By investing in the top accessories for your forklift, you’re making a strategic decision. You will enhance your handling operations’ efficiency, safety, and versatility. Do you use your forklift in the mining or forestry sectors? Does your daily work involve heavy load handling in industrial or logistics settings? Selecting the right accessories for your forklift ensures significant gains in both productivity and safety.
Important Note: Most of these accessories are available for forklifts and loaders.
With over 65 years of experience in the design of lifting and handling equipment, Vallée offers the best accessories for your forklifts and loaders.
Universal Forklift Accessories
A properly equipped forklift is an indispensable tool for mining or forestry or for assisting in industrial load handling. These lifting vehicles are designed to facilitate the transport and handling of heavy, bulky loads in warehouses, factories, and other workplaces. Installing the right accessories is essential to optimize their efficiency and ensure the safety of both operators and handled materials.
Safety and Comfort Accessories:
At Vallée, we have identified several key elements that help warehouse managers and forklift operators optimize their daily handling operations:
Seats:
The seat plays a crucial role beyond just comfort on a forklift. Your lifting equipment is often used on uneven terrain or for handling heavy loads, so it’s exposed to significant vibrations and jolts. That’s why equipping it with a high-quality seat is essential. A seat with a shock-absorption system improves comfort and can prevent injuries. Designed to offer ergonomic support, a quality seat maintains the operator’s posture properly, reducing muscle fatigue, especially in the back, neck, and legs. Over time, the padding materials and suspension systems in a seat may wear down, while the structure, such as springs or the frame, can deteriorate, making the seat less stable and safe. Replacing a worn-out seat is a crucial preventive measure and a wise investment for operators’ safety, productivity, and health.
Additional Lights:
Forklifts are often used in poorly lit work environments. Additional lights, such as forklift safety lights, can significantly improve visibility, reducing the risk of accidents. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) also has regulations concerning forklift lighting use, requiring headlights when ambient lighting is low. Various types of forklift safety lights, such as spotlights or strobe lights, can be added to improve safety.
Backup Camera:
Backup cameras are also one of the best accessories for forklifts. These lifting vehicles have significant blind spots at the rear, and operators often struggle to see what’s behind them when reversing. Installing a backup camera on a forklift without one is recommended. This accessory gives operators a clear view of the area behind their vehicle, helping them avoid collisions. This accessory has become so popular that Vallée now includes it on all our forklifts.
Lifting Accessories
Forklift Mast:
The forklift mast is closely tied to the lifting capacity of your vehicle and is a central component of your forklift. Your operational needs may change over time. Changing the mast on your lifting vehicle allows you to adapt to these new requirements without investing in a new forklift. It’s recommended to consult a qualified professional for advice on the appropriate mast for your vehicle. Options such as side-shifting or tilting are available to adjust for ground slope or avoid moving the machine if the operator’s alignment is imperfect. Note that Vallée offers the possibility of safely installing a mast on your front loader.
Forks:
Forks are another essential element of your forklift. Their choice and maintenance are crucial. Your vehicle’s safety, efficiency, and lifespan also depend partly on these components. By choosing the appropriate forks for your forklift, you can tailor them to your specific needs and significantly improve your handling operations. There are many types of forks available—visit our forklift forks section for more information and to consult our experts to discuss your needs.
Accessories for Forestry Companies:
Hydraulic Fork Positioners with Side Shift and Leveling:
Their advantage lies in providing precise and effortless control over fork spacing. This solution allows operators to handle various loads of different sizes with greater efficiency. The side-shifting function offers additional flexibility, enabling operators to move the forks laterally. This feature is handy in tight spaces or when loading/unloading misaligned pallets.
High-Tip Buckets:
High-tip buckets are accessories suited for various tasks, including handling light and bulky materials. Vallée offers buckets with flat bottoms to maximize loading capacity and optimize handling operations. Their 90-degree tipping angle facilitates complete material dumping, even in confined or high spaces.
Combined Grapples (For Loaders Only):
The combined grapple’s primary benefit is its ability to handle logs and pallets. This versatility makes it a valuable tool for sawmills, enabling them to feed production lines with logs and manage finished product pallets, all with a single accessory.
Accessories for Mining:
Cable Reel:
The cable reel developed by Vallée is an accessory offering several advantages for mining operators. Equipped with powerful hydraulic motors, it provides increased traction, enabling fast and efficient winding. The tool has specially designed arms to handle cables and distribute them evenly on the spool during winding. This mechanism ensures neat, tangle-free winding, preventing cable damage and facilitating subsequent unwinding.
Rock Bucket (For Loaders Only):
Excavation, loading, and dumping of rocky materials are optimized using Vallée’s rock bucket. The bottom of this accessory is designed with a 5-degree angle, making it easier to penetrate dense materials like rock. It features a hook or direct mount, making it compatible with many brands of lifting vehicles. Vallée also offers customization options for the rock bucket to meet specific needs, such as adding teeth.
Side-Tipping Bucket (For Loaders Only):
Unlike traditional buckets, the side-tipping bucket offers greater flexibility by allowing side dumping to the left or right. This solution is handy in tight spaces where maneuverability is limited. Side-tipping allows work parallel to a structure, such as a wall or trench, without having to position the forklift for front dumping.
Accessories for Industrial Companies:
Train Mover (For Loaders Only):
Train movers are designed to increase the versatility of lifting vehicles by allowing them to push or pull train cars. They are equipped with a special hitch that enables lateral movement of the mover, facilitating the coupling and moving of vehicles, even if the wheels are not perfectly aligned.
Fixed or Extendable Boom:
Vallée’s solutions for industrial companies also include booms. These accessories can be rigidly attached to a lifting vehicle, providing a stable platform for handling and moving materials. They can also be extendable, offering increased reach compared to fixed booms. Vallée provides a full range of handling booms for forklifts.
Accessories for Logistics Companies:
Wide Carriage Fork Holders:
Vallée offers wide carriage fork holders in various sizes, from 4.3 m to 15.2 m. These accessories can be designed with two or more forks and equipped with hydraulic or manual fork positioning mechanisms. Compatible with all forklift brands, these fork holders can be installed via direct mount or with another type of quick hitch. They are indispensable for handling large, heavy loads.
Forklift Masts:
Forklift masts are used for various applications, including increasing a forklift’s lifting capacity or height. They also speed up loading, unloading, and storage operations by increasing the speed and ease of handling loads.
Reversible Snow Basket:
Forklifts can also be highly effective tools for snow removal operations. Vallée’s reversible snow basket allows for the fast collection, transportation, and dumping of large amounts of snow. Equipped with a 13.5-inch back blade, it makes it easier to push back accumulated snow and ensures better basket filling. This reversible snow basket is also designed to withstand harsh winter conditions and handle heavy snow loads.
Accessories for Quarries:
Monobloc Fork Holders:
Monobloc fork holders are forklift components particularly well-suited for handling operations in demanding environments such as quarries. Robust and reliable, these essential tools are vital for handling heavy and bulky materials. Does your work involve handling loads like rocks, stone blocks, or aggregates? The monobloc fork holders developed by Vallée are made from a single piece of forged metal. This design eliminates potential weak points, such as welds or bolts, ensuring maximum resistance to shocks, vibrations, and heavy loads.
Quick Hitch (For Loaders Only)
Choose this accessory if you’re looking to save time and improve efficiency during your material handling operations. The quick hitch eliminates the need for the operator to exit the cabin to change attachments manually. This feature allows the forklift operator to switch between attachments in seconds without handling pins or shafts. The quick hitch provides various attachments with the exact lifting vehicle. A forklift equipped with this versatile tool for numerous applications can be used for excavation with a bucket and then for handling pallets with pallet forks, all in just a few minutes.
Boom Arm
The boom arm developed by Vallée is a wise investment for companies active in quarry operations and heavy load handling. This attachment is specially designed to optimize handling heavy and bulky items, mainly in quarry environments. Thanks to its hook or direct connection, it can be adapted to various forklift models. Reaching lengths of over 50 feet, the boom arm can also be custom-made to meet your specific requirements.
HD Rock Bucket (For Loaders Only)
The HD or Heavy Duty rock bucket is made entirely from 400F steel, known for its strength and high resistance to wear and impact. This attachment is suitable for various operations, such as mineral extraction, loading crushers or trucks in quarries, and tasks in construction, demolition, or landscaping projects. It has a reversible wear blade and a bolt-on wear heel, which can be easily replaced due to its bolting system. The integrated tubular deflector above the bucket also helps reduce rock splatter during excavation with this HD rock bucket.
