Telescopic handlers are a bit similar to forklifts. It has a single telescopic boom which extends both forwards and upwards from the truck, and a counterweight located in the rear. It works a lot more like a crane than a forklift. The boom could be outfitted with a variety of attachments. The most common attachment is pallet forks, but the operator can also attach a lift table, bucket or muck grab. Also referred to as a telehandler, this particular kind of equipment is normally utilized in agriculture and industry.
A telehandler is most frequently employed to move loads to and from places that will be hard for a standard forklift to access. Telehandlers are usually used to unload pallets from in a trailer. They are also more handy than a crane for lifting loads onto rooftops and other high places.
There is only one major limitation in utilizing telehandlers. Despite counterweights at the back, the weight-bearing boom can cause the vehicle to destabilize when it extends. Hence, the lifting capacity decreases as the distance between the center of the load and the front of the wheels increases.
The Matbro company developed telehandlers in England. Their design was based largely on articulated cross country forklifts utilized in forestry. Early models had a centrally mounted boom on the front and a driver's cab on the rear section, but today the design which is most common has a rigid chassis together with a rear mounted boom and side cab.