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 huge range of lifting attachments available, 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! Additionally, numerous models provide rotating carriages as well. This enables the operator to adjust the lifting attachment radially. This translates to the load being capable of being tilted forwards and backwards, and side to side.
Load Capacity
Telehandlers have a load capacity quite similar to that of the vertical mast unit. The unit's overall capacity would be dependent on things like: the amount of boom transaction deployed, if this is applicable and boom angle and extension, whether the unit is lifting on outriggers or on rubber tires. What's more, which lifting attachment plays an main role, as does the wind, the grade the machine is operating on and so on. All of these specifics can be changing on a constant basis and this gives the operator a lot more information to think about.
Most of the time, telehandlers have some load charts available in order for the operator to reference so they can know the load capacity of a particular lift. Depending upon the model in particular and the boom's configuration, the load capacity could vary by thousands of pounds all together.