Telehandlers are heavy duty work machines produced specially to work in rough environment. This however, does not mean they could be driven without regard on rough environment. These kinds of machinery have a much greater risk of tipping over or load loss when they are traveling on slopes.
If you do need 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. Using the engine brake will actually help to control the speed of the telehandlers. Try to avoid turning on a slope if possible. If you must make the turn, utilize extreme care and take it as wide as possible.
Always try not to drive across very steep slopes. Utilize the telehandler's heavy end pointing up the incline, when ascending and descending slopes. Even when the forks have no load, the counterweighted rear of the machine is fairly heavy; therefore, it could be required to drive backwards 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 really vital. The coordinated steering machinery, along with the rear-pivot machinery often work on the same jobsite where everybody is allowed to operate all of the equipment. In this instance, a person who is used to utilizing a coordinated steer machinery could jump onto a rear-pivot machine. A really significant difference between how these two units work depends on which part of the machine extends outside of the turning radius.