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The load wheels of a machine are primarily responsible for carrying the load, and typically carry the braking system making them a vital component of its respective machine, thus making it important to replace load wheels when needed. Depending on the material that your machine drives on will determine what type of material is needed.
Common materials include the following: polyurethane, nylon, steel and rubber. In addition to material type, level of hardness is also a key attribute. With these components comes a difficult decision: which material do I need for MY machinery?
Load Wheels By Brand
Out of convenience, Intella separates them by brand of forklift. We offer load wheels for the following brands: Yale, Clark, Hyster, Toyota, Crown, Raymond, and CAT.
How to Replace Load Wheels
We made a step by step YouTube video on how to replace load wheels. Here are all the steps:
Step 1: Remove Roll Pin and Pivot Pin
Step 2: Punch New Bearings In
Step 3: Install Wheel in New Riser
Step 4: Tap in Roll Pins
Step 5: Install New Pivot Pin in Riser/Link
Step 6: Install Riser into Jack. Install New Roll Pins
All of these forklift brands–Yale, Clark, Hyster, Toyota, Crown, Raymond, CAT— don’t manufacture their own load wheels, so when you buy from Intella, you’re most likely buying from the same suppliers as them ensuring that the load wheel you purchase fits the model you use. Intella also offers the best parts prices across the internet!
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Note: This page is for Yale forklifts only. To find a serial number for a forklift of a different brand, click here for our other guides.
Direct Way to find a Yale forklift Serial Number
The most direct way to do a Yale forklift serial number lookup is to check the nameplate (also called a data tag). This helpful little plate displays various information about your forklift–its lifting capacity, its model, how much it weighs, and (most importantly) its serial number. On a Yale forklift, the nameplate looks like the picture on the left and is often found somewhere near the dashboard, like the picture on the right:
Checking the nameplate is the quickest and easiest method of discerning the serial number of your forklift. But what if the nameplate has fallen off or worn down? Don’t worry. In many cases, a Yale forklift’s serial number can be found in its electronic system or physically stamped somewhere on its frame. Below is a list of many different models of Yale forklifts and where their serial numbers can be found, sorted into categories of walkies (pedestrian jacks) and riders. Some also list where their nameplates can be found.
From the very start, the forklift industry has been riddled with various mergers, buyouts, collaborations, and acquisitions. This can make it confusing to keep track of OEMs when ownership of a forklift brand is constantly changing. Check out this timeline of the history of the major manufacturers in the forklift industry to help you make sense of your products.
The 1800s
1868, Yale: Yale Lock Manufacturing Co. (USA) is formed, later becoming Yale and Towne Manufacturing Co.
1890, Caterpillar: Caterpillar (USA) is founded by Benjamin Holt and Daniel Best.
1896, Doosan: The Doosan Group (South Korea) is founded.
1898, Baker: Baker Motor Vehicle Co. (USA) is founded to build electric cars. Soon, Baker increases its product line to include electric load trucks.
1900 – 1920
1901, Allis-Chalmers: The Allis-Chalmers Company (USA) is founded.
1903, Allis-Chalmers: Allis-Chalmers acquires the Bullock Electric Company.
1907, Linde: The Linde Air Products Company (Germany) is established.
1915 Lewis-Shepard is established in Watertown, Massachusetts
1917, Komatsu: Komatsu Iron Works (Japan) is established, later becoming Komatsu Ltd. In 1921.
1919, Clark: Clark Tructractor Company (USA) is established as a division of the Clark Equipment Company.
1919, Towmotor: Towmotor Corporation (USA) is founded.
1920 – 1940
1920s, Hyster: Hyster’s (USA) parent companies, Electric Steel Foundry and Willamette Iron & Steel Works, are established.
1920, Mitsubishi: Shibaura Works of Ohte-Shokai K.K. is established as a subsidiary of Mitsubishi Shipbuilding Co., Ltd., which eventually becomes Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (Japan).
1922, Raymond: Raymond Corporation (USA) is formed.
1926, Toyota: Toyoda Automatic Loom Works, Ltd. (now Toyota Industries Corporation) started building automatic looms.
1929, Linde: Linde takes over Güldner-Motoren-Gesellschaft, a German engine and tractor manufacturer.
1930s, Yale: Yale acquires BKS forklifts in Germany.
1930, Raymond. Raymond builds first material handling product under Lyon name.
1934, Hyster: Electric Steel Foundry and Willamette Iron & Steel Works have combined into Willamette Hyster Company and an early straddle-carrier forklift model is produced.
1940 – 1960
1942, CESAB: CESAB (Italy) is founded.
1943, Cascade: Cascade Manufacturing Co. (USA) is founded.
1944, Hyster: Willamette Hyster Company is renamed Hyster Company.
1945, Crown: Crown Equipment Corporation (USA) is founded.
1946, BT: BT Forklifts (Sweden) is founded.
1947, Hyundai: The Hyundai Group (South Korea) is founded.
1949, TCM: Toyo Carriers Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (Japan) is founded.
1950, Prime-Mover: The Prime-Mover Company (USA) is founded by the Home-O-Nize Company of Iowa.
1952, Komatsu: Komatsu acquires Ikegai Automobile Manufacturing Co. and Chuetsu Electro Chemical Co.
1952, Mitsubishi: Mitsubishi is renamed Mitsubishi Nippon Heavy-Industries, Ltd.
1953, Jungheinrich: Establishment of H. Jungheinrich & Co. Maschinenfabrik (Germany).
1953, Allis-Chalmers: Allis-Chalmers acquires the Buda Engine Co., adding diesel engines to its product line.
1956, Toyota: Toyota Motor Corporation (Japan) introduces its first forklift model, the LA 1-ton truck.
1993, Nissan: Nissan Forklift Corporation North America is established.
1993, Komatsu: Komatsu Cummins Engine Co., Ltd. and Cummins Komatsu Engine Company are established in Japan and the U.S., respectively.
1994, Hyster, Yale: NACCO Materials Handling Group, Inc. (NMHG) is established.
1994, Hoist: Forklift Exchange acquires Silent Hoist and Crane, a Brooklyn-based company. It is rebranded as Hoist Liftruck Manufacturing, Inc. (USA).
1994, Jungheinrich. Jungheinrich takes over UK based Boss group.
1995, Toyota: Toyota Industrial Equipment, S.A. (TIESA) is established in France as a joint venture with Toyota Motor Corporation and Manitou B.F.
1997, BT, Raymond: Raymond Corp. is acquired by BT Industries AB for $353 million, and BT Raymond is established.
1997, Halla:Halla collapses under the pressure of the 1997 Asian Financial Crisis. Halla Forklift was purchased by Hyundai Heavy Industries in 1998, which started Hyundai Construction Equipment into the forklift business.
1998, Clark: Clark Material Handling Company acquires the Samsung Fork Lift Company of Korea.
1998, Allis-Chalmers: The remaining Allis-Chalmers manufacturing companies are divested.
1998, Combilift: Combilift started in Ireland
1999, Kalmar-AC: Kalmar sells the former Allis Chalmers business unit it acquired in 1988 to Komatsu. Kalmar remains a big lift truck/reach stacker specialist. Komatsu attempts to market units under Tusk brand name but eventually discontinues Tusk in 2010.
2000 – present day
2000, BT, Toyota: Toyota acquires BT Industries AB of Sweden.
2000, Komatsu: Komatsu establishes global collaboration with the Linde Group in manufacture and sales of lift trucks, agreeing to make Komatsu Forklift Co., Ltd. a joint venture between the two.
2000, Komatsu: Komatsu acquires Hensley Industries, Inc.
2000, CESAB, Toyota: Toyota Industries Group acquires CESAB.
2007, Komatsu:Komatsu Forklift Co., Ltd. is integrated into Komatsu Utility Co., Ltd. after Komatsu buys out Linde’s portion of the joint venture (lasted 7 years see year 2000 above).
2009, TCM: TCM Corporation becomes a subsidiary of Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
2010, Jungheinrich: Jungheinrich enters into an agreement with Mitsubishi Caterpillar Forklift America to supply narrow aisle and walkie equipment to the MCF USA network.
2011, UniCarriers: UniCarriers Holdings Corporation (Japan) is established.
This information was gathered from the histories published on the websites of the various companies included on the timeline. Supporting information was also found through news sites, like those linked in some of the information above.
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How much does a forklift weigh? It’s important to know the weight of your forklift when transporting it, driving it on trailers, moving it in an elevator, or using it in multi-story buildings. You don’t want your forklift to drop through the floor, causing thousands of dollars of damage and injuring workers!
The service weight of a forklift is different from its lift capacity. Service weight refers to the actual weight of the forklift, including its battery and any attachments it has. The best place to find the service weight of a forklift is on the forklift’s data tag. Alternatively, you can search forklift manufacturer websites for product specification pages, but the truck’s data tag is typically preferred over this option. In addition, an industry rule of thumb is that the service weight of the forklift will generally be 1.5 to 2 times the lifting capacity of the forklift. For example, if your forklift can lift 5,000 pounds, generally the weight of the forklift will be somewhere between 7,500 and 10,000 pounds. But remember, this is simply a rough standard, and manufacturer information or the forklift’s data tag should always be prioritized.
See below for the weight of some of the most common models of the most widely-used forklift brands. The downloadable table lists the weight in pounds of Hyster, Komatsu, Crown, Toyota, Caterpillar, Yale, Clark, and Nissan forklift models. For starters, here are the weights of the most common models from these manufacturers.
Note: If you’re looking to locate your Yale forklift serial number, check out our guide here.
Yale forklift serial numbers
Q: How do I decode my Yale forklift serial number?
A: Yale forklift serial numbers consist of four parts, and each part gives information about the lift truck to which the serial number is assigned. These four parts are the design series, the manufacturing plant, the sequence of manufacture, and the year of manufacture of the lift truck. This system of numbering has been in place since 1995. (If these instructions look familiar, it is because Yale and Hyster forklift serial numbers are interpreted the same way. Another blog post covers the basics of reading Hyster serial and model codes.)
Part 1: This section should be a combination of letters and numbers. This sequence refers to the design series and model of the forklift, according to the table to the right. Click the table for a larger image.
Part 2: This section should be a single letter. It identifies the manufacturing plant, as described below.
• A = Irvine, Scotland
• B = Craigavon, Northern Ireland
• D = Danville, IL, USA
• E = Nijmegen, The Netherlands
• F = Flemington, NJ, USA
• G = government contracts
• L = Lenoir, NC, USA
• N = Greenville, NC, USA
• R = OBU, Japan (OBU-SHI, Aichi-Ken, 474 IT)
• S = Sulligent Mfg Plant; Sulligent, AL, USA
• T = Masate, Italy
• V = Berea, KY, USA
• W = Schaeff; Sioux City, IA, USA
• X = Modena, Italy
Part 3: This section should be a number sequence. It indicates the sequence of manufacture at the manufacturing plant of the lift truck. The numbering of production models for each plant begins at 1501.
Part 4: This last section should be a single letter. It indicates the year that the lift was manufactured. 1995 began with letter S, 1996 being T, 1997 being U, and etc. The full alphabet is used, except for I, O, and Q. Below are some recent years for reference.
• X = 2000 • D = 2006 • K = 2012
• Y = 2001 • E = 2007 • L = 2013
• Z = 2002 • F = 2008 • M = 2014
• A = 2003 • G = 2009 • N = 2015
• B = 2004 • H = 2010
• C = 2005 • J = 2011
Notice that, yes, a letter can refer to multiple years. For example, “S” can refer to either 1995 or 2018. Typically, though, you will be able to tell if your forklift is 20 years old or brand new.
Shortcut on Yale models: If the model contains the letter C, it will have cushion forklift tires. if the model contains the letter P, it will have pneumatic forklift tires or pneumatic shaped solid forklift tires.
Yale forklift model numbers
Q: How do I decode my Yale forklift model number?
A: The first step to reading a Yale forklift model number is to understand which models fall under which types of Yale trucks. To the right is a table detailing which models are electric three wheels, electric four wheels, and ICEs. Click the table for a larger image.
Once you know which type of forklift you have, use the following chart to determine what the letters and numbers in your model number mean. Click on the chart to view a larger image. To download a PDF version of this chart, click here: Yale forklift model codes diagram Intella
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