The Carriage
Similar to typical lift trucks, the lifting attachment can be tilted from its horizontal position to forwards and backwards. The actual possible amount of tilt completely exceeds that of vertical mast forklifts. There are various kinds of available lifting attachments, and this positioning ability makes them as effective as possible.
Most telehandlers have the capability of tilting to a position which is actually parallel to the ground. Several models have rotating carriages too. This allows the operator to adjust the lifting attachment radially. This translates to the load being able of being tilted forwards and backwards, and side to side.
Load Capacity
Telehandlers have a load capacity quite similar to that of the vertical mast unit. The unit's overall capacity would be dependent on things like: boom extension and angle, whether the unit is lifting on rubber tires or on outriggers, and the amount of boom transaction deployed, if this is applicable. In addition, which lifting attachment plays a very important role, as does the wind, the grade the machine is operating on and so forth. All of these specifics can be changing on a regular basis and this gives the operator much more information to take into account.
Most of the time, telehandlers have some load charts available in order for the operator to reference so they can know the load capacity of a certain lift. Depending on the model in particular and the boom's configuration, the load capacity may differ by thousands of pounds all together.