Straight mast lift trucks have emerged with the market for rough terrain lift tricks. They have leveled off in the wake of the telescopic handler explosion of the last decade. Now, manufacturers of forklifts are focusing their product development on the core function of the lift truck.
These units for example provide a lift capacity under 6,000 lbs have risen in price on average of 2.45% to around $46,000 per machinery. Other machinery in the category's bulk class varying 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 machinery have risen to over 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 machine has left the sales yard and enters the work space of the customer, it has to produce on a large scale.
Over the last 10 years, the rough terrain lift truck market has waned because of 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.
The company Omega makes lots of different lines of lift equipment and a whole variety of rough-terrain forklifts. The Mega Series is an established line which consist of of bigger 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 made to complete this task. The bigger and more complex equipment required, the more specialized that OEMs like Omega become.