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