Abstract: Rack apparatus for removably retaining and transporting a multitude of folded stack and stackable chairs is described. The apparatus includes a base frame upon which are mounted upstanding stanchions with alignment surfaces providing for the lined stacking of chairs in a sequence of chair stacking bays. The chairs may be locked within fully filled bays and the entire apparatus is movable with a conventional forklift truck into rack upon rack stacking orientations on the bed of a flat bed trailer for transportation to a site or for purposes on site and warehousing storage.