Vertical-mast and rough-terrain lift trucks keep lifting and placing different building materials on various jobsites even through the rise and evolution of telehandlers on the market. There are lots of conventional-style lift trucks existing within the material handling market that lost market share to telehandlers. This happened specially when the challenger broke onto the construction scene. Since that time, sales numbers have become stable. Vertical-mast lift trucks have re-surfaced and seem to be becoming more popular again due to their greater production, adaptation of certain telehandler-like features and low cost.
Straight-mast machinery will complete two times the work that a telehandler will do because of their maneuverability and ground speed. Fascinatingly enough, rental outfits are beginning to charge higher rates on straight-mast units.
In the rough-terrain lift truck industry, rental buyers have been having a greater influence. Over half of all vertical-mast lift trucks are presently being sold to a rental yard. These acquisitions are normally driven mainly by use, which 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 in terms of rental use. Their overall expansion has been moderated by their higher price. There is several lift truck users who feel that telehandlers are not practically as productive compared to conventional rough-terrain forklifts for loading and unloading repetitive tasks. This means that although competition among telehandler marketers has lowered their prices, many choose the RT lift trucks that have been performing well for decades.
In comparison, the telehandler is ganglier, a little slower to operate and requires a higher level of skillfulness to complete the task. On the upside, they get the reach if they need it. There would continuously be a place in the industry for lift trucks though, because there are places that you will not be able to access with a telehandler.
The rough-terrain forklift is small, compact and can carry a heavier load vertically as opposed to the telehandler. Essentially, so as to use the best equipment for your application, you should determine what tasks precisely you will be completing, the kind of setting and conditions you will be operating in and what your load capacity is. All these factors would help you choose what the best options available are.