Straight mast forklifts have emerged with the market for rough terrain forklifts. They have leveled off in the wake of the telescopic handler explosion of the past 10 years. Now, manufacturers of lift trucks are focusing their product development on the forklift's core function.
These models for example offer a lift capacity below 6,000 lbs have risen in price on average of 2.45% to approximately $46,000 per machine. 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 buyers would quickly point out only if their real expenses are up ever so slightly.
With models which rely on 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 may not seem all that different, when the machine has left the sales yard and enters the client's work space, it should produce on a large scale.
Over the last 10 years, the rough terrain lift truck market has waned due to the increase in telescopic-handler purchases. The telescopic handlers are may just be the future that this specific type of machinery 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 who provides a complete range of rough-terrain forklift families. They have established the Mega Series, that consist of of larger vertical-mast models. These models provide lifting capacities that range 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 developed to do this task. The larger and more complex machines needed, the more specialized that OEMs like Omega become.