The Carriage
Like standard forklifts, the lifting attachment can be tilted from its horizontal position to forwards and backwards. The actual amount of tilt possible completely exceeds that of vertical mast forklifts. There is a large range of available lifting attachments, and this positioning ability makes them as efficient as possible.
Nearly all telehandlers are capable of tilting forward to a point where the carriage is actually parallel with the ground believe it or not! Additionally, lots of units offer rotating carriages also. This allows the operator to adjust the lifting attachment radially. This translates to the load being capable of being tilted forwards and backwards, and side to side.
Load Capacity
Knowing 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. Moreover, which lifting attachment plays a very main part, as does the wind, the grade the machine is operating on etc. All of these specifics can be changing regularly 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 on the configuration of the boom and the model in particular, the load capacity may differ by thousands of pounds all together.