Pallet Handlers
Single or double pallets in one cycle
The Single-Double Pallet Handler is a highly versatile attachment designed for the simultaneous handling of either one or two pallets. By allowing the operator to spread the forks hydraulically, it significantly increases productivity in high-volume shipping and receiving environments.
A single-double pallet handler carries four fork arms on a hydraulically adjustable carriage. Closed, it handles one pallet like a conventional truck; opened, it picks up two pallets side by side and moves both in a single cycle. The operator switches between the two modes from the seat.
On a high-volume loading bay that halves the number of trips between the trailer and the staging area, which is why the attachment is standard in beverage, bottling and brick distribution. It is specified around the truck’s derated capacity: two loaded pallets is a real load, and the arithmetic has to be done before the order rather than after it.
Also known as: Single-double pallet handler · Twin pallet handler · Four-fork carriage
Benefits
- Hydraulically adjustable forks for seamless switching between single and double loads
- All-steel integrated frame designed for heavy-duty, high-cycle operations
- High-strength T-bar and double-sided guide slots ensure a long service life
- Moulded springs offer high durability and resistance to operational failure
Where it is used
- Beverage and bottling despatch where volumes are high and pallets uniform
- Distribution centres loading and offloading trailers against the clock
- Brick and block yards moving matched pairs of pallets
- Container loading where two pallets fit side by side
Specification
- Modes
- Single or double pallet
- Adjustment
- Hydraulic fork spread
- Guides
- T-bar, double-sided slots
Capacities, jaw ranges and rotation are model-specific — the exact figures are confirmed against your truck and load when we quote.
Fits ISO Class II, III and IV fork carriages
In service on Toyota, Linde, Hyster, Jungheinrich, TCM, Manitou, JCB, Feeler, Yale and Komatsu trucks across the region.
- Hydraulic attachments run off the truck’s auxiliary services; where a truck has too few, an additional service or a solenoid selector can be fitted.
- Mechanical attachments slip over standard fork arms and need no hydraulic connection at all.
- Fitting an attachment changes the truck’s rated capacity, so the derated capacity plate is confirmed as part of the quote.
South Africa & Zambia
Attachments are supplied from Nelspruit for South Africa, Botswana, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Eswatini and Lesotho, and through the Kitwe branch for Zambia, the Copperbelt and the southern DRC corridor.
- South Africa — head office, warehouse and service in Nelspruit, with stockholding in Johannesburg
- Zambia — branch office and warehouse in Kitwe, plus a supply depot in Solwezi
- Cross-border freight and documentation arranged per consignment where the destination requires it
Pallet Handlers — questions
- 01Does a double pallet handler need a bigger forklift?
- Usually yes. Two loaded pallets plus the weight of the attachment is well beyond what a truck sized for single pallets can lift at the same load centre, so we calculate the derated capacity before recommending a model.
- 02Can it still handle a single pallet?
- Yes. The forks close hydraulically to a standard single-pallet spread, so the truck is not limited to paired work.