Vertical-mast and rough-terrain forklifts keep lifting and placing various building supplies on different jobsites even through the rise and evolution of telehandlers on the market. There are a lot of conventional-style lift trucks available within the material handling industry which lost market share to telehandlers. This occurred particularly when the competition 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 because of their greater productivity, alteration of certain telehandler-like features and low cost.
The straight mast lift truck could complete two times the work as a telehandler because of their excellent maneuverability and handling along with their better ground speed. Interestingly enough, rental outfits are starting to charge higher rates on straight-mast units.
Rental buyers are having significant influence in the rough-terrain forklift business. More than 50 percent of all vertical-mast forklifts are presently being sold to a rental yard. These purchases are normally driven mainly by use, that is a factor closely followed by purchase price.
Within the material handling industry, the telehandler has become the darling new machine. Its popularity has improved its advantage in the rental market too. Their overall expansion has been moderated by their higher price. There is several forklift users who feel that telehandlers are not practically as useful as opposed to conventional 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 lift trucks that have been performing well for decades.
The telehandler is a little slower equipment in comparison to a rough terrain lift truck 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 need it. There would always be a place in the business for forklifts though, as there are places that you would not be able to access with a telehandler.
Rough terrain forklifts are normally compact machines, smaller but more able to lift a heavier cargo vertically compared to the telehandler. Essentially, in order to use the best machinery for your application, you would need to determine what jobs precisely you will be accomplishing, the type of circumstances and environment you would be operating in and what your load capacity is. All these factors will help you choose what the right alternatives available are.