Telehandlers are heavy duty work machines produced particularly to operate in rough environment. This however, does not mean they can be driven without consideration on rough environment. These equipments have a much bigger risk of load loss or tipping over when they are traveling on slopes.
If you do have to travel on a slope, ensure that you proceed carefully and slowly while keeping the load low. Before getting on the slope, downshift to 4WD and a lower gear. Utilizing the engine brake would really help to control the speed of the telehandlers. Try to avoid turning on a slope if possible. If you need to make the turn, take it as wide as possible and utilize extreme caution.
Under any circumstances, do not drive across extremely steep slopes. Descend and ascend slopes with the heavy end of the telehandler pointing up the incline. Even when the forks have no cargo, the counterweighted rear of the machine is quite heavy; hence, it could be necessary to drive in reverse up slopes. Once the telehandler is carrying a cargo, the front of the unit becomes the heavy end, and you could back the machine down the slopes.
On a mixed jobsite, operator training is really essential. The coordinated steering machinery, along with the rear-pivot machinery usually work on the same jobsite where everybody is permitted to utilize all of the machines. In this instance, a person who is used to using a coordinated steer machine could jump onto a rear-pivot equipment. A really significant difference between how these two units operate has a lot to do with which part of the machinery extends outside of the turning radius.