Text Our corporate name is Intella Parts Company. We mostly market under the Intella name, but we also have our own house brand of forklift parts called OrangeParts.
We use the orange logo on a wide variety of our custom packaged forklift parts. You’ll see it on items like starters, forklift seat belts, mast bearings, and our Alligator forklift jack, just to name a few.
Intella offers a complete range of forklift tire chains for pneumatic and solid shaped pneumatic forklift tires. They’re also referred to as snow chains. Getting tire chains for your forklift helps your forklift tires grip better. If you have a forklift that operates in the snow, installing tire chains will reduce spinning and improve traction. However, our tire chains are suitable for pneumatic tires on forklifts. They won’t work on cushion tired forklifts.
Q: How can you tell if you have a forklift with cushion tires or pneumatic tires?
A: There are many ways to figure out which kind of tires you have on your truck. First of all, if your tires have a valve stem on them, you have pneumatic tires.
A: If the tires on your forklift are marked with a size that includes a colon (:) like this 700:12 or 825:15, you have pneumatic tires and our tire chains will work.
A: If your tires are marked with a size like this: 18x7x12.125 (3 numbers with an X in between the numbers) or 21x7x15 you have CUSHION tires–our tire chains won’t work. An example of a cushion tired forklift is below:
A: If you have a Yale forklift or a Japanese brand forklift (Toyota, Mitsubishi, Nissan, Komatsu, TCM) and the model number has a C in the model like this: 7FGC25 you have a forklift with cushion tires and our tire chains won’t work. Here’s a list of some of the most popular models of forklifts with cushion tires (these are models our forklift tire chains will NOT work on)
Toyota 7FGCU25 8FGCU25 8FGCU30 8FBCU25
Yale GLC050RG GLC030AF GLC080LG ERC050RG
Hyster S50XM S50FT S80XL S50XL E50XM
Clark CGC25 ECG25
Cat GC25 GC25k C5000 EC25
Crown (any model !)
TCM FCG25N-5
A: If you have an electric (battery powered) forklift and you are in North America, you probably have cushion tires and our forklift tire chains won’t work. There are some exceptions but 95% of electric forklifts sold in North America have cushion tires not pneumatic tires.
A: If you have pneumatic shaped tires (solid rubber tires, but with a size like 700:12, 600:9, etc), our tire chains WILL work. These are not cushion tires but what we call in the industry as ‘solid pneumatics.’
Solid Skid Steer TiresIf you want to eliminate constantly repairing tire punctures, tears, and leaks, you need solid skid steer tires.
At Intella, a common question we receive is “how do I figure out what part number to order?” Fortunately at Intella we have a huge library of forklift parts manuals from a variety of different forklift brands and models.
If you need a part and you don’t have a part number, first you need to find the model and serial number of your forklift. Typically a forklift will have a data tag / serial number plate somewhere near the dashboard of the forklift. It will typically have the make, model, and serial number of the forklift stamped.
To figure out what part number to order, we need model AND serial number. No other information will help us like the model and serial number. The color of the forklift really isn’t too helpful either, it’s really the model and serial number which is most helpful.
Once you provide the forklift model and serial number, it’s useful to know that there are two different types of parts manuals supplied by forklift manufacturers:
Specific forklift part number manuals: Like the name implies, these manuals are real straight forward. They provide pictures of assemblies, descriptions of parts, and the actual part number of the part. Forklift manufacturers such as Cat, Hyster, Yale (modern era), Crown, Komatsu, and Nissan have parts manuals like this.
Group number forklift parts manuals: At some point along the way, certain forklift manufacturers realized they really didn’t want end users shopping around for parts. They’d prefer end users to simply rely on the OEM dealer and they’d like the end user to be a little in the dark. For this reason they created group number manuals. A group number forklift parts manual does not show unique part numbers in the manual. The manual shows pictures, descriptions of parts, but then instead of showing a part number, it will show a group number.
A group number is simply a numerical value assigned to a particular part type. In Clark, for example, group number 02.242 is ALWAYS an air filter element. In each group number manual, the air filter element will show 02.242 next to it. You’ll assume this is a part number and try to search for it…but alas, that’s only a group number and really doesn’t help–you need the serial number with it.
Clark and Toyota utilize group number manuals. Yale Materials Handling used a system like this before they merged with Hyster. But most Yale forklifts in the market today will not use group number manuals.
Either way, Intella Parts can help if you don’t have an OEM forklift part number. Simply provide us the model and serial number and we can help figure out what you need. To check out our Nissan forklift parts catalog click here.
Often customers will wonder why the exact serial number is needed when ordering parts for their forklift. The simple answer is that often forklifts are ordered with custom options. Take forklift radiators for example. You can have the same model Hyster forklift, built during the same month with the same engine and one customer ordered the forklift with an open core radiator and the next customer ordered with a standard forklift radiator. In that case, ordering by serial number would be the only way to get the right parts!
Note: Buy the forklift blue light online now!
We get a ton of questions on the blue forklift safety light, our BlueSpot®. Here are some common questions along with answers:
What makes your blue light better than others?
– It’s UL listed (most are not). If you operate a UL listed forklift and install a non-UL listed accessory you will void the UL rating of your forklift
– Stainless steel hardware
– Integrated wire harness (no custom AMP connectors required)
– Polycarbonate lens – suitable for food manufacturing environments
– IP 67 rated – suitable for wet environments
– metal case (compare to others with plastic case)
– beefy, heavy duty 2.3 pound construction
What voltages are offered? Our part number 01291296 comes in 9 through 96 volts DC.
How do you wire the Blue spot into the forklift?
You can wire the lamp into a rear work light circuit or strobe circuit. Depends if you want the lamp to always be on or only in reverse. Customers have told us that they pigtail into existing reverse/tail lights on forklifts. The amp draw a VERY low 0.52 amp @ 12 volts. (it’s an LED light!)
Does the light stay on only in reverse?
This really depends how you connect the light to the forklift. We recommend that the lamp automatically turns on whenever the key switch is on. It’s sure to attract attention if the forklift is going forward or backwards. We recommend that a professional forklift mechanic install the blue spot.
What other colors are available?
We offer blue and red versions.
How bright is the beam of light? The blue spot has an effective lumen rating of 33 lumens. It’s designed to be a bright blue spot even in the brightest factory–white lights on a white floor, for example.
How far does the BlueSpot® shine?
BlueSpot® can be angled in a bunch of different positions. On most forklifts, the blue spot around 7-8 feet behind the forklift. The distance depends on the angle mounted.
How do you mount the blue spot to the lift truck?
They are usually mounted on the overhead guard. Many forklifts have holes pre-drilled in the overhead guard for work lights, you can use one of those holes.
Is there a pulse setting so it can flash a bit? No, it just projects the beam on the ground for people to see.
