The Carriage
The carriage is similar to a traditional lift truck because the lifting attachment could be tilted forwards and backwards from its horizontal. The tilt which is possible on this machine exceeds more than that of the vertical masts. There is a huge range of available lifting attachments, and this ability to position makes them as effective as possible.
Nearly all telehandlers are capable of tilting forward to a point where the carriage is actually parallel with the ground believe it or not! Additionally, lots of models offer rotating carriages also. This enables the operator to adjust the lifting attachment radially. This translates to the load being able of being tilted backwards and forwards, and side to side.
Load Capacity
Knowing the load capacity of a telehandler is a much different exercise than it is on a vertical mast model. The capacity of the model is totally dependent on such things 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 machine is operating on et cetera. All of these specifics could be changing constantly and this gives the operator much more information to take into account.
Usually, telehandlers have several load charts available in order for the operator to reference so they can determine the load capacity of a particular lift. Depending on the configuration of the boom and the model in particular, the load capacity could differ by thousands of pounds all together.