Telescopic handlers are a bit like forklifts. It possesses a single telescopic boom that extends both forwards and upwards from the truck, and a counterweight located in the back. It works a lot more like a crane than a forklift. The boom could be equipped with different kinds of attachments. The most common attachment is pallet forks, but the operator can also attach a muck grab, lift table or bucket. Also known as a telehandler, this particular kind of machinery is commonly utilized in industry and agriculture.
When it is hard for a standard forklift to access places, a telehandler is frequently used to move loads. Telehandlers are frequently used to unload pallets from inside a trailer. They are also more handy than a crane for lifting loads onto other high places and rooftops.
There is only one major limitation in utilizing telehandlers. Despite counterweights at the rear, the weight-bearing boom can cause the equipment to destabilize while it extends. Hence, the lifting capacity lessens when the distance between the front of the wheels and the centre of the load increases.
The Matbro company developed telehandlers in England. Their design was based largely on articulated cross country forklifts used in forestry. Initial models consisted of a driver's cab on the rear section and a centrally mounted boom on the front, but nowadays the design which is most popular has a strong chassis along with a side cab and rear mounted boom.