Telehandlers are heavy duty work machinery made particularly to work in rough terrain. This however, does not mean they could be driven without regard on rough environment. These equipments have a much greater risk of tipping over or load loss when they are traveling on slopes.
If you do have to travel on a slope, make certain that you proceed carefully and slowly while keeping the load low. Before getting on the slope, downshift to 4WD and a lower gear. Using the engine brake will help to control the telehandler's speed. Try not to turn on a slope if possible. If you must make the turn, use extreme caution and take it as wide as possible.
Always try to avoid driving across extremely steep slopes. Use the telehandler's heavy end pointing up the incline, when ascending and descending slopes. Even when the forks have no load, the machine's counterweighted rear is quite heavy; thus, it could be necessary to drive in reverse up slopes. When 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 very important. The coordinated steering machines, along with the rear-pivot equipment normally operate on the same jobsite where everyone is permitted to operate all of the equipment. In this case, a person who is used to utilizing a coordinated steer machinery could jump onto a rear-pivot machine. A very key difference between how these two units work depends on which part of the machinery extends outside of the turning radius.