Vertical-mast and rough-terrain lift trucks keep lifting and positioning different construction supplies on different jobsites even through the evolution and rise of telehandlers on the market. There are lots of conventional-style lift trucks available within the material handling market that lost market share to telehandlers. This happened specially when the competition broke onto the construction scene. Since that time, sales numbers have become stable. Vertical-mast lift trucks have re-emerged and seem to be becoming more popular once more because of their greater efficiency, adaptation of certain telehandler-like features and low cost.
The straight mast forklift could finish two times the work as a telehandler because of their excellent maneuverability and handling in addition to their better ground speed. Fascinatingly enough, rental companies are beginning to charge higher rates on straight-mast units.
In the rough-terrain lift truck business, rental buyers have been having a greater influence. Over 50 percent of all vertical-mast forklifts are currently being sold to a rental yard. These acquisitions are normally driven mainly by utilization, which is a factor closely followed by acquisition price.
The telehandler has become an extremely common machine within the material handling industry. Their popularity has given them a super advantage in terms of rental use. Their overall expansion has been moderated by their higher price. There is some lift truck users who feel that telehandlers are not nearly as helpful as opposed to conventional rough-terrain lift trucks for loading and unloading repetitive tasks. This means that although competition among telehandler marketers has lowered their prices, many prefer the RT lift trucks that have been performing well for decades.
The telehandler is a little slower machine in comparison to a rough terrain forklift model. They are also ganglier to use and requires a higher level of skillfulness to complete the job. On the upside, they get the reach if they require it. There will always be a place in the business for forklifts though, because there are places that you would not be able to access with a telehandler.
Rough terrain lift trucks are generally compact machinery, smaller but more able to carry a heavier load vertically compared to the telehandler. Essentially, in order to utilize the best machinery for your application, you would have to determine what tasks exactly you will be completing, the kind of conditions and setting you will be operating in and what your load capacity is. All these factors will help you decide what the best options available are.