Abstract: Apparatus for removing bulk material from a dump comprises a horizontal scooping tube, which is mounted for rotation about its axis and provided with a plurality of buckets, which are distributed around the periphery and over the length of the scooping tube and protrude into the interior of the scooping tube through entrance openings formed in the wall of the scooping tube, and a conveyor, which extends within the scooping tube and serves to receive bulk material which has been dropped through the entrance openings by the buckets. In order to provide good conditions for the removal of material and to provide a simplified structure, the buckets are secured to annular collars, which are disposed at the entrance openings in the tube wall and radially outwardly protrude from the tube wall, and the buckets protrude at least with their backs through the collars into the interior of the scooping tube.