The Carriage
Similar to typical lift trucks, the lifting attachment could be tilted from its horizontal position to backwards and forwards. The actual amount of tilt possible completely exceeds that of vertical mast lift trucks. There is a huge range of available lifting attachments, and this positioning ability makes them as effective as possible.
The majority of telehandlers have the capability of tilting to a position that is actually parallel to the ground. Some models have rotating carriages as well. This allows the operator to adjust the lifting attachment radially. This translates to the load being able of being tilted backwards and forwards, as well as side to side.
Load Capacity
Telehandlers have a load capacity quite similar to that of the vertical mast unit. The model's overall capacity would be dependent on things like: boom extension and angle, 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 an important part, as does the wind, the grade the equipment is operating on and so on. All of these specifics could be changing constantly and this gives the operator much more information to consider.
Most of the time, telehandlers have several load charts available in order for the operator to reference so they could determine the load capacity of a certain lift. Depending on the boom's configuration and the model in particular, the load capacity may differ by thousands of pounds all together.