As the market for rough terrain forklifts has emerged so has the demand for straight mast lift trucks. Their demand and emergence has leveled over the last ten years because of the explosion of telescopic handlers. Presently, manufacturers of lift trucks are focusing their product development on the core function of the forklift.
Like for instance, units that offer a lift capacity of less than 6000 pounds on average are up to 2.45% to a little over $46,000. Other machines within the category's bulk class ranging from 6000 pounds to 10,000 pounds in capacity are up 3.15% to $54,177. Equipment purchasers would rapidly point out only if their real expenses are up ever so slightly.
Hourly costs of diesel unit machinery 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 purchaser, it should produce on a large scale.
The rough-terrain forklift market has leveled off fast over the last decade in the wake of the telescopic-handler explosion. The telescopic handlers are might just be the future that this specific kind of machinery is evolving to. The telehandler's job is placing a load with a long reach. The rough-terrain lift truck continues to be the heavyweight champ when it comes to pure grunt lifting.
Omega is a multi-line producer which offers a whole array of rough-terrain forklift families. They have established the Mega Series, consisting of larger vertical-mast units. These units 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 made to complete this task. The larger and more complex machinery required, the more specialized that OEMs such as Omega become.