Rough-terrain and vertical-mast lift trucks keep picking up and placing various building materials on different jobsites even through the evolution and rise of telehandlers on the market. There are a lot of traditional-style lift trucks available in the material handling industry which lost market share to telehandlers. This occurred particularly when the challenger broke onto the construction scene. Ever since that time, sales numbers have stabilized. Vertical-mast forklifts have re-emerged and seem to be becoming more popular once more because of their greater productivity, adaptation of certain telehandler-like features and low cost.
The straight mast lift truck could finish double the work as a telehandler due to their superior handling and maneuverability as well as their better ground speed. Fascinatingly enough, rental companies are beginning to charge higher rates on straight-mast models.
Within the rough-terrain forklift business, rental buyers have been having a greater influence. Over 50 percent of all vertical-mast lift trucks are presently being sold to a rental yard. These acquisitions are usually driven mainly by use, that is a factor closely followed by acquisition price.
Within the material handling industry, the telehandler has become the darling new machine. Its popularity has enhanced its benefit in the rental market too. Their overall expansion has been moderated by their higher price. There is some forklift users who feel that telehandlers are not nearly as useful compared to conventional rough-terrain lift trucks for loading and unloading repetitive jobs. This means that although competition among telehandler marketers has lowered their prices, a lot prefer the RT lift trucks which have been performing well for decades.
The telehandler is a bit slower machine in comparison to a rough terrain forklift unit. They are also ganglier to use and needs a higher level of skillfulness to complete the job. On the upside, they get the reach if they require it. There will continuously be a place within the industry for lift trucks however, because there are places which you could not access with a telehandler.
Rough terrain lift trucks are usually compact machinery, smaller but more able to carry a heavier cargo vertically as opposed to the telehandler. Basically, in order to utilize the right machinery for your application, you should determine what jobs exactly you would be completing, the type of conditions and setting you would be operating in and what your load capacity is. These factors will help you decide what the best alternatives available are.