Abstract: A shoe plate for use in a clamp assembly for a lift truck load handler. The shoe plate has a spine, an outside wear rib, and a load-side wear rib. The shoe plate is configured to couple detachably and interchangeably to either one of two clamp plates of a clamp assembly on a load-side of a lower portion of the clamp plate. The shoe plates are made of harder and more wear resistant materials than the clamp plates. The shoe plate has a first bracket at one end of the spine and a second bracket at the other end. Each of the brackets has a notch configured to mate with a front edge of the lower portion of either one of the two clamp plates. The brackets are also each configured to insert into a bracket recess in the load-side of one of the two clamp plates.