Rough-terrain and vertical-mast lift trucks keep lifting and placing different construction supplies on various jobsites even through the evolution and rise of telehandlers on the market. There are a lot of conventional-style lift trucks offered within the material handling business which lost market share to telehandlers. This happened particularly when the competition broke onto the construction scene. Ever since that time, sales numbers have become stable. Vertical-mast forklifts have re-surfaced and seem to be becoming more popular once more because of their greater production, modification of certain telehandler-like features and low cost.
The straight mast lift truck can finish two times the work as a telehandler due to their excellent maneuverability and handling as well as their better ground speed. Interestingly enough, rental outfits are starting to charge higher rates on straight-mast models.
In the rough-terrain lift truck business, rental purchasers have been having a greater influence. More than 50 percent of all vertical-mast forklifts are presently being sold to a rental yard. These purchases are generally driven mostly by use, that is a factor closely followed by purchase price.
Within the material handling industry, the telehandler has become the darling new equipment. Its popularity has improved 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 practically as productive as opposed to conventional rough-terrain forklifts for loading and unloading repetitive jobs. This means that even if competition amongst telehandler marketers has lowered their prices, a lot prefer the RT forklifts that have been working well for decades.
In comparison, the telehandler is ganglier, a little slower to operate and needs a higher level of skillfulness to finish the job. On the upside, they get the reach if they require it. There would always be a place within the industry for forklifts though, as there are places that you will not be able to access with a telehandler.
Rough terrain lift trucks are generally compact equipment, smaller but more able to carry a heavier cargo vertically as opposed to the telehandler. Essentially, in order to utilize the best equipment for your application, you will have to determine what jobs exactly you would be completing, the kind of setting and circumstances you would be operating in and what your load capacity is. These factors will help you choose what the best options available are.