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 past ten years. At present, lift truck manufactures are focusing their product development on the lift truck's core function.
For instance, models which provide a lift capacity of less than 6000 pounds on average are up to 2.45% to a little over $46,000. Other kinds of machines in the category's bulk class ranging from 6000 pounds to 10,000 pounds in capacity are up 3.15% to $54,177. Buyers of machines would rapidly point out only if their actual expenses are up ever so slightly.
Hourly costs of diesel unit machines have increased to more than 81.6% and 84.3% respectively. Even if the prices on the dealer's tag might not seem all that different, as soon as the equipment has left the sales yard and enters the customer's work space, it should produce on a large scale.
Over the past decade, the rough terrain forklift market has waned due to the increase in telescopic-handler purchases. The telescopic handlers are may just be the future that this type of machinery is evolving to. The job of a telehandler is to place a load with a long reach. The rough-terrain lift truck remains the heavyweight champ when it comes to pure grunt lifting.
The manufacturer Omega produces many different lines of lift machines and a complete array of rough-terrain forklifts. The Mega Series is an established line which consist of of larger vertical-mast models. These units offer lifting capacities varying 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 developed to complete this task. The bigger and more complex equipment needed, the more specialized that OEMs such as Omega become.