The Versatility of a Telehandler

The Telehandler can serve many functions dependingpiece of equipment more and more unstable, thereby
upon the item attached to it. The types of attachmentsdecreasing its lifting capacity as the distance from the
that can be put onto the boom end include pallet forks,front part of its wheels and center of its load
a bucket, lift table, or muck grab. The most commonlyincreases. Operators of this machinery are equipped
used Telehandler attachment is pallet forks. Pallet forkswith load charts to assist him in determining whether a
are most often used for moving loads to or fromparticular task can be handled given the weight, height
places that cannot be reached by using conventionaland boom angle. Many telehandlers also use a
forklifts. As such, you can use this machinery with thiscomputer that has sensors that can monitor the
attachment to take cargo on a pallet from inside amachine and issue a warning to the operator if its limits
trailer or possible for placing loads onto very highare exceeded. It may even have a shut-off
places, such as rooftops.mechanism. There are some telehandlers, which come
Although the Telehandler is quite useful due to thewith front outriggers, which are like mobile cranes.
boom being able to extend and rise while it is carryingThese front outriggers can serve to extend the
a load, this also can make it unstable. This is becausecapability of the equipment to lift while the machinery is
the boom works like a lever, which can make thisstationary.