A powered handler for handling a workpiece, comprising a body extending between a first and a second end, an input device adjacent the first end, a handling implement adjacent the second end, the handling implement operatively connected to the input device and operable to handle the workpiece, and a suspender having a proximate end mounted to the body at at least one pivot of the suspender defining a pitch axis of the powered handler, the body pivotable relative to the suspender about the pitch axis, the at least one pivot disposed between the input device and the handling implement and displaceable relative to the body to a balanced position located between a first and a second position closer to the second end than the first position, the suspender having a distal end spaced upwardly from the body for mounting the suspender to suspend the body from the suspender.

A telescoping crane has an adjustable, pivoting payload, and a counterbalance mechanism that automatically compensates for the position of the telescoping crane and movement of the payload relative to the crane.

A telescoping crane has an adjustable, pivoting payload, and a counterbalance mechanism that automatically compensates for the position of the telescoping crane and movement of the payload relative to the crane.