Abstract: The apparatus of the invention is capable of loading, transporting and shredding a large bale of material. The apparatus is of a vehicle trailer type and is equipped with a box or housing unit type that is open only at the rear side of the vehicle. The apparatus has a combination tailgate and lift structure which functions as a fork lift to load and move a bale of material into the housing unit and, after such delivery, to automatically function as a tail gate to close the rear side of the housing unit. A floor conveyor within the housing moves the baled material forwardly into the path of a bale shredder which is of a flail type. The shredded material is then blown or moved by the shredder into an auger at the forward end of the housing unit for discharge into a feed bunk or storage bin.