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A telescopic handler or telehandler is a machine which is well-known within the agriculture and construction industries. These machines are similar in function and appearance to a forklift or a lift truck but are really more similar to a crane rather than a forklift. The telehandler offers improved versatility of a single telescopic boom that can extend upwards and forwards from the vehicle. The operator has the ability to attach many attachments on the boom's end. Some of the most popular attachments include: a bucket, a muck grab, a lift table or pallet forks.
A telehandler usually utilizes pallet forks as their most popular attachment to be able to transport cargo through places which are usually unreachable for a typical forklift. For example, telehandlers can move loads to and from locations that are not typically accessible by standard forklift models. These devices also have the ability to remove palletized loads from within a trailer and place these loads in high areas, such as on rooftops for instance. Before, this situation mentioned above will need a crane. Cranes can be really expensive to use and not always a practical or time-efficient option.
Telehandler's are unique in that their advantage is also their biggest limitation: since the boom raises or extends when the machine is bearing a load, it also acts as a lever and causes the vehicle to become quite unbalanced, even with the rear counterweights. This translates to the lifting capacity decreasing fast as the working radius increases. The working radius is the distance between the center of the load and the front of the wheels.
For example, a vehicle that has a 5000 pound capacity with the boom retracted might be able to safely raise only as heavy as four hundred pounds when it is fully extended with a low boom angle. The same unit with a five thousand lb. lift capacity which has the boom retracted might be able to easily support as heavy as 10,000 lb. with the boom raised up to 70.
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 portion. This placed the cab of the driver on the rear part of the machine, 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 popular.
Side shifter: Side shifters are attachments which enable drivers to laterally position the attachment arms for more effective load placement.
Forklift fork Positioner: The positioner is a hydraulic attachment that helps position the forks either separately or simultaneously, according to the size of the loads. It relieves lift trucks drivers from having to manually adjust the forks.
Pole Attachments: Pole attachments are used to lift carpet rolls.
Telescopic forklift forks: These attachments enable the driver to unload and load vehicles from a single side. They allow the handling of two differently-sized pallets at the same time and are useful 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. Thisstoring system and hydraulic transport clamps onto the slip sheet to be able to draw it onto a wide and thin metal fork. Handy for shipping overseas and for intra-corporate deliveries.
Man Basket: A man basket is a platform that can slide onto forklift forks. It is designed to raise workers. Safety features include brackets utilized for attaching safety harnesses and railings to be able to avoid falls.
