Even after the rise and explosion of telehandlers on the material handling industry, rough terrain forklifts and vertical mast forklifts can be found lifting and moving different items and supplies on jobsites all around the globe. There have been numerous other traditional lift trucks which lost market share to telehandlers. This happened particularly when the competition broke onto the construction scene. Since that time, sales numbers have stabilized. Vertical-mast forklifts have re-surfaced and seem to be becoming more popular again thanks to their greater productivity, alteration of certain telehandler-like features and low cost.
The straight mast forklift can finish twice the work as a telehandler because of their excellent handling and maneuverability along with their better ground speed. Fascinatingly enough, rental outfits are beginning to charge higher rates on straight-mast units.
In the rough-terrain lift truck industry, rental purchasers have been having a greater influence. Over half of all vertical-mast forklifts are currently being sold to a rental yard. These purchases are usually driven mostly by utilization, that is a factor closely followed by acquisition price.
The telehandler has become an extremely popular machine in the material handling industry. Their popularity has given them a better advantage when it comes to rental utilization. Their overall expansion has been moderated by their higher price. There is some forklift users who feel that telehandlers are not nearly as productive as opposed to conventional rough-terrain lift trucks for loading and unloading repetitive tasks. This means that even if competition amongst telehandler marketers has lowered their prices, many prefer the RT lift trucks that have been working well for decades.
In comparison, the telehandler is ganglier, a little slower to operate and requires 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 business for lift trucks though, since there are locations that you can not access with a telehandler.
Rough terrain forklifts are generally compact machines, smaller but more able to carry a heavier load vertically compared to the telehandler. Essentially, in order to utilize the best machine for your application, you must determine what tasks precisely you will be completing, the kind of circumstances and setting you will be operating in and what your load capacity is. These factors would help you choose what the best alternatives available are.