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 decade. At present, forklift manufactures are focusing their product development on the lift truck's core function.
Like for instance, units that offer a lift capacity of less than 6000 pounds on average are up to 2.45% to a bit more than $46,000. Other types 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. Machine purchasers would quickly point out only if their real expenses are up ever so slightly.
Hourly expenses of diesel model machines have risen to more than 81.6% and 84.3% respectively. Even if the prices on the dealer's tag may not seem all that different, when the machinery has left the sales yard and enters the customer's work space, it has to produce on a large scale.
Over the past decade, the rough terrain forklift market has waned due to the increase in telescopic-handler purchases. The telescopic handlers are may just be the future that this kind of machine 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 producer that offers a complete array of rough-terrain lift truck families. They have established the Mega Series, consisting of bigger vertical-mast models. These units provide lifting capacities varying 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 bigger equipment needed, the more specialized that OEMs such as Omega become.