A forklift truck including a truck body, a fork and a mast movable to be lifted, lowered and tilted together with the fork, the forklift truck comprising: a tilting mechanism adapted to tilt the mast relative to the truck body; a tilt lever adapted to operate the tilting mechanism; a tilting operation detector adapted to detect whether or not the tilt lever is in operative position; a lifting mechanism adapted to lift and lower the fork along the mast; a lift lever adapted to operate the lifting mechanism; and a lifting operation detector adapted to detect whether or not the lift lever is in operative position, wherein the forklift truck further includes a lifted height detector (80, 82) detecting the lifted height of the fork, a load detector adapted to detect whether or not a load is present on the fork, an auxiliary switch disposed at a position which allows the operator to operate the auxiliary switch, a tilt angle detector adapted to detect a tilt angle of the mast and a controller adapted to control the lifting mechanism and the tilting mechanism based on signals from the tilting operation detector, the lifting operation detector and the auxiliary switch, wherein the controller is adapted to control the lifting mechanism and the tilting mechanism to cause the fork to be lifted while being tilted to horizontal position of the fork if the load detector detects that a load is present on the fork, the lifting operation detector detects that the lift lever is placed in operative position to lift the fork, the auxiliary switch is in operative position and the controller detects that the fork is not in the horizontal position of the fork based on a signal from the tilt angle detector, characterized in that the controller is further adapted to control the lifting mechanism to cause the fork to be lifted while controlling the tilting mechanism to cause the fork to be tilted to horizontal position of the fork only if the fork is in a lower lift region where the lifted height of the fork detected by the lifted height detector (80, 82) is at or lower than a first threshold value. a tilting mechanism adapted to tilt the mast relative to the truck body; a tilt lever adapted to operate the tilting mechanism; a tilting operation detector adapted to detect whether or not the tilt lever is in operative position; a lifting mechanism adapted to lift and lower the fork along the mast; a lift lever adapted to operate the lifting mechanism; and a lifting operation detector adapted to detect whether or not the lift lever is in operative position, wherein the forklift truck further includes a lifted height detector (80, 82) detecting the lifted height of the fork, a load detector adapted to detect whether or not a load is present on the fork, an auxiliary switch disposed at a position which allows the operator to operate the auxiliary switch, a tilt angle detector adapted to detect a tilt angle of the mast and a controller adapted to control the lifting mechanism and the tilting mechanism based on signals from the tilting operation detector, the lifting operation detector and the auxiliary switch, wherein the controller is adapted to control the lifting mechanism and the tilting mechanism to cause the fork to be lifted while being tilted to horizontal position of the fork if the load detector detects that a load is present on the fork, the lifting operation detector detects that the lift lever is placed in operative position to lift the fork, the auxiliary switch is in operative position and the controller detects that the fork is not in the horizontal position of the fork based on a signal from the tilt angle detector, characterized in that the controller is further adapted to control the lifting mechanism to cause the fork to be lifted while controlling the tilting mechanism to cause the fork to be tilted to horizontal position of the fork only if the fork is in a lower lift region where the lifted height of the fork detected by the lifted height detector (80, 82) is at or lower than a first threshold value.