Abstract: A cable laying apparatus is provided for use with agricultural tractors equipped with a rear, three-point, hydraulically operated hitch. The apparatus comprises a supporting frame for lifting, carrying and unwinding heavy spools of wire, particularly barbed wire for laying fences and the like. The supporting frame is formed of a plurality of pieces of hollow, square steel tubing. A rear piece of tubing is to be supported cross-wise at the rear end of the tractor and has a pair of brackets thereon positioned to be supported on two of the supports of the three-point hitch. A pair of square tubular members are supported on the rear piece of tubing and extend rearwardly therefrom. A cross-piece of square tubing extends cross-wise of the rearwardly extending members through square holes therein. The cross-wise member has a pair of brackets supported thereon for connection to the third support of the three-point hitch.