Abstract: An improved method and apparatus for transferring a load such as a stack of cardboard sheets from an aerator to the receiving end of a cutting press. Sheets of material are stacked on a first pallet having a plurality of spaced support members defining a fork-like configuration having an elongated passage between each pair of spaced supports. The free ends of the spaced supports are adapted for common connection to a transverse rod to provide a generally rigid support surface defined by the spaced supports. The pallet is transported with the stack loaded on its support surface by a forklift to a predetermined location above a movable base pallet which is adapted to align the first pallet in superposed relation thereupon as the first pallet is lowered in place. The base pallet includes a plurality of spaced supports corresponding to the spaced supports of the first pallet. After the two pallets become engaged, the connecting rod of the first pallet is removed.