Yale Forklift Serial Number Lookup
Decode design/series, plant, and year letter (post-1995)
Design/Series
Model prefix
Plant Location
Manufacturing
Production #
Sequence
Year Letter
Post-1995
Enter your Yale serial number to decode design/series, plant, and production sequence. Post-1995 serials end with a year letter (I, O, Q skipped); the letter repeats ~every 23 years, so pick the correct decade.
Serial Number Decoder
Yale Serial Format
Post-1995: [Design/Series][Plant][Sequence][Year Letter]
Example: GLP050VX N 17543 S
Example: GLP050VX N 17543 S
Year Letters: S=1995, T=1996, ..., Z=2025, A=2026, etc.
Letters I, O, Q are skipped; repeats every ~23 years
Letters I, O, Q are skipped; repeats every ~23 years
Key Plants
- N: Greenville, NC (Major US facility)
- V: Berea, KY (Common Yale code)
- R: Obu, Japan (OBU-SHI plant)
- B: Craigavon, Northern Ireland
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