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 past 10 years. Now, manufacturers of forklifts are focusing their product development on the core function of the forklift.
Like for example, units that provide 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 ranging from 6000 pounds to 10,000 pounds in capacity are up 3.15% to $54,177. Buyers of machinery would rapidly point out only if their real costs are up ever so slightly.
With models which rely on diesel fuel, hourly expenses in those 2 classes have risen 81.6% and 84.3% respectively. Even if the prices on the dealer's tag might not seem all that different, when the equipment 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 ten years in the wake of the telescopic-handler explosion. The telescopic handlers are may just be the future that this specific type of equipment is evolving to. The telehandler's job 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 producer who offers a complete variety of rough-terrain forklift families. They have established the Mega Series, which consist of larger vertical-mast units. 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 developed to complete this task. The more complex and bigger machines needed, the more specialized that OEMs like Omega become.