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. Currently, manufacturers of forklifts are focusing their product development on the core function of the lift truck.
For instance, models which offer a lift capacity of less than 6000 pounds on average are up to 2.45% to a bit more than $46,000. Other kinds of machinery 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 equipment would quickly point out only if their real expenses are up ever so slightly.
Hourly costs of diesel unit machines have risen to over 81.6% and 84.3% respectively. Even if the prices on the dealer's tag may not seem all that different, once the machinery has left the sales yard and enters the work space of the buyer, it should produce on a large scale.
The rough-terrain forklift market has leveled off fast over the past 10 years in the wake of the telescopic-handler explosion. The telescopic handlers are may just be the future that this kind of equipment is evolving to. The job of a telehandler is to place 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 maker which offers a complete array of rough-terrain forklift families. They have established the Mega Series, consisting of bigger vertical-mast units. These models offer lifting capacities ranging 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 complete this task. The more complex and larger machinery required, the more specialized that OEMs like Omega become.