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IN A MACHINE FOR HANDLING A LOAD AS LOGS AND THE LIKE OF THE TYPE INCLUDING A CARRIAGE AND A LOAD SUPPORTING STRUCTURE CONNECTED TO SAID CARRIAGE AND PROJECTING FORWARDLY THEREFROM, THE IMPROVEMENT IN SAID MACHINE COMPRISING SUPPORT MEANS MOVABLE BETWEEN A LOWERED POSITION AND A RAISED POSITION, AT LEAST ONE LOAD ENGAGING ARM, MEANS PIVOTALLY COUPLING SAID LOAD ENGAGING ARM INTERMEDIATE THE ENDS THEREOF TO SAID SUPPORT MEANS FOR PIVOT ABOUT A SUBSTANTIALLY HORIZONTAL AXIS, SAID LOAD ENGAGING ARM BEING SUPPORTED THROUGH SAID COUPLING MEANS BY SAID SUPPORT MEANS IN A NORMAL SUBSTANTIALLY HORIZONTAL BALANCED POSITION ABOUT SAID AXIS ABOVE SAID LOAD SUPPORTING STRUCTURE, MEANS FOR MOVING SAID SUPPORT MEANS BETWEEN SAID LOWERED POSITION AND SAID RAISED POSITION TO CARRY SAID LOAD ENGAGING ARM THEREWITH INTO A RAISED POSITION AND A LOWERED POSITION, WHEN IN SAID RAISED POSITION SAID LOAD ENGAGING ARM BEING SPACED FROM SAID LOAD SUPPORTING STRUCTURE TO PERMIT THE LOAD TO BE MOVED FROM AND TO SAID SUPPORTING STRUCTURE, MOVEMENT OF SAID SUPPORT MEANS TOWARDS SAID LOWERED POSITION BEING EFFECTIVE TO MOVE SAID LOAD ENGAGING ARM INTO HOLDING CONTACT WITH A LOAD CARRIED BY SAID LOAD SUPPORTING STRUCTURE, WHEN A LOAD IS CONTACTED BY SAID LOAD ENGAGING ARM SAID ARM BEING NORMALLY PIVOTAL INTO A FLAT POSITION AGAINST THE TOP OF THE LOAD, SAID LOAD ENGAGING ARM INCLUDING A MAIN BODY PORTION AND A FORWARD END PORTION ANGLED DOWNWARDLY FROM SAID MAIN BODY PORTION, AND STOP MEANS COOPERATING BETWEEN SAID SUPPORT MEANS AND SAID LOAD ENGAGING ARM FOR LIMITING PIVOT OF SAID LOAD ENGAGING ARM TO STOP SAID LOAD ENGAGING ARM IN A FIXED LOAD ENGAGING POSITION RELATIVE TO SAID SUPPORT MEANS AND IN WHICH POSITION SAID FORWARD END PORTION IS ANGLED FORWARDLY AND DOWNWARDLY RELATIVE TO THE HORIZONTAL, WHEREBY SAID FORWARD END PORTION IS ADAPTED TO ACT AS A WEDGE TO WEDGE THE LOAD REARWARDLY ON SAID LOAD SUPPORTING STRUCTURE.