Abstract: A method of moving and transferring a stack of lumber or the like from a side by side row of stacks wherein the stacks are supported on ground placed chocks positioned at the ends of the stack. The method involves engaging with the tines of a forklift truck a transfer unit provided with a ground engaging support means at its forward end, and lifting the transfer unit with the lift truck tines so that the transfer unit is at least partially maneuverable by movement of the lift truck. The transfer unit is then forwardly and progressively moved under the selected stack by forward movement of the lift truck so that the transfer unit engages the stack and pushes the near chock forwardly and beyond the center of the stack so that the weight of the stack is transferred from the chocks to the transfer unit. The transfer unit supported stack is then withdrawn from the row of stacks by backing the lift truck away from the row.

Abstract: A cargo container handling implement, i.e., a grappler spreader, having the customary four grappling arms for the bottom lifting of piggy-back trailers and four latch units for interlocking with the top latch receptacles of cargo containers, and, in addition, a mechanism by which the latch units are adjustable with respect to the remainder of the grappler spreader in its lateral direction to enable the implement to support a container with the vertical plane of its outwardly offset side beyond the lateral extremities of the adjacent pair of upwardly stored grappling arms.

Abstract: A lifting and lowering device for attachment to the corner of an ISO goods container, comprising twist-lock devices carried at one side of a post and a sleeve which is slidable on and lockable to the post allowing adjustment of the spacing of the twist-lock devices, an extendable leg with its operating ram housed within the post, and projecting from the opposite side of the post from the twist-lock devices fixed legs or the like give to the device free-standing stability when the leg is fully retracted into the post.