The Carriage
Similar to conventional lift trucks, the lifting attachment is able t be tilted from its horizontal position to forwards and backwards. The actual amount of tilt possible totally exceeds that of vertical mast lift trucks. There are various types of lifting attachments available, and this positioning ability makes them as efficient as possible.
Nearly all telehandlers can tilt forward to a point where the carriage is actually parallel with the ground believe it or not! Moreover, lots of units offer rotating carriages too. This enables the operator to adjust the lifting attachment radially. This translates to the load being capable of being tilted backwards and forwards, and side to side.
Load Capacity
Knowing the load capacity of a telehandler is a a lot different exercise than it is on a vertical mast model. The capacity of the model is entirely dependent on such things as: the amount of boom transaction deployed, if this is applicable and boom angle and extension, whether the unit is lifting on rubber tires or on outriggers. Also, which lifting attachment plays a really main role, as does the wind, the grade the machinery is operating on etc. All of these specifics could be changing regularly and this gives the operator much more information to think about.
Normally, telehandlers have some load charts available in order for the operator to reference so they could know the load capacity of a particular lift. Depending on the boom's configuration and the model in particular, the load capacity could vary by thousands of pounds all together.