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The telehandler or telescopic handler is a heavy duty equipment which is well-known within both the agriculture and construction industries. These equipment are quite similar in both appearance and function to the forklift, except it more closely resembles a crane. The telehandler provides improved versatility of a single telescopic boom that could extend forwards and upwards from the vehicle. The operator could attach various kinds of attachments on the end of the boom. Some of the most common attachments include: a bucket, a muck grab, pallet forks or a lift table.
A telehandler normally uses pallet forks as their most common attachment to be able to move loads through locations which are normally not reachable for a standard forklift. Like for example, telehandlers are able to transport cargo to and from locations which are not usually reachable by standard forklift models. These devices also have the ability to remove palletized loads from in a trailer and position these loads in high places, such as on rooftops for instance. Before, this situation mentioned above would need a crane. Cranes can be pricey to use and not always a practical or time-efficient alternative.
Another advantage is also the telehandlers largest drawback: since the boom extends or raises when the machinery is bearing a load, it also acts as a lever and causes the vehicle to become somewhat unstable, despite 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 fully extended with a low boom angle for example, the telehandler would only have a four hundred pound weight capacity, whilst a retracted boom could support weights up to 5000 pounds. The same unit with a 5000 lb. lift capacity that has the boom retracted may be able to easily support as much as 10,000 pounds with the boom raised up to seventy.
England first pioneered the telehandler within Horley, Surrey. The Matbro Company developed these machines from their articulated cross country forestry forklifts. At first, they had a centrally mounted boom design on the front section. This positioned the driver's cab on the equipment's back portion, like in the Teleram 40 model. The rigid chassis design with a rear mounted boom and the cab located on the side has since become more famous.
Side shifter: Side shifters are attachments which enable operators to laterally position the attachment arms for more efficient load placement.
Forklift fork Positioner: The positioner is a hydraulic attachment which helps position the forks either simultaneously or separately, according to the load size. It relieves drivers of lift trucks from having to manually adjust the forks.
Pole Attachments: Pole attachments are used to lift carpet rolls.
Telescopic forklift forks: These attachments allow the driver to unload and load vehicles from a single side. They allow the handling of two pallets of different sizes at the same time and are very handy for double-deep racking.
Forklift carton clamp attachments: Through the application of uniform clamping force, these hydraulic attachments make high-volume carton handling easier. They are equipped 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 in order to draw it onto a wide and thin metal fork. Useful for intra-corporate deliveries and for shipping abroad.
Man Basket: A man basket is a platform which can slide onto forklift forks. It is designed to raise employees. Safety features consist of railings to be able to avoid falls and brackets used for attaching safety harnesses.