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Choosing the Right Telehandler Size and Attachment Set for Construction, Warehousing, or Agriculture

Published on: 25 May 2026

Begin by evaluating the specific tasks required at your site. While a telehandler may easily lift heavy loads at close range, it may face capacity limits when placing lighter loads at greater reach or height. To ensure a seamless workflow, verify that the machine's dimensions accommodate your access points, its weight matches your ground conditions, and its hydraulic system can adequately power your chosen attachments

In this article:

  • A four-step method for matching capacity, height, reach, dimensions, and attachments
  • Different priorities for construction, warehousing, and agriculture
  • How Bob-Tach, Quick-Tach, hydraulic flow, and V-Drive affect the final specification

Step 1: Define the Critical Lift

Bobcat Telehandler

Step 1: Define the Critical Lift

Define your hardest regular lift. Record:

  • Verified load weight and dimensions
  • Load center and packaging
  • Placement height
  • Horizontal distance from the machine to the landing point
  • Attachment type and weight
  • Whether the machine can stand closer to the target

Plot that lift on the model-specific chart and check the correct tire, stabilizer, and attachment configuration. Maximum height and maximum reach are separate performance points; the machine may not achieve both with the same load.

Use the chart rather than a fixed percentage of rated capacity.

 

Step 2: Measure the Site Before Selecting the Machine

Measure the site before you shortlist a model:

  • Narrowest doorway and aisle
  • Lowest overhead clearance
  • Turning area at pick and deposit points
  • Ground bearing capacity and surface condition
  • Gradient and crossfall
  • Space required for stabilizer deployment
  • Transport height, width, and weight

For indoor or low-building work, travel height and width may decide the purchase before maximum lift does.

Even a compact telehandler is still larger than many warehouse forklifts, so aisle and turning requirements must be checked in the real layout.

 

Step 3: Build the Attachment Set Around Utilisation

Start with the attachment you use most often. Then add tools that replace a separate machine or solve a recurring bottleneck.

Typical construction set:

Typical agricultural set:

Typical material-handling set:

Check the interface before you build the attachment package. The TL25.60 uses Bob-Tach and accepts approved Bobcat loader attachments. Larger EMEA standard telehandlers generally use Quick-Tach, while rotary telehandlers use Quick-Fit with RFID recognition.