Rough-terrain and vertical-mast lift trucks keep picking up and positioning various construction supplies on different jobsites even through the rise and evolution of telehandlers on the market. There are lots of traditional-style lift trucks available in the material handling industry that lost market share to telehandlers. This occurred specially when the competition broke onto the construction scene. Since that time, sales numbers have stabilized. Vertical-mast lift trucks have re-emerged and seem to be becoming more popular once more due to their greater efficiency, lower cost and modification of certain telehandler-like features.
Straight-mast equipment would complete two times the job which a telehandler will do because of their maneuverability and ground speed. Fascinatingly enough, rental outfits are beginning to charge higher rates on straight-mast units.
Rental buyers are having significant influence within the rough-terrain lift truck industry. More than half of all vertical-mast lift trucks are currently being sold to a rental yard. These acquisitions are normally driven mostly by use, that is a factor closely followed by purchase price.
The telehandler has become a very common equipment within the material handling business. Their popularity has given them a super advantage in terms of rental use. Their overall expansion has been moderated by their higher price. There is several lift truck users who feel that telehandlers are not practically as useful as opposed to conventional rough-terrain lift trucks for unloading and loading repetitive tasks. This means that even though competition among telehandler marketers has lowered their prices, many prefer the RT forklifts which have been performing well for decades.
The telehandler is a bit slower machine in comparison to a rough terrain lift truck unit. They are also ganglier to utilize and requires a higher level of skill to complete the job. On the upside, they get the reach if they require it. There will continuously be a place in the industry for forklifts however, because there are places that you will not be able to access with a telehandler.
The rough-terrain forklift is small, compact and able to carry a heavier load vertically compared to the telehandler. Essentially, in order to utilize the best equipment for your application, you must determine what tasks exactly you will be completing, the kind of setting and circumstances you will be operating in and what your load capacity is. These factors would help you decide what the right options available are.