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

Tip: If your data plate shows a month/year, that's the official build date.

Yale Serial Format

Post-1995: [Design/Series][Plant][Sequence][Year Letter]
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

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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