You will find many choices and attachments available for lift trucks. Although most attachments are manufactured to be used on standard lift trucks, there are actually a few made to be utilized on VNA and reach trucks. It is really essential to note that OSHA needs approval for any attachment which should be approved for use by the particular lift truck manufacturer.

The sideshift attachment is considered to be standard forklift equipment. The sideshift apparatus allows the fork carriage to slide right and left as well as allow for more accurate load placement. The sideshift enables the operator to be more versatile with the machine.

The fork positioner is a different attachment option which allows the operator to adjust the distance between the forks without having to get off of the truck. This particular attachment is mostly utilized in high volume operations where there is a huge variety of crate and pallet sizes handled.

The fork pivot allows the carriage and forks to pivot or rotate. Used for transporting and dumping hoppers that is specially designed. These attachments are very useful for many industrial applications.

Slip sheet attachments are another attachment that are used where slip sheets that is plastic, or paperboard or a sheet of cardboard which are used rather than pallets. The slip sheet attachments utilize a push and pull device which clamps onto the slip sheet and pulls the load onto a thin platform. Afterwards, the load is pushed off the platform when the truck reaches the destination.

Drum handling attachments come in many different designs. They are various models attached to handle 55 gallon drums. There are several smaller types of a paper roll clamps which go around the roll and also can rotate a full 360 degrees. There are other types of drum attachments that can pick up various drums all at once.

One more option is tilt control, which enables the operator to preset the fork tilt angles. For extensions slide over the forks to help pick up and transport longer loads. The Carton clamp operates like a paper roll clamp except rather than being circular, the clamping surface is flat.