Abstract: A gathering blade is mounted on a vehicle which carries a front end loading bucket, so that material can be gathered by the blade and pulled onto the bucket. The gathering blade is mounted on the ends of a pair of arms which are slidable longitudinally in a pair of guides, one on either side of the vehicle, and preferably in the planes of the control and operating arms of the bucket. The blade can be lifted up under the arms, which can then be retracted by means of hydraulic and pistons. The guides are rotatable about an axis attached to the vehicle, and are supported by pistons and cylinders from the operating arms, so that the bucket has full freedom of movement in an upwardly direction, and the blade does not obstruct the view of the operator.