North America's highest-lifting rotating telehandlers

Rotating telehandlers are a flexible alternative to many types of equipment, including aerial work platforms and high-capacity material handlers. They have also become an attractive replacement for small cranes on tight urban job sites due to their added manoeuvrability and quick set-up times. Compared to fixed telehandlers, they can place heavier loads at greater heights without repositioning. Ideal for industrial construction, maintenance and renovation, roofing, and framing, the rotating telehandler is an efficient and powerful three-in-one machine. A variety of attachments further the rotating telehandler's capability. These include winches, jibs, hooks, aerial work platforms, forks, general-purpose buckets, and even more specialty options for unique applications. Today's rotating telehandlers are technologically advanced for safe placement of their heavy loads. Remote control, real-time load and stability monitoring, and cameras promote job site awareness. Many of today's rotating telehandlers can crane heavy loads to impressive heights while maintaining a small footprint. With that advantage in mind, let's take a look at some of the highest-lifting, farthest-reaching rotating telehandlers available in North America. Magni's highest-lifting rotating telehandler is the RTH 17.167 Magni's RTH 17.167 is the highest-lifting rotating telehandler in the world. Optimized for performance that challenges compact off-road cranes, the RTH 17.167 has a maximum lift height of 167 feet and a maximum reach of 113 feet. When fitted with the company's TP 4.5.10 platform attachment, this rotating telehandler can reach a maximum working height of 207 feet. The RTH 17.167 is packed with technology to promote safe and efficient lifting. Magni notably offers three reach modes on this model: M1, or Max Outreach Mode, is a unique extension sequence. Smaller end sections are extended first and larger sections are extended last. Magni says that this mode increases both the range and the load capacity of the boom's horizontal reach and provides greater capacity at maximum height. M2, or Max Capacity Mode, extends boom sections in a specific order, starting with the largest and finishing with the smallest. This optimizes load capacity in the early stages of extension and enables the boom to handle bigger loads than Max Outreach Mode. It's ideal for lifting heavier loads in a shorter range. M3, or Full Power Mode, deactivates boom extension and retraction when the working position is reached to increase load capacity and improve stability. When paired with winches or winch booms, it is ideal for operating as a crane. By blocking the boom extension, the impact of dynamic forces generated by friction on the chains is reduced. Rotating and lifting are still enabled.