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. Currently, manufacturers of lift trucks are focusing their product development on the forklift's core function.
Like for example, models which provide a lift capacity of less than 6000 pounds on average are up to 2.45% to a bit 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. Equipment purchasers would rapidly point out only if their actual expenses are up ever so slightly.
Hourly expenses of diesel unit equipment 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, when the machinery has left the sales yard and enters the work space of the buyer, it needs to produce on a large scale.
Over the past ten years, the rough terrain forklift market has waned because of the increase in telescopic-handler purchases. The telescopic handlers are may just be the future that this type of equipment is evolving to. The telehandler's job is placing a load with a long reach. The rough-terrain forklift continues to be the heavyweight champ when it comes to pure grunt lifting.
Omega is a multi-line manufacturer who provides a complete array of rough-terrain lift truck families. They have established the Mega Series, consisting of larger vertical-mast models. 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 developed to do this job. The more complex and larger machinery needed, the more specialized that OEMs like Omega become.