Straight mast forklifts 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. Presently, forklift makers are focusing their product development on the forklift's core function.
These models for example offer a lift capacity under 6,000 lbs have increased in price on average of 2.45% to about $46,000 per equipment. Other types of machinery within the category's bulk class ranging from 6000 pounds to 10,000 pounds in capacity are up 3.15% to $54,177. Machine buyers will quickly point out only if their real expenses are up ever so slightly.
Hourly costs of diesel unit equipment have risen to more than 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 work space of the customer, it must produce on a large scale.
Over the last 10 years, the rough terrain forklift market has waned due to the increase in telescopic-handler purchases. The telescopic handlers are may just be the future that this specific kind of machine is evolving to. The task 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 who offers a complete range of rough-terrain forklift families. They have established the Mega Series, which consist of bigger vertical-mast units. 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 made to do this job. The bigger and more complex machinery needed, the more specialized that OEMs like Omega become.