The Carriage
Similar to standard forklifts, the lifting attachment could be tilted from its horizontal position to backwards and forwards. The actual possible amount of tilt completely exceeds that of vertical mast lift trucks. There is a huge variety of lifting attachments available, and this ability to position 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 forwards and backwards, as well as side to side.
Load Capacity
Telehandlers have a load capacity quite similar to that of the vertical mast unit. The unit's overall capacity will be dependent on things such 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. In addition, which lifting attachment plays a really main role, as does the wind, the grade the machine is operating on and so on. All of these specifics could be changing regularly and this gives the operator much more information to take into consideration.
Telehandlers will often have some different load charts available to them, giving them a good reference they can utilize to know a particular lift's load capacity. Depending upon the boom's configuration and the unit in particular, the load capacity can vary by thousands of pounds all together.