Rough-terrain and vertical-mast lift trucks keep lifting and positioning different building materials on various jobsites even through the evolution and rise of telehandlers on the market. There are numerous traditional-style lift trucks available in the material handling business which lost market share to telehandlers. This occurred especially when the challenger broke onto the construction scene. Ever since that time, sales numbers have become stable. Vertical-mast forklifts have re-emerged and seem to be becoming more popular once more because of their greater production, lower cost and alteration of some telehandler-like features.
The straight mast lift truck can complete twice the job as a telehandler because of their excellent handling and maneuverability along with their better ground speed. Fascinatingly enough, rental outfits are starting to charge higher rates on straight-mast models.
Rental purchasers are having major influence within the rough-terrain forklift business. More than half of all vertical-mast lift trucks are presently being sold to a rental yard. These purchases are normally driven mainly by utilization, which is a factor closely followed by acquisition price.
In the material handling business, the telehandler has become the darling new machine. Its popularity has enhanced its advantage in the rental market as well. Their overall expansion has been moderated by their higher price. There is several forklift users who feel that telehandlers are not nearly as helpful as opposed to conventional rough-terrain forklifts for loading and unloading repetitive jobs. This means that although competition among telehandler marketers has lowered their prices, many prefer the RT forklifts which have been working well for decades.
The telehandler is a bit slower machine in comparison to a rough terrain lift truck model. They are also ganglier to utilize and needs a higher level of skillfulness to finish the task. On the upside, they get the reach if they need it. There would continuously be a place within the business for lift trucks though, since there are locations which you could not access with a telehandler.
Rough terrain lift trucks are normally compact machinery, smaller but more able to lift a heavier cargo vertically compared to the telehandler. Basically, so as to utilize the right machinery for your application, you must determine what tasks precisely you would be accomplishing, the kind of environment and conditions you would be operating in and what your load capacity is. All these factors would help you choose what the best options available are.