Abstract: A carriage for inserting warp beams into a weaving machine includes a frame with rollers thereon for allowing movement of the carriage with respect to a floor or other support surface. The carriage includes support arms having front ends for engagement with the journal of the warp beam for raising and lowering the warp beam as needed. The front ends of the support arm may be displaced with respect to the frame along a path which is transverse to the axis of the warp beam. It therefore becomes unnecessary, when inserting a warp beam into a weaving machine, to move the carriage as a whole transversely into the weaving machine to deposit the warp beam in the correct location on holders in the weaving machine.