The Carriage
Similar to conventional forklifts, the lifting attachment can be tilted from its horizontal position to forwards and backwards. The actual amount of tilt possible totally exceeds that of vertical mast lift trucks. There is a large variety of available lifting attachments, and this positioning ability 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 enables the operator to radially adjust the lifting attachment. This translates to the load being capable of being tilted forwards and backwards, as well as side to side.
Load Capacity
Figuring out the load capacity of a telehandler is a a lot different exercise than it is on a vertical mast model. The capacity of the model is totally dependent on such things like: 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. Additionally, which lifting attachment plays a very important part, as does the wind, the grade the machinery is operating on et cetera. All of these specifics could be changing constantly and this gives the operator a lot more information to consider.
Most of the time, telehandlers have several load charts available in order for the operator to reference so they could know the load capacity of a certain lift. Depending on the model in particular and the configuration of the boom, the load capacity could differ by thousands of pounds all together.