The Carriage
Like typical forklifts, the lifting attachment could be tilted from its horizontal position to forwards and backwards. The actual amount of tilt possible totally exceeds that of vertical mast forklifts. There is a large variety of lifting attachments available, and this positioning ability makes them as efficient as possible.
Nearly all telehandlers have the capability of tilting to a position that is actually parallel to the ground. Several units have rotating carriages also. 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
Knowing the load capacity of a telehandler is a much different exercise than it is on a vertical mast unit. The capacity of the unit 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 rubber tires or on outriggers. As well, which lifting attachment plays an important role, as does the wind, the grade the machine is operating on et cetera. All of these specifics could be changing on a constant basis and this gives the operator much more information to think about.
Usually, telehandlers have several load charts available in order for the operator to reference so they could determine the load capacity of a particular lift. Depending on the unit in particular and the boom's configuration, the load capacity could differ by thousands of pounds all together.