Even after the rise and explosion of telehandlers on the material handling industry, rough terrain lift trucks and vertical mast forklifts could be found lifting and moving various items and supplies on jobsites around the globe. There have been many other standard lift trucks which lost market share to telehandlers. This happened specially when the competition broke onto the construction scene. Ever since that time, sales numbers have stabilized. Vertical-mast lift trucks have re-emerged and seem to be becoming more popular once more because of their greater productivity, lower cost and alteration of certain telehandler-like features.
The straight mast forklift could complete twice the work as a telehandler because of their superior maneuverability and handling in addition to their better ground speed. Fascinatingly enough, rental outfits are starting to charge higher rates on straight-mast models.
In the rough-terrain forklift industry, rental purchasers have been having a greater influence. More than half of all vertical-mast lift trucks are currently being sold to a rental yard. These purchases are normally driven mainly by use, that is a factor closely followed by purchase price.
The telehandler has become an extremely common machinery within the material handling business. Their popularity has given them a better advantage when it comes to rental use. Their overall expansion has been moderated by their higher price. There is some forklift users who feel that telehandlers are not practically as helpful as opposed to traditional 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 prefer the RT forklifts which 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 job. On the upside, they get the reach if they need it. There would always be a place within the industry for forklifts however, as there are places that you could not access with a telehandler.
The rough-terrain forklift is small, compact and can carry a heavier cargo vertically compared to the telehandler. Basically, in order to utilize the right machine for your application, you must determine what jobs exactly you will be completing, the type of setting and circumstances you would be operating in and what your load capacity is. All these factors would help you decide what the best options available are.