Patent ID: 8019516

Claim:
A method of measuring a useful load of a telehandler, the method comprising the steps of: calculating the useful load from a change of an axle load on one of the front axle or the rear axle compared with an unloaded condition of the vehicle wherein a horizontal distance of the useful load from one of the front axle and the rear axle has a defined value or a load-holding device of the telehandler is in a defined position, by calculating the useful load (F Payload ) with the equation: F Payload =ΔF FA *[x 3 /( x 1 +x 3 )] where x 1 =a distance of the useful load from the front axle, x 2 =a distance between the front axle and the vehicle's center of gravity, and x 3 =distance between the front and rear axles and ΔF FA =a change of the axle load on the front axle, the distance (x 1 ) of the useful load or the load-holding device of the telehandler from the front axle being kept constant.