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. Currently, lift truck manufactures are focusing their product development on the core function of the lift truck.
These models for instance provide a lift capacity below 6,000 lbs have risen in price on average of 2.45% to approximately $46,000 per machine. Other kinds of equipment in the category's bulk class ranging from 6000 pounds to 10,000 pounds in capacity are up 3.15% to $54,177. Purchasers of machinery would rapidly point out only if their real expenses are up ever so slightly.
Hourly costs of diesel unit equipment have risen to more than 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 work space of the buyer, it needs to produce on a large scale.
Over the last ten years, the rough terrain lift truck market has waned because of the increase in telescopic-handler purchases. The telescopic handlers are may just be the future that this specific kind of machinery is evolving to. The job of a telehandler is to place 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 producer that offers a complete range of rough-terrain forklift families. They have established the Mega Series, consisting of larger vertical-mast models. 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 bigger and more complex machinery needed, the more specialized that OEMs such as Omega become.