Telehandlers are heavy duty work equipments made specially to work in rough environment. This however, does not mean they can be driven without regard on rough environment. These kinds of machines have a much greater risk of load loss or tipping over 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 help to control the telehandler's speed. Try to avoid turning on a slope if possible. If you must make the turn, take it as wide as possible and use extreme care.
Always try to avoid driving across excessively steep slopes. Utilize the telehandler's heavy end pointing up the incline, when descending and ascending slopes. Even when the forks have no load, the equipment's counterweighted rear is quite heavy; therefore, it could be required to drive in reverse up slopes. Once the telehandler is carrying a load, the front of the unit becomes the heavy end, and you will be able to back the equipment down the slopes.
On a mixed jobsite, operator training is really important. The coordinated steering equipment, along with the rear-pivot machines usually work on the same jobsite where everyone is permitted to operate all of the equipment. In this case, an individual who is used to operating a coordinated steer machinery could jump onto a rear-pivot machinery. A really key difference between how these two units work depends on which part of the machine extends outside of the turning radius.