The Carriage
Like conventional lift trucks, the lifting attachment could be tilted from its horizontal position to forwards and backwards. The actual possible amount of tilt totally exceeds that of vertical mast forklifts. There is a huge variety of available lifting attachments, and this positioning ability makes them as efficient as possible.
Most telehandlers are capable of tilting forward to a point where the carriage is actually parallel with the ground believe it or not! In addition, a lot of units provide rotating carriages also. This enables the operator to radially adjust the lifting attachment. This translates to the load being capable of being tilted backwards and forwards, as well as side to side.
Load Capacity
Telehandlers have a load capacity fairly similar to that of the vertical mast unit. The unit's overall capacity would be dependent on things such as: boom angle and extension, whether the unit is lifting on outriggers or on rubber tires, and the amount of boom transaction deployed, if this is applicable. In addition, which lifting attachment plays a very main role, as does the wind, the grade the machinery is operating on and so forth. All of these specifics can be changing on a constant basis and this gives the operator a lot more information to think about.
Telehandlers would often have some different load charts available to them, giving them a good reference they can utilize to determine a particular lift's load capacity. Depending upon the unit in particular and the configuration of the boom, the load capacity may vary by thousands of pounds all together.