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 decade. Currently, forklift makers are focusing their product development on the core function of the lift truck.
These models for instance offer a lift capacity below 6,000 lbs have increased in price on average of 2.45% to around $46,000 per machinery. Other machines in 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 quickly point out only if their actual expenses are up ever so slightly.
Hourly expenses of diesel unit machinery 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, once the equipment has left the sales yard and enters the client's work space, it must produce on a large scale.
The rough-terrain lift truck market has leveled off rapidly over the last 10 years in the wake of the telescopic-handler explosion. The telescopic handlers are might just be the future that this specific type of machinery is evolving to. The telehandler's task is placing a load with a long reach. The rough-terrain forklift remains the heavyweight champ when it comes to pure grunt lifting.
Omega is a multi-line manufacturer which provides a complete array of rough-terrain forklift families. They have established the Mega Series, which consist of bigger vertical-mast models. These units provide 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 developed to complete this job. The more complex and larger equipment required, the more specialized that OEMs like Omega become.