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The telehandler or telescopic handler is a heavy duty machine which is popular in both the agriculture and construction businesses. These machines are quite similar in both appearance and function to the forklift, except it more closely resembles a crane. The telehandler provides increased versatility of a single telescopic boom which can extend upwards as well as forwards from the vehicle. The operator can connect a lot of attachments on the boom's end. Some of the most common attachments comprise: a muck grab, a bucket, a lift table or pallet forks.
A telehandler normally uses pallet forks as their most popular attachment in order to transport cargo through locations that are usually not reachable for a typical forklift. For instance, telehandlers could transport cargo to and from locations that are not typically accessible by regular forklift units. These devices also have the ability to remove palletized cargo from in a trailer and place these loads in high locations, such as on rooftops for example. Before, this aforementioned situation will need a crane. Cranes could be pricey to utilize and not always a practical or time-efficient alternative.
Telehandler's are unique in that their advantage is also their biggest limitation: because the boom raises or extends when the equipment is bearing a load, it also acts as a lever and causes the vehicle to become somewhat unbalanced, even with the counterweights on the back. This translates to the lifting capacity decreasing quickly as the working radius increases. The working radius is the distance between the front of the wheels and the center of the load.
When it is completely extended with a low boom angle for instance, the telehandler will only have a 400 pound weight capacity, while a retracted boom can support weights as much as 5000 lb. The same unit with a five thousand lb. lift capacity which has the boom retracted may be able to easily support as much as ten thousand pounds with the boom raised up to seventy.
The Matbro Company in Horley, Surrey, England first pioneered telehandlers. These equipment were developed from their articulated cross country forestry forklifts. Initially, they had a centrally mounted boom design on the front section. This placed the cab of the driver on the back portion of the machinery, as in the Teleram 40 model. The rigid chassis design with the cab situated on the side and a rear mounted boom has since become more and more popular.
Side shifter: Side shifters are attachments which allow operators to laterally position the attachment arms for more efficient load placement.
Forklift fork Positioner: The positioner is a hydraulic attachment that helps position the forks either separately or simultaneously, according to the load size. It relieves lift trucks operators from having to manually adjust the forks.
Pole Attachments: Pole attachments are utilized to lift carpet rolls.
Telescopic forklift forks: Attachments that enable the operator unload or load vehicles from one side are known as Telescopic forklift forks. They allow the handling of two differently-sized pallets at the same time and are really handy for double-deep racking.
Forklift carton clamp attachments: These hydraulic attachments make high-volume carton handling easier through the application of uniform clamping force. They are outfitted with arm pads lined with four-way reversible rubber. A backrest to the loads helps prevent damage to the loads.
Slip sheet attachment: Slip sheet forklift is a substitute to pallet systems. This hydraulic transport and storing system clamps onto the slip sheet to be able to draw it onto a thin and wide metal fork. Handy for shipping abroad and for intra-corporate deliveries.
Man Basket: A platform which could slide onto forklift forks is called a man basket. It is intended to raise workers. Safety features include brackets for attaching safety harnesses and railings to be able to avoid falls.
