POWER OF ATTORNEY


     KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that the person whose signature appears
below  constitutes  and appoints P. Enoch Stiff,  Philip G. Franklin,  Curtis J.
Laetz  and  Glenda  Moehlenpah,  and  each  of  them,  as his  true  and  lawful
attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution,  for him and in his
name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign the 1998 Annual Report
on Form 10-K of OmniQuip  International,  Inc.,  and to file the same,  with all
exhibits  thereto,  and  other  documents  in  connection  therewith,  with  the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto each said attorney-in-fact and
agent full power and  authority  to do and perform  each and every act and thing
requisite  and  necessary  as fully to all intents  and  purposes as he might or
could  do  in  person,  and  hereby  ratifying  and  confirming  all  that  said
attorney-in-fact  and agent or his substitute or substitutes  may lawfully do or
cause to be done by virtue hereof.


Dated:  December 24, 1998                   /s/ Donald E. Nickelson
                                            ---------------------------
                                            Donald E. Nickelson


<PAGE>

                               POWER OF ATTORNEY

     KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that the person whose signature appears
below  constitutes  and appoints P. Enoch Stiff,  Philip G. Franklin,  Curtis J.
Laetz  and  Glenda  Moehlenpah,  and  each  of  them,  as his  true  and  lawful
attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution,  for him and in his
name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign the 1998 Annual Report
on Form 10-K of OmniQuip  International,  Inc.,  and to file the same,  with all
exhibits  thereto,  and  other  documents  in  connection  therewith,  with  the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto each said attorney-in-fact and
agent full power and  authority  to do and perform  each and every act and thing
requisite  and  necessary  as fully to all intents  and  purposes as he might or
could  do  in  person,  and  hereby  ratifying  and  confirming  all  that  said
attorney-in-fact  and agent or his substitute or substitutes  may lawfully do or
cause to be done by virtue hereof.


Dated:  December 18, 1998                      /s/ Peter S. Finley
                                              ---------------------------
                                              Peter S. Finley



<PAGE>

                               POWER OF ATTORNEY


     KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that the person whose signature appears
below  constitutes  and appoints P. Enoch Stiff,  Philip G. Franklin,  Curtis J.
Laetz  and  Glenda  Moehlenpah,  and  each  of  them,  as his  true  and  lawful
attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution,  for him and in his
name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign the 1998 Annual Report
on Form 10-K of OmniQuip  International,  Inc.,  and to file the same,  with all
exhibits  thereto,  and  other  documents  in  connection  therewith,  with  the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto each said attorney-in-fact and
agent full power and  authority  to do and perform  each and every act and thing
requisite  and  necessary  as fully to all intents  and  purposes as he might or
could  do  in  person,  and  hereby  ratifying  and  confirming  all  that  said
attorney-in-fact  and agent or his substitute or substitutes  may lawfully do or
cause to be done by virtue hereof.


Dated:  December 24, 1998                      /s/ Jeffrey L. Fox
                                               ---------------------------
                                               Jeffrey L. Fox




<PAGE>

                               POWER OF ATTORNEY


     KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that the person whose signature appears
below  constitutes  and appoints P. Enoch Stiff,  Philip G. Franklin,  Curtis J.
Laetz  and  Glenda  Moehlenpah,  and  each  of  them,  as his  true  and  lawful
attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution,  for him and in his
name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign the 1998 Annual Report
on Form 10-K of OmniQuip  International,  Inc.,  and to file the same,  with all
exhibits  thereto,  and  other  documents  in  connection  therewith,  with  the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto each said attorney-in-fact and
agent full power and  authority  to do and perform  each and every act and thing
requisite  and  necessary  as fully to all intents  and  purposes as he might or
could  do  in  person,  and  hereby  ratifying  and  confirming  all  that  said
attorney-in-fact  and agent or his substitute or substitutes  may lawfully do or
cause to be done by virtue hereof.



Dated:  December 24, 1998                      /s/ Samuel A. Hamacher
                                               ---------------------------
                                               Samuel A. Hamacher



<PAGE>

                               POWER OF ATTORNEY


     KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that the person whose signature appears
below  constitutes  and appoints P. Enoch Stiff,  Philip G. Franklin,  Curtis J.
Laetz  and  Glenda  Moehlenpah,  and  each  of  them,  as his  true  and  lawful
attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution,  for him and in his
name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign the 1998 Annual Report
on Form 10-K of OmniQuip  International,  Inc.,  and to file the same,  with all
exhibits  thereto,  and  other  documents  in  connection  therewith,  with  the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto each said attorney-in-fact and
agent full power and  authority  to do and perform  each and every act and thing
requisite  and  necessary  as fully to all intents  and  purposes as he might or
could  do  in  person,  and  hereby  ratifying  and  confirming  all  that  said
attorney-in-fact  and agent or his substitute or substitutes  may lawfully do or
cause to be done by virtue hereof.


Dated:  November 3, 1998                        /s/ Paul W. Jones
                                                ---------------------------
                                                Paul W. Jones

<PAGE>

                               POWER OF ATTORNEY


     KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that the person whose signature appears
below  constitutes  and appoints P. Enoch Stiff,  Philip G. Franklin,  Curtis J.
Laetz  and  Glenda  Moehlenpah,  and  each  of  them,  as his  true  and  lawful
attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution,  for him and in his
name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign the 1998 Annual Report
on Form 10-K of OmniQuip  International,  Inc.,  and to file the same,  with all
exhibits  thereto,  and  other  documents  in  connection  therewith,  with  the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto each said attorney-in-fact and
agent full power and  authority  to do and perform  each and every act and thing
requisite  and  necessary  as fully to all intents  and  purposes as he might or
could  do  in  person,  and  hereby  ratifying  and  confirming  all  that  said
attorney-in-fact  and agent or his substitute or substitutes  may lawfully do or
cause to be done by virtue hereof.


Dated:  November 2, 1998                    /s/ Jerry E. Ritter
                                            ---------------------------
                                            Jerry E. Ritter


<PAGE>

                               POWER OF ATTORNEY


     KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that the person whose signature appears
below  constitutes  and appoints P. Enoch Stiff,  Philip G. Franklin,  Curtis J.
Laetz  and  Glenda  Moehlenpah,  and  each  of  them,  as his  true  and  lawful
attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution,  for him and in his
name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign the 1998 Annual Report
on Form 10-K of OmniQuip  International,  Inc.,  and to file the same,  with all
exhibits  thereto,  and  other  documents  in  connection  therewith,  with  the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto each said attorney-in-fact and
agent full power and  authority  to do and perform  each and every act and thing
requisite  and  necessary  as fully to all intents  and  purposes as he might or
could  do  in  person,  and  hereby  ratifying  and  confirming  all  that  said
attorney-in-fact  and agent or his substitute or substitutes  may lawfully do or
cause to be done by virtue hereof.


Dated:  October 26, 1998                      /s/ Joseph F. Shaughnessy
                                              ---------------------------
                                              Joseph F. Shaughnessy


<PAGE>

                               POWER OF ATTORNEY


     KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that the person whose signature appears
below  constitutes  and appoints P. Enoch Stiff,  Philip G. Franklin,  Curtis J.
Laetz  and  Glenda  Moehlenpah,  and  each  of  them,  as his  true  and  lawful
attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution,  for him and in his
name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign the 1998 Annual Report
on Form 10-K of OmniQuip  International,  Inc.,  and to file the same,  with all
exhibits  thereto,  and  other  documents  in  connection  therewith,  with  the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto each said attorney-in-fact and
agent full power and  authority  to do and perform  each and every act and thing
requisite  and  necessary  as fully to all intents  and  purposes as he might or
could  do  in  person,  and  hereby  ratifying  and  confirming  all  that  said
attorney-in-fact  and agent or his substitute or substitutes  may lawfully do or
cause to be done by virtue hereof.


Dated:  November 8, 1998                       /s/ Robert L. Virgil
                                               ---------------------------
                                               Robert L. Virgil


<PAGE>

                               POWER OF ATTORNEY


     KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that the person whose signature appears
below  constitutes and appoints  Philip G. Franklin,  Curtis J. Laetz and Glenda
Moehlenpah, and each of them, as his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent,
with full power of  substitution,  for him and in his name,  place and stead, in
any and all capacities,  to sign the 1998 Annual Report on Form 10-K of OmniQuip
International,  Inc., and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other
documents in connection therewith,  with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
granting unto each said  attorney-in-fact  and agent full power and authority to
do and perform each and every act and thing  requisite and necessary as fully to
all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, and hereby ratifying
and  confirming  all that said  attorney-in-fact  and agent or his substitute or
substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.


Dated:  December 24, 1998                       /s/ P. Enoch Stiff
                                                ---------------------------
                                                P. Enoch Stiff