As the market for rough terrain lift trucks has emerged so has the demand for straight mast lift trucks. Their emergence and demand has leveled over the last 10 years thanks to explosion of telescopic handlers. At present, forklift makers are focusing their product development on the core function of the forklift.
These units for example provide a lift capacity below 6,000 lbs have increased in price on average of 2.45% to around $46,000 per equipment. Other equipment within 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 rapidly point out only if their actual expenses are up ever so slightly.
Hourly expenses of diesel model machinery have risen to over 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 equipment has left the sales yard and enters the client's work space, it needs to produce on a large scale.
The rough-terrain forklift market has leveled off rapidly over the past 10 years 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 job is placing a load with a long reach. The rough-terrain forklift remains the heavyweight champ when it comes to pure grunt lifting.
The manufacturer Omega produces many different lines of lift machines and a complete range of rough-terrain forklifts. The Mega Series is an established line that consist of of bigger vertical-mast units. These models provide lifting capacities varying 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 more complex and bigger machines required, the more specialized that OEMs such as Omega become.