Straight mast forklifts 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 10 years. Currently, forklift makers are focusing their product development on the core function of the forklift.
These units for instance offer a lift capacity under 6,000 lbs have risen in price on average of 2.45% to around $46,000 per machine. Other machinery in the category's bulk class ranging 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 actual expenses are up ever so slightly.
With models which depend upon diesel fuel, hourly costs in those 2 classes have increased 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 must produce on a large scale.
Over the last 10 years, the rough terrain lift truck market has decreased because of the increase in telescopic-handler purchases. The telescopic handlers are might just be the future that this specific type of equipment is evolving to. The telehandler's task 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.
The manufacturer Omega produces a lot of different lines of lift machinery and a complete variety of rough-terrain lift trucks. The Mega Series is an established line consisting of larger 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 enable lifting capacities up to 50,000 pound and the HERC Series was made to complete this task. The more complex and bigger machinery required, the more specialized that OEMs such as Omega become.