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 10 years. Now, manufacturers of forklifts are focusing their product development on the core function of the forklift.
Like for instance, units that offer a lift capacity of less than 6000 pounds on average are up to 2.45% to a little over $46,000. Other kinds of equipment in the category's bulk class varying from 6000 pounds to 10,000 pounds in capacity are up 3.15% to $54,177. Purchasers of machines would quickly point out only if their real costs are up ever so slightly.
Hourly expenses of diesel unit equipment 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, once the machine has left the sales yard and enters the customer's work space, it must produce on a large scale.
The rough-terrain lift truck market has leveled off fast over the past decade in the wake of the telescopic-handler explosion. The telescopic handlers are may just be the future that this specific kind of machine 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 which offers a whole variety of rough-terrain forklift families. They have established the Mega Series, which consist of bigger vertical-mast units. These models provide lifting capacities which 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 made to complete this task. The bigger and more complex machines required, the more specialized that OEMs such as Omega become.