Rough-terrain and vertical-mast lift trucks keep picking up and positioning different building supplies on different jobsites even through the evolution and rise of telehandlers on the market. There are many conventional-style lift trucks existing in the material handling business which lost market share to telehandlers. This happened particularly when the challenger broke onto the construction scene. Ever since that time, sales numbers have become stable. Vertical-mast forklifts have re-emerged and seem to be becoming more popular once more because of their greater productivity, adaptation of certain telehandler-like features and low cost.
The straight mast forklift can finish two times the work as a telehandler due to their excellent maneuverability and handling as well as their better ground speed. Fascinatingly enough, rental outfits are beginning to charge higher rates on straight-mast models.
Rental buyers are having significant influence within the rough-terrain forklift business. Over half of all vertical-mast forklifts are currently being sold to a rental yard. These purchases are usually driven mostly by use, which is a factor closely followed by acquisition price.
The telehandler has become an extremely common machine in the material handling business. Their popularity has given them a better advantage in terms of rental use. Their overall expansion has been moderated by their higher price. There is some forklift users who feel that telehandlers are not practically as useful as opposed to conventional rough-terrain forklifts for unloading and loading repetitive tasks. This means that although competition amongst telehandler marketers has lowered their prices, a lot prefer the RT lift trucks which have been working well for decades.
In comparison, the telehandler is a little slower, ganglier to operate and needs a higher level of skillfulness to finish the task. On the upside, they get the reach if they need it. There will always be a place in the business for lift trucks though, as there are places that you can not access with a telehandler.
The rough-terrain lift truck is small, compact and able to carry a heavier load vertically compared to the telehandler. Basically, so as to use the best equipment for your application, you will have to determine what tasks precisely you will be accomplishing, the type of setting and conditions you would be operating in and what your load capacity is. All these factors will help you choose what the best alternatives available are.