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Attachment versatility

With the variety of attachments offered, including a fork-mounted work platform, truss booms, material buckets, etc., the telehandlers have proven very versatile.

For example, attachments come in handy when the machine on site can’t reach a required height to deliver supplies. By using a truss boom attachment instead of the forks, Tokarz says he can gain additional working height, although it reduces the amount of weight the telehandler can safely lift.

To use the truss boom attachment, the telehandler operator simply lowers the boom to the ground. Once on the ground, the operator removes the pins securing the forks and carriage assembly to the boom, then locates the truss boom onto the telehandler boom and replaces the securing pins.

Labor savers

By the time the Delnor Hospital expansion is completed this Spring, Duff’s telehandlers will have delivered about 175,000 bricks and 3,000 concrete blocks around the congested jobsite. Based on Tokarz’s estimates, if the company didn’t have the telehandlers, he would need about twice as many workers to finish the addition within the assigned deadline. 