Yale Forklift Seat

This page lists about 190 Yale forklift seat listings, so the first choice is the cover and whether you need a seat switch. Most are vinyl, a good number add a switch, and some are cloth or suspension seats. Each one carries a Yale number you can compare with the old seat.

About 160 of the listings begin "For Yale." That wording marks an aftermarket seat made to fit Yale trucks, not a seat made by Yale, and the Yale number is there for matching.

Yale Forklift Seat Replacement Options

Vinyl is the standard cover, with about 100 listings, such as "FOR YALE SEAT - VINYL 580068252." Cloth comes next at about 28, and 7 of those say gray, as in "FOR YALE SEAT - CLOTH GRAY 504313755." Suspension seats are fewer, about 10, and cushions fewer still, with 6. Some listings name no cover at all, like "Yale 580071141 Seat Assy."

The switch matters on many trucks. About 34 listings say "W/SWITCH" in the wording, for example "FOR YALE SEAT - VINYL W/SWITCH 220102732-E." A seat without that wording hasn't been listed with a switch, so read the full name before you order.

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Seat Switches, Harnesses and Belts

Some of the listings are accessories. Five are switches with a harness, such as "FOR YALE SWITCH - SEAT W/HARNESS 505966596," and 6 are cushions, including bottom cushions. A few more are seat belts. If you need only a belt, the forklift seat belts page lists 28 across all makes.

When you want a complete seat, look for the word SEAT near the start of the wording, as in "FOR YALE SEAT - VINYL 150039755." The accessory listings put SWITCH or the part name first.

Universal Seats That Name Several Makes

Four listings are universal seats, worded like "NEW UNIVERSAL VINYL FORKLIFT SEAT" followed by a list of makes, Clark, Hyster, Yale, Toyota and Mitsubishi among them. In all, about 25 listings name more than one make. Hyster shows up in about 22 of them and Clark in 11, so if you run a mixed fleet the Hyster seats and Clark seats pages cover a lot of the same ground.

A few of the multi-make listings also give dimensions in the wording, such as 16.5 x 21 x 21, so you can compare a seat's size before you order.

Finding the Number on a Yale Seat

Yale seat numbers are usually nine digits with no dashes, like 220013187, 580068252 and 524141528. Some are shorter, such as 2087813 and 0364911. A -E on the end appears on several seat-with-switch listings, for example 1345826-E and 220074475-E, and four end in -E-E. Type each number exactly as written, letters included.

If the number is gone from the old seat, search the truck model plus "seat."

Related Yale and Seat Pages

Other Yale parts are close by: Yale air filters has 139 listings and Yale ignition switches has 53. Back up a level to Yale forklift parts, or compare against Toyota seats (159) and all seats and seat belts (1,502).

Yale Forklift Seat FAQ

Do the Yale seats come with a switch?

Only the listings that say "W/SWITCH" do. About 34 of them do, and the rest don't mention one.

Which cover should I pick?

Match your old seat. Vinyl is the most common cover, about 100 listings against about 28 in cloth, and a suspension seat says so in the wording.

Why do some seat listings name several makes?

Those are universal seats. Hyster is named in about 22 listings, Clark in 11 and Toyota in 7, so look for your own make in the wording.