MATERIAL HANDLING APPARATUS

Material handling apparatus adapted for use with graders, trenchers or backhoes, loaders, lifters and the like which include a material handling implement associated with the remote end of a boom. The apparatus includes a first support positioned in a fixed relation to the ground, a second support which is pivotally connected to the first support and means for moving the second support about said pivotal connection in a substantially horizontal direction relative to the first support. It also includes a third support mounted on the second support and means for moving the third support up and down substantially vertically relative to the second support. One end of a boom is pivotally connected to the third support and means is provided for swingably moving the boom substantially vertically about said pivotal connection to raise and lower the remote end of the boom and the material handling implement which is associated with said remote end.