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The STILL RX series is the counterbalance forklift truck family from STILL, the German material handling manufacturer. It is STILL's core range of seated counterbalance trucks for moving and stacking palletised loads, and it spans four series — RXE, RX 20, RX 60 and RX 70 — covering roughly 1.0 to 8.0 tonnes of load capacity. This profile is based on AssetBase data.
The four series split cleanly by drive type and duty. The compact RXE and the RX 20 and RX 60 are electric, while the RX 70 runs on diesel or LPG. A single "RX" badge therefore covers very different machines: a 1.0 t three-wheel-style electric truck for tight indoor aisles and an 8.0 t diesel truck for heavy outdoor handling both sit under the same family name. Reading the series and the capacity class is the practical way to identify what a given truck actually is.
In the wider material handling taxonomy, the RX series sits in the counterbalance forklift truck segment, alongside STILL's warehouse trucks (reach trucks, pallet trucks and order pickers) and competing with counterbalance ranges from other makes. Across the four series the family covers lead-acid and lithium-ion electric drives as well as internal-combustion engines under one naming system.
The main takeaway: the RX series is one family but four distinct trucks, separated first by drive type and then by load class.
STILL RX series models covered
The RX series is organised into four series, each aimed at a different combination of weight class and energy source. The RXE is the compact lead-acid electric entry point, the RX 20 is the 48 V lithium-ion class for everyday indoor work, the RX 60 is the 80 V lithium-ion class that scales from mid-weight to heavy, and the RX 70 is the diesel/LPG line for the same mid-to-heavy range without battery charging.
The main takeaway: pick the series by drive type and weight class first, then choose the capacity model within it.
What the STILL RX series is used for
In practice, the RX series does the everyday work of a counterbalance truck: lifting a load on forks at the front, balanced by a heavy counterweight at the rear, with no outriggers needed. This makes the trucks suited to loading and unloading vehicles, moving palletised goods between staging areas, and stacking pallets into racking. The seated operator format and travel speeds of up to 20–21 km/h on the larger trucks support repeated transport runs across a site.
The lighter end of the range — the RXE at 1.0–1.6 t and the RX 20 at 1.4–2.0 t — is built for indoor and mixed work where manoeuvrability and clean operation matter, such as warehouses, production supply and retail logistics. Their compact dimensions help in narrower working aisles.
The heavier RX 60 and RX 70 classes, reaching 8.0 t, handle bulkier or denser unit loads: building materials, heavy industrial components, beverages and similar palletised freight, often partly outdoors. The choice between the electric RX 60 and the engine-driven RX 70 usually comes down to whether the operation prefers battery charging or fuel refilling for its shift pattern.
Variants and configurations explained
Within each series, the suffixes in a model name signal real operational differences rather than cosmetic trim. On the electric trucks, length and chassis suffixes such as "L" and "P", and the "/600" tag, change the wheelbase, load-centre rating and stability for a given capacity. On the RX 70, the drive suffix is the key one: a "T" denotes the LPG engine version, while the plain designation is diesel. For an operator, buyer or fleet team, these suffixes determine residual capacity at height, turning radius and energy source.
The main operational difference: drive suffixes decide the energy source, while length and load-centre suffixes decide stability and residual capacity.
Key specification signals
For comparing trucks across the RX series, the most useful signals are load capacity, drive type and energy or fuel demand, and motor or engine output. Capacity sets the basic duty class, drive type sets the refuelling or recharging model, and the energy figures indicate running intensity. The electric trucks report energy use in kWh per hour under EN 16796; the RX 70 reports diesel or LPG fuel consumption.
Within each series, the exact figure depends on the specific model, mast and configuration, so the ranges should be read as comparison signals rather than single fixed values.
The practical takeaway: energy and fuel demand rise steeply with capacity, so the heavy 80 V and engine trucks should be compared on running intensity, not just headline lift. A more detailed technical profile is available in AssetBase.
Energy use and lifecycle CO₂ context
Energy and fuel data matter here because the RX series mixes battery-electric and combustion drives that cannot be compared on the same axis without context. The electric RXE, RX 20 and RX 60 report operational energy in kWh per hour under EN 16796, while the diesel and LPG RX 70 reports fuel consumption in kg/h or l/h. How those figures translate into emissions depends heavily on use intensity — hours worked, loads handled and gradients — and, for the electric trucks, on the electricity mix used to charge them.
It is useful to keep operational energy separate from full lifecycle CO₂. A truck's running energy is only one part of its footprint; production, the battery or engine system, transport, maintenance and end-of-life treatment all add separate assumptions. A low-energy electric truck and a diesel truck can look very different operationally yet converge once those wider lifecycle stages are included.
EmissionBase® helps separate operational energy from broader lifecycle CO₂ assumptions such as production, battery or engine system, transport, maintenance and end-of-life treatment. This keeps the operational figures from the datasheets distinct from modelled lifecycle estimates.
How this asset fits into wider forklift truck coverage
Within STILL's own range, the RX counterbalance trucks sit next to the warehouse equipment families — reach trucks such as the FM-X, order pickers, and electric pallet trucks and stackers — which handle in-aisle and ground-level tasks the counterbalance trucks are not built for. The RX series is the load-on-front, drive-anywhere part of that wider line-up.
Across the market, the RX series competes with counterbalance ranges from other major material handling makes, and within the broader taxonomy it sits alongside adjacent asset types such as reach trucks, pallet trucks, order pickers and rough-terrain forklifts. Comparisons are most meaningful within a matched capacity and drive class rather than across the whole family at once.
The takeaway: the RX series is the counterbalance core of a wider material handling line-up, best compared within a matched capacity and drive class.
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