Vertical-mast and rough-terrain lift trucks keep lifting and placing different construction materials on different jobsites even through the rise and evolution of telehandlers on the market. There are a lot of traditional-style lift trucks offered within the material handling industry which lost market share to telehandlers. This occurred specially when the challenger broke onto the construction scene. Ever since that time, sales numbers have stabilized. Vertical-mast forklifts have re-surfaced and seem to be becoming more popular again due to their greater productivity, lower cost and modification of certain telehandler-like features.
Straight-mast equipment will complete twice the job that a telehandler will do due to their maneuverability and ground speed. Interestingly enough, rental companies are starting to charge higher rates on straight-mast models.
Within the rough-terrain lift truck industry, rental purchasers have been having a greater influence. More than half of all vertical-mast lift trucks are currently being sold to a rental yard. These purchases are normally driven mainly by use, which is a factor closely followed by acquisition price.
Within the material handling business, the telehandler has become the darling new machine. Its popularity has enhanced its advantage in the rental market too. Their overall expansion has been moderated by their higher price. There is several lift truck users who feel that telehandlers are not nearly as useful as opposed to traditional rough-terrain lift trucks for unloading and loading repetitive tasks. This means that even though competition among telehandler marketers has lowered their prices, a lot choose the RT forklifts which have been performing well for decades.
The telehandler is a little slower equipment in comparison to a rough terrain forklift model. They are also ganglier to use and requires a higher level of skillfulness to finish the task. On the upside, they get the reach if they require it. There would continuously be a place within the business for forklifts however, since there are places which you could not access with a telehandler.
The rough-terrain lift truck is small, compact and could carry a heavier cargo vertically as opposed to the telehandler. Essentially, in order to utilize the best machinery for your application, you would need to determine what tasks exactly you will be accomplishing, the type of circumstances and setting you will be operating in and what your load capacity is. All these factors would help you choose what the best alternatives available are.