A self-contained, freestanding, modular, portable pipe pick-up and laydown
apparatus. The apparatus includes a movable carriage and carriage rail
supported on base frame. The base frame includes means for moving the
carriage along the length of base frame. The apparatus also includes a
pipe trough supported on first and second telescoping pipe trough lifting
assemblies pivotally mounted on the carriage. The pipe trough is
semicircular in configuration which serves to cradle and manipulate a
joint of pipe. Jacks are used to lift and tilt upward the telescoping
pipe trough lifting assembles to raise the pipe trough and any supported
pipe. The pipe trough may be leveled and otherwise manipulated by
extension and retraction of the trough lifting assemblies. A hydraulic
lift and detachable hinges are used to pivot the pipe trough on its edges
as desired. The invention also provides a movable pipe jack and
reversible pipe guides to facilitate the loading and unloading of pipe to
and from the pipe trough.