The Carriage
Like typical lift trucks, the lifting attachment is able t be tilted from its horizontal position to forwards and backwards. The actual possible amount of tilt totally exceeds that of vertical mast lift trucks. There are various kinds of available lifting attachments, and this positioning ability 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! Moreover, a lot of models provide rotating carriages too. This allows the operator to radially adjust the lifting attachment. 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 will be dependent on things such as: the amount of boom transaction deployed, if this is applicable and boom extension and angle, whether the unit is lifting on outriggers or on rubber tires. In addition, which lifting attachment plays an main role, as does the wind, the grade the equipment is operating on et cetera. All of these specifics could be changing constantly and this gives the operator much more information to take into account.
Telehandlers would often have several different load charts available to them, giving them a good reference they could use to determine a particular lift's load capacity. Depending on the model in particular and the configuration of the boom, the load capacity could differ by thousands of pounds all together.