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. Presently, lift truck makers are focusing their product development on the core function of the lift truck.
These models for example provide a lift capacity below 6,000 lbs have risen in price on average of 2.45% to roughly $46,000 per machine. Other machinery in the category's bulk class varying from 6000 pounds to 10,000 pounds in capacity are up 3.15% to $54,177. Buyers of machines would quickly point out only if their real costs are up ever so slightly.
Hourly costs of diesel unit 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, as soon as the machinery has left the sales yard and enters the client's work space, it needs to produce on a large scale.
The rough-terrain lift truck market has leveled off fast over the last decade in the wake of the telescopic-handler explosion. The telescopic handlers are might just be the future that this particular kind 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.
The manufacturer Omega makes a lot of different lines of lift machinery and a whole range of rough-terrain forklifts. The Mega Series is an established line 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 allow lifting capacities up to 50,000 pound and the HERC Series was made to do this job. The more complex and bigger machinery required, the more specialized that OEMs like Omega become.