Even after the rise and explosion of telehandlers on the material handling business, rough terrain forklifts and vertical mast forklifts can be found lifting and transporting various goods and materials on jobsites all over the world. There have been numerous other conventional lift trucks that lost market share to telehandlers. This happened especially when the challenger broke onto the construction scene. Ever since that time, sales numbers have become stable. Vertical-mast forklifts have re-emerged and seem to be becoming more popular once more because of their greater efficiency, lower cost and modification of some telehandler-like features.
Straight-mast equipment will finish double the work which a telehandler would do because of their ground speed and maneuverability. Fascinatingly enough, rental companies are beginning to charge higher rates on straight-mast models.
Rental buyers are having major influence in the rough-terrain forklift business. Over 50 percent of all vertical-mast lift trucks are now being sold to a rental yard. These purchases are normally driven mainly by use, which is a factor closely followed by purchase price.
Within the material handling business, the telehandler has become the darling new machinery. Its popularity has enhanced 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 nearly as helpful as opposed to conventional rough-terrain lift trucks for unloading and loading repetitive tasks. This means that even if competition among telehandler marketers has lowered their prices, many prefer the RT lift trucks that have been working well for decades.
The telehandler is a little slower equipment in comparison to a rough terrain forklift model. They are also ganglier to operate and needs 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 industry for lift trucks however, since there are places which you could not access with a telehandler.
Rough terrain lift trucks are usually compact equipment, smaller but more able to carry a heavier cargo vertically as opposed to the telehandler. Basically, so as to utilize the right machine for your application, you should determine what tasks exactly you will be accomplishing, the kind of circumstances and environment you will be operating in and what your load capacity is. All these factors would help you choose what the best options available are.