Telehandlers are heavy duty work equipments produced specially to operate in rough environment. This however, does not mean they can be driven without regard on rough environment. These types of equipments have a a lot bigger risk of tipping over or load loss when they are traveling on slopes.
If you do need to travel on a slope, make sure that you proceed slowly and carefully while keeping the load low. Before getting on the slope, downshift to 4WD and a lower gear. Utilizing the engine brake would help to control the telehandler's speed. Try to avoid turning on a slope if possible. If you must make the turn, utilize extreme caution 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 there is no cargo on the forks, the machine's counterweighted rear is fairly heavy; thus, 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 will be able to back the machinery down the slopes.
Operator training is extremely vital on a mixed jobsite. Rear pivot machinery would usually operate on the same jobsite of coordinated steering machines, where everyone is permitted to operate all of the machinery. In this instance, an individual who is used to operating a coordinated steer machinery could jump onto a rear-pivot equipment. A very key difference between how these two units operate depends on what part of the machine extends outside of the turning radius.