Abstract: Handling device associated with a drilling rig to manipulate bars or drilling tubes between a vertical position and a horizontal position in an automated manner that reduces risks in the operation, which is basically made up of a support, a carriage, and an arm with an arm support and at least two gripping means on the arm, separated from each other, for holding, capturing or gripping the drill rods, wherein at least one of said gripping means is movable so that it can be moved or moved to length of the arm, allowing to vary the separation distance between the means of gripping the arm, facilitating the handling of rods or perforation pipes of different lengths.