The Carriage
Similar to typical lift trucks, the lifting attachment can be tilted from its horizontal position to forwards and backwards. The actual amount of tilt possible completely exceeds that of vertical mast lift trucks. There is a large range of lifting attachments offered, and this ability to position makes them as effective as possible.
The majority of telehandlers could tilt forward to a point where the carriage is actually parallel with the ground believe it or not! Furthermore, numerous models offer rotating carriages also. This allows the operator to adjust the lifting attachment radially. This translates to the load being able of being tilted backwards and forwards, and side to side.
Load Capacity
Knowing the load capacity of a telehandler is a much different exercise than it is on a vertical mast model. The capacity of the unit is totally dependent on such things like: boom angle and extension, whether the unit is lifting on rubber tires or on outriggers, and the amount of boom transaction deployed, if this is applicable. Also, which lifting attachment plays an main role, as does the wind, the grade the machine is operating on and so forth. All of these specifics could be changing constantly and this gives the operator much more information to think about.
Normally, telehandlers have several load charts available in order for the operator to reference so they could know the load capacity of a certain lift. Depending on the unit in particular and the boom's configuration, the load capacity can differ by thousands of pounds all together.