Abstract: A bucket conveyor including self-scooping bucket elements, a support structure, and a mechanism for displacing the elements over a closed path along the support structure for conveying bulk material from a region below the structure to a region in the vicinity of the top of the support structure, the closed path having two substantially parallel reaches, each reach having a vertical portion. The support structure includes: a vertically oriented upper member extending from the region of the top of the support structure; a lower member connected to the upper member for pivotal movement relative to the upper member; and a base member connected to the lower member for pivotal movement relative to the lower member and having a longitudinal dimension which is inclined to the vertical and protrudes laterally from the structure.