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 past decade. Now, manufacturers of forklifts are focusing their product development on the forklift's core function.
Like for instance, units that offer a lift capacity of less than 6000 pounds on average are up to 2.45% to a bit more than $46,000. Other kinds of machinery within the category's bulk class varying from 6000 pounds to 10,000 pounds in capacity are up 3.15% to $54,177. Purchasers of equipment will rapidly point out only if their real costs are up ever so slightly.
With units that rely upon diesel fuel, hourly expenses in those 2 classes have risen 81.6% and 84.3% respectively. Even if the prices on the dealer's tag may not seem all that different, once the machine has left the sales yard and enters the customer's work space, it should produce on a large scale.
The rough-terrain forklift market has leveled off fast over the last decade in the wake of the telescopic-handler explosion. The telescopic handlers are may just be the future that this kind of machine is evolving to. The job of a telehandler is to place 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 which offers a whole variety of rough-terrain forklift families. They have established the Mega Series, which consist of larger vertical-mast units. These units offer lifting capacities that range from 8000 pounds all the way up to 20,000 pounds. The next step was to enable lifting capacities up to 50,000 pound and the HERC Series was developed to complete this job. The more complex and bigger equipment needed, the more specialized that OEMs like Omega become.