Straight mast lift trucks have emerged with the market for rough terrain forklifts. They have leveled off in the wake of the telescopic handler explosion of the last ten years. Currently, manufacturers of lift trucks are focusing their product development on the core function of the forklift.
Like for example, models which offer a lift capacity of less than 6000 pounds on average are up to 2.45% to a bit over $46,000. 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. Machine purchasers will rapidly point out only if their actual expenses are up ever so slightly.
With models which depend on diesel fuel, hourly expenses in those 2 classes have increased 81.6% and 84.3% respectively. Even if the prices on the dealer's tag may not seem all that different, when the equipment has left the sales yard and enters the customer's work space, it should produce on a large scale.
The rough-terrain lift truck market has leveled off rapidly over the past decade in the wake of the telescopic-handler explosion. 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 forklift continues to be the heavyweight champ when it comes to pure grunt lifting.
Omega is a multi-line manufacturer who offers a complete variety of rough-terrain lift truck families. They have established the Mega Series, which consist of larger vertical-mast models. 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 job. The larger and more complex machines required, the more specialized that OEMs such as Omega become.