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 ten years. Presently, manufacturers of lift trucks are focusing their product development on the lift truck's core function.
These models for example offer a lift capacity under 6,000 lbs have increased in price on average of 2.45% to about $46,000 per machinery. Other types of machinery in the category's bulk class varying from 6000 pounds to 10,000 pounds in capacity are up 3.15% to $54,177. Equipment purchasers will quickly point out only if their real costs are up ever so slightly.
With units that rely upon diesel fuel, hourly costs in those 2 classes have increased 81.6% and 84.3% respectively. Even if the prices on the dealer's tag might not seem all that different, when the machinery has left the sales yard and enters the work space of the customer, it should produce on a large scale.
The rough-terrain lift truck market has leveled off fast over the last 10 years in the wake of the telescopic-handler explosion. The telescopic handlers are might just be the future that this particular kind of equipment is evolving to. The telehandler's task is placing a load with a long reach. The rough-terrain lift truck remains the heavyweight champ when it comes to pure grunt lifting.
Omega is a multi-line manufacturer who offers a complete range of rough-terrain lift truck families. They have established the Mega Series, consisting of larger vertical-mast units. These units provide 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 do this task. The more complex and larger equipment required, the more specialized that OEMs like Omega become.