As the market for rough terrain forklifts has emerged so has the demand for straight mast forklifts. Their emergence and demand has leveled over the last 10 years because of the explosion of telescopic handlers. Presently, forklift makers are focusing their product development on the core function of the forklift.
Like for example, units that offer a lift capacity of less than 6000 pounds on average are up to 2.45% to a bit over $46,000. Other types of machines within the category's bulk class ranging from 6000 pounds to 10,000 pounds in capacity are up 3.15% to $54,177. Machine buyers would quickly point out only if their real expenses are up ever so slightly.
Hourly expenses of diesel unit machines have increased to over 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 has to produce on a large scale.
The rough-terrain lift truck market has leveled off rapidly 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 type of equipment is evolving to. The telehandler's task 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 maker that provides a whole range of rough-terrain forklift families. They have established the Mega Series, that consist of of larger vertical-mast models. These units provide lifting capacities ranging 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.