Abstract: A lift truck load handling attachment adaptable particularly for transporting an elongate load longitudinally of said truck and having means for transversely extending the load forks to one side or the other of the truck in order to pick up or deposit the load. The attachment comprises a support member mountable on a conventional lift truck carriage, and includes a forwardly protruding, laterally swinging boom pivotally mounted on the top of the support member. The boom is preferably constructed in the form of an elongate horizontal parallelogram having hinged joints at all four corners. A spaced pair of pivotal joints at the rear of the boom assembly constitute its pivotal connection to the support member, while a cross-head at the front of the boom includes a front pair of pivotal joints. A load handling fork assembly depends from the cross-head with its forks facing transversely to one side of the truck.