Abstract: A bag palletizer (20) includes a support frame (22) including a pallet magazine (24) for maintaining a stack of pallets therein. A loading plate (160) is mounted for reciprocating movement relative to the frame and is movable between a retracted position below the pallets in the magazine to an extended position. A wedge (280) and an actuating arm (270), both attached to the loading plate, cooperate to engage the lowermost pallet prior to movement of the plate to its extended position such that the lowermost pallet is drawn from the magazine when the loading plate is extended and is deposited onto a vertically movable fork assembly (200) positioned immediately below the loading plate. The loading plate may be extended to a position immediately above the pallet, and bags of material are loaded on the loading plate. By retracting the loading plate the bags are deposited onto the pallet therebelow.