The Carriage
The carriage is like a typical lift truck since the lifting attachment can be tilted forwards and backwards from its horizontal. The tilt which is possible on this machinery exceeds more than that of the vertical masts. There is a large variety of lifting attachments available, and this positioning ability makes them as effective as possible.
Nearly all telehandlers could tilt forward to a point where the carriage is actually parallel with the ground believe it or not! Additionally, a lot of models provide rotating carriages too. This enables the operator to adjust the lifting attachment radially. 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 fairly similar to that of the vertical mast model. 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 an important part, as does the wind, the grade the machine is operating on et cetera. All of these specifics can be changing regularly and this gives the operator much more information to think about.
Normally, telehandlers have some load charts available in order for the operator to reference so they could determine the load capacity of a certain lift. Depending upon the configuration of the boom and the model in particular, the load capacity could vary by thousands of pounds all together.