Every sawmill needs one of these!

[Bibbyman]

What kind of weight can that Tele handler handle?

The smaller one 5500# with the boom all the way in,  2500 or so extended 9 feet.   The larger 6500# boom in and 3500 boom extended 19 feet out.   

The machines are categorized as farm equipment - stacking big hay bales and cleaning out barns, etc. .  Also used in lumber yards.  One major benefit to the boom extention is that you can unload log trucks that have logs stacked higher than a lot of other equipment can reach.   You can dump over the side of a large dumptruck.

One unexpected use is by the Marines.  They have a military version   The Marines bought a bunch because they are compact and can be loaded in the hole of a ship or run into cargo plane.  They can be air lifted by helicopter. 

They do not  do well on uneven ground.   The front axle is fixed and back axle has only about 4" of movement.  Cross a ditch at an angle and it'll leave two opposite wheels will make little to no contact and you lose traction.  In low gear,  they have 4x4.   They are much heavier than they look.  It's easy to get sruck in soft ground.

[YoungStump]

Bibbyman, how is your Terex holding out for you and what's it like to work on?
We had a JCB and now have a Cat telehandler in our lumberyard. The JCB was a nightmare with many breakdowns, and extremely difficult to work on and very expensive parts. We traded it in on a new Cat (made by JLG) and it has been holding up better and is more accessible to work on but still seems to give us it's fair share of trouble.

  We really like the maneuverability of a telehandler but would like to find something that holds up to everyday use and abuse better.