Make sure the telehandler you consider will offer what you need down the road, not just today. For example, maybe your growth plan for your company will allow you to take on a larger variety of jobs.

As you consider your needs, take a long-term approach. Instead, invest in a variety of telehandler attachments to make your equipment more versatile. We encourage customers to avoid over-compensating (and then, over-paying) for a machine that may be more than you’ll need. But it’s important to realistically determine what makes sense for your most common applications and let that dictate your approach. When determining which telehandler model to add to your equipment lineup, it can be tempting to look at the highest capacity telehandlers that you can afford. That small size is the big advantage, as these machines can go from parking garage construction to use in agricultural barns with low overhead height requirements. They can be found on large jobsites unloading trucks or they can be seen out on the farm moving and stacking bales of hay. While these nimble, high-lift tool carriers are more popular in Europe (especially in the ag industry), compact telehandlers are growing in popularity with American equipment pros. Some even use a skid steer universal attachment plate, making them more than just pick-and-place machines like their bigger brethren. Plus, compact telehandlers take a variety of attachments - pallet forks, buckets, brooms, augers and beyond. There’s that spacious automotive feel of operation, and zipping around the jobsite (with caution, of course) is intuitive and fun. There’s a variety of steering technologies (crab, all-wheel and four-wheel steer) for exact placement of product into those elevated environments. There’s that long, telescoping, two-stage boom lifting 13 to 20 ft high, perfect for high level equipment applications.

Reach, speed, comfort and control, compact telehandlers offer an impressive list of advantages.

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