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. Presently, forklift manufactures are focusing their product development on the lift truck's core function.
Like for example, models that offer a lift capacity of less than 6000 pounds on average are up to 2.45% to a little over $46,000. Other types 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. Buyers of equipment would quickly point out only if their real costs are up ever so slightly.
Hourly expenses of diesel model machines have risen to over 81.6% and 84.3% respectively. Even if the prices on the dealer's tag might not seem all that different, when the equipment has left the sales yard and enters the client's work space, it needs to produce on a large scale.
Over the past decade, 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 specific kind of equipment is evolving to. The task of a telehandler is to place a load with a long reach. The rough-terrain lift truck continues to be the heavyweight champ when it comes to pure grunt lifting.
The manufacturer Omega produces many different lines of lift machinery and a complete range of rough-terrain forklifts. The Mega Series is an established line consisting of bigger vertical-mast models. These models 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 made to complete this task. The more complex and larger equipment required, the more specialized that OEMs like Omega become.