The Carriage
The carriage is like a conventional forklift as the lifting attachment can be tilted forwards and backwards from its horizontal. The tilt that is possible on this machine exceeds more than that of the vertical masts. There is a huge variety of available lifting attachments, and this ability to position makes them as effective as possible.
Nearly all telehandlers can tilt forward to a point where the carriage is actually parallel with the ground believe it or not! Furthermore, a lot of models provide rotating carriages as well. This enables the operator to radially adjust the lifting attachment. 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 model. The unit's overall capacity would be dependent on things such as: boom angle and extension, whether the unit is lifting on rubber tires or on outriggers, and the amount of boom transaction deployed, if this is applicable. What's more, which lifting attachment plays an important role, 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 much more information to consider.
Usually, 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 unit in particular, the load capacity could differ by thousands of pounds all together.