Telehandlers are heavy duty work machines produced specially to work in rough terrain. This however, does not mean they could be driven without regard on rough environment. These machinery have a much bigger risk of tipping over or load loss when they are traveling on slopes.
If you do have to travel on a slope, make sure 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 help to control the telehandler's speed. Try not to turn on a slope if possible. If you have to make the turn, utilize extreme caution and take it as wide as possible.
Always try not to drive across excessively steep slopes. Use 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 equipment's counterweighted rear is quite heavy; hence, it can be necessary to drive in reverse up slopes. Once the telehandler is carrying a load, the front of the unit becomes the heavy end, and you can back the machinery down the slopes.
On a mixed jobsite, operator training is really vital. The coordinated steering machinery, along with the rear-pivot machines normally operate on the same jobsite where everyone is allowed to operate all of the equipment. In this case, an individual who is used to operating a coordinated steer machine could jump onto a rear-pivot equipment. A really significant distinction between how these two units operate depends on what part of the machine extends outside of the turning radius.