The Carriage
Similar to conventional lift trucks, the lifting attachment could 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 are different kinds of available lifting attachments, and this positioning ability makes them as efficient as possible.
The majority of telehandlers have the capability of tilting to a position which is actually parallel to the ground. Some units have rotating carriages as well. This allows the operator to radially adjust the lifting attachment. This translates to the load being able of being tilted backwards and forwards, as well as side to side.
Load Capacity
Telehandlers have a load capacity quite similar to that of the vertical mast unit. The model's overall capacity would be dependent on things such as: 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. As well, which lifting attachment plays a very main part, as does the wind, the grade the equipment is operating on and so on. All of these specifics could be changing regularly and this gives the operator a lot more information to take into consideration.
Most of the time, 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 upon the configuration of the boom and the model in particular, the load capacity may vary by thousands of pounds all together.