownsburn Industrial Estate in Airdrie, near Glasgow and our  East depot situated at Macmerry Industrial estate at Tranent near Edinburgh. Both of these premises are in an excellent locations with first class links to all the major motorways and trunk roads in the North of the UK, this gives us easy access to the majority of our customers Scotland and further afield.