Straight mast forklifts have emerged with the market for rough terrain forklifts. They have leveled off in the wake of the telescopic handler explosion of the last 10 years. Presently, lift truck makers are focusing their product development on the core function of the lift truck.
These models for instance offer a lift capacity under 6,000 lbs have risen in price on average of 2.45% to around $46,000 per machine. Other equipment within the category's bulk class varying from 6000 pounds to 10,000 pounds in capacity are up 3.15% to $54,177. Buyers of equipment will rapidly point out only if their real costs are up ever so slightly.
With units which rely on diesel fuel, hourly costs in those 2 classes have risen 81.6% and 84.3% respectively. Even if the prices on the dealer's tag might not seem all that different, once the machine has left the sales yard and enters the client's work space, it should produce on a large scale.
The rough-terrain lift truck market has leveled off fast over the last ten years in the wake of the telescopic-handler explosion. The telescopic handlers are might just be the future that this type of machinery is evolving to. The telehandler's task is placing a load with a long reach. The rough-terrain forklift remains the heavyweight champ when it comes to pure grunt lifting.
Omega is a multi-line manufacturer which provides a whole variety of rough-terrain forklift families. They have established the Mega Series, consisting of bigger vertical-mast units. These models provide lifting capacities ranging from 8000 pounds all the way up to 20,000 pounds. The next step was to allow lifting capacities up to 50,000 pound and the HERC Series was made to complete this job. The more complex and larger equipment needed, the more specialized that OEMs such as Omega become.