Telehandlers are heavy duty work equipments made specially to operate in rough environment. This however, does not mean they can be driven without consideration on rough environment. These kinds of machinery have a a lot greater risk of load loss or tipping over when they are traveling on slopes.
If you do have to travel on a slope, make sure that you proceed carefully and slowly while keeping the load low. Prior to getting on the slope, downshift to 4WD and a lower gear. Utilizing the engine brake will actually help to control the telehandler's speed. Try to avoid turning on a slope if possible. If you must make the turn, utilize extreme care and take it as wide as possible.
Always try to avoid driving across excessively steep slopes. Utilize the heavy end of the telehandler pointing up the incline, when ascending and descending slopes. Even when the forks have no load, the counterweighted rear of the machine is quite heavy; therefore, it can be required to drive backwards up slopes. Once the telehandler is carrying a cargo, the front of the unit becomes the heavy end, and you could back the machinery down the slopes.
Operator training is hugely important on a mixed jobsite. Rear pivot machinery would usually operate on the same jobsite of coordinated steering machinery, where everybody is permitted to use all of the machines. In this instance, a person who is used to utilizing a coordinated steer machinery could jump onto a rear-pivot equipment. A really key distinction between how these two units work has much to do with what part of the machine extends outside of the turning radius.