As the market for rough terrain forklifts has emerged so has the need for straight mast forklifts. Their demand and emergence has leveled over the last 10 years because of the explosion of telescopic handlers. Presently, lift truck makers are focusing their product development on the core function of the lift truck.
For instance, models that offer a lift capacity of less than 6000 pounds on average are up to 2.45% to a little more than $46,000. Other types of equipment in the category's bulk class ranging from 6000 pounds to 10,000 pounds in capacity are up 3.15% to $54,177. Machine purchasers would rapidly point out only if their actual expenses are up ever so slightly.
Hourly costs of diesel model machinery have risen to more than 81.6% and 84.3% respectively. Even if the prices on the dealer's tag may not seem all that different, as soon as the machinery has left the sales yard and enters the work space of the buyer, it should produce on a large scale.
Over the past ten years, the rough terrain lift truck market has decreased due to the increase in telescopic-handler purchases. The telescopic handlers are may just be the future that this specific type of machine is evolving to. The task of a telehandler is to place a load with a long reach. The rough-terrain lift truck continues to be the heavyweight champ when it comes to pure grunt lifting.
Omega is a multi-line manufacturer which provides a whole array of rough-terrain lift truck families. They have established the Mega Series, which consist of bigger vertical-mast units. 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 do this job. The more complex and larger machinery needed, the more specialized that OEMs such as Omega become.