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 past decade. Now, manufacturers of lift trucks are focusing their product development on the core function of the forklift.
These models for instance offer a lift capacity under 6,000 lbs have risen in price on average of 2.45% to around $46,000 per machinery. Other machinery within the category's bulk class varying from 6000 pounds to 10,000 pounds in capacity are up 3.15% to $54,177. Machine purchasers will rapidly point out only if their real costs are up ever so slightly.
With models which depend upon diesel fuel, hourly costs in those 2 classes have risen 81.6% and 84.3% respectively. Even if the prices on the dealer's tag might not seem all that different, once the equipment has left the sales yard and enters the customer's work space, it should produce on a large scale.
Over the past ten years, the rough terrain forklift market has decreased because of the increase in telescopic-handler purchases. The telescopic handlers are may just be the future that this particular kind of machine 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.
Omega is a multi-line manufacturer that offers a complete variety of rough-terrain lift truck families. They have established the Mega Series, which consist of larger vertical-mast models. These units offer lifting capacities which vary 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 do this job. The bigger and more complex machinery needed, the more specialized that OEMs like Omega become.