The Carriage
The carriage is similar to a traditional lift truck since the lifting attachment could be tilted backwards and forwards from its horizontal. The tilt that is possible on this machinery exceeds more than that of the vertical masts. There is a large range of lifting attachments offered, and this positioning ability makes them as effective as possible.
The majority of telehandlers have the capability of tilting to a position which is actually parallel to the ground. Several units have rotating carriages too. This allows the operator to radially adjust the lifting attachment. This translates to the load being able of being tilted backwards and forwards, and side to side.
Load Capacity
Figuring out a telehandler's load capacity is a much different exercise than it is on a vertical mast unit. The capacity of the unit is totally dependent on such things as: the amount of boom transaction deployed, if this is applicable and boom extension and angle, whether the unit is lifting on rubber tires or on outriggers. As well, which lifting attachment plays a very important role, as does the wind, the grade the equipment is operating on and so on. All of these specifics can be changing regularly and this gives the operator a lot more information to consider.
Telehandlers would usually have some different load charts available to them, giving them a good reference they could use to determine a particular lift's load capacity. Depending on the model in particular and the boom's configuration, the load capacity can differ by thousands of pounds all together.