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 10 years. Now, manufacturers of lift trucks are focusing their product development on the forklift's core function.
These units for example offer a lift capacity under 6,000 lbs have increased in price on average of 2.45% to approximately $46,000 per machine. 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. Purchasers of machines will quickly point out only if their real expenses are up ever so slightly.
Hourly costs of diesel model 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 machine has left the sales yard and enters the work space of the purchaser, it must produce on a large scale.
Over the last 10 years, the rough terrain forklift market has decreased due to the increase in telescopic-handler purchases. 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 lift truck continues to be the heavyweight champ when it comes to pure grunt lifting.
The manufacturer Omega makes a lot of different lines of lift machinery and a complete range of rough-terrain forklifts. The Mega Series is an established line consisting of larger vertical-mast units. These units provide lifting capacities which vary 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 bigger machines needed, the more specialized that OEMs like Omega become.