Even after the rise and explosion of telehandlers on the material handling business, rough terrain forklifts and vertical mast forklifts could be found picking up and moving various goods and supplies on jobsites all over the globe. There have been numerous other traditional lift trucks that lost market share to telehandlers. This happened specially when the challenger broke onto the construction scene. Ever since that time, sales numbers have stabilized. Vertical-mast forklifts have re-emerged and seem to be becoming more popular again thanks to their greater productivity, lower cost and modification of certain telehandler-like features.
The straight mast forklift can complete two times the job as a telehandler due to their excellent maneuverability and handling in combination with their better ground speed. Fascinatingly enough, rental companies are starting to charge higher rates on straight-mast models.
In the rough-terrain forklift industry, rental purchasers have been having a greater influence. Over half of all vertical-mast lift trucks are currently being sold to a rental yard. These acquisitions are usually driven mainly by use, which is a factor closely followed by purchase price.
The telehandler has become a very popular machinery in the material handling business. Their popularity has given them a super advantage when it comes to rental use. Their overall expansion has been moderated by their higher price. There is several forklift users who feel that telehandlers are not practically as helpful as opposed to conventional rough-terrain forklifts for unloading and loading repetitive jobs. This means that although competition among telehandler marketers has lowered their prices, a lot prefer the RT lift trucks that have been performing well for decades.
The telehandler is a bit slower machine in comparison to a rough terrain lift truck unit. They are also ganglier to utilize and requires a higher level of skill to complete the task. On the upside, they get the reach if they require it. There would continuously be a place in the industry for lift trucks though, since there are places which you will not be able to access with a telehandler.
Rough terrain lift trucks are normally compact machinery, smaller but more able to lift a heavier load vertically compared to the telehandler. Basically, in order to use the best machine for your application, you should determine what jobs exactly you would 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 best alternatives available are.