Straight mast lift trucks have emerged with the market for rough terrain forklifts. They have leveled off in the wake of the telescopic handler explosion of the last ten years. At present, manufacturers of forklifts are focusing their product development on the lift truck's core function.
These units for example provide a lift capacity under 6,000 lbs have increased in price on average of 2.45% to about $46,000 per machine. Other equipment within the category's bulk class ranging from 6000 pounds to 10,000 pounds in capacity are up 3.15% to $54,177. Purchasers of machinery would rapidly point out only if their real expenses are up ever so slightly.
Hourly expenses of diesel model machines have risen to over 81.6% and 84.3% respectively. Even if the prices on the dealer's tag may not seem all that different, when the machine has left the sales yard and enters the work space of the client, it has to produce on a large scale.
Over the last 10 years, the rough terrain forklift market has decreased because of the increase in telescopic-handler purchases. The telescopic handlers are may just be the future that this kind of machinery is evolving to. The task of a telehandler is to place a load with a long reach. The rough-terrain forklift remains the heavyweight champ when it comes to pure grunt lifting.
The manufacturer Omega produces a lot of different lines of lift equipment and a whole array of rough-terrain forklifts. The Mega Series is an established line consisting of larger vertical-mast models. These units 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 developed to do this task. The more complex and bigger machinery required, the more specialized that OEMs like Omega become.