As the market for rough terrain forklifts has emerged so has the requirement for straight mast lift trucks. Their demand and emergence has leveled over the last ten years because of the explosion of telescopic handlers. Currently, manufacturers of forklifts are focusing their product development on the core function of the forklift.
These models for example provide a lift capacity below 6,000 lbs have risen in price on average of 2.45% to around $46,000 per machine. Other machines within the category's bulk class varying from 6000 pounds to 10,000 pounds in capacity are up 3.15% to $54,177. Equipment buyers will quickly point out only if their real expenses are up ever so slightly.
Hourly costs of diesel unit equipment have risen to over 81.6% and 84.3% respectively. Even if the prices on the dealer's tag might not seem all that different, as soon as the machine has left the sales yard and enters the work space of the client, it needs to produce on a large scale.
The rough-terrain forklift market has leveled off fast over the last 10 years in the wake of the telescopic-handler explosion. The telescopic handlers are might just be the future that this specific kind of machine is evolving to. The telehandler's job is placing a load with a long reach. The rough-terrain forklift remains the heavyweight champ when it comes to pure grunt lifting.
Omega is a multi-line manufacturer who offers a complete array of rough-terrain forklift families. They have established the Mega Series, consisting of bigger vertical-mast models. These units offer lifting capacities that range 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 developed to complete this task. The larger and more complex equipment required, the more specialized that OEMs like Omega become.