Load Carrier for Transport of Wood

A load carrier for transport of wood in the form of logs, said load carrier defining a longitudinal centre plane and comprising a load changing frame, which has a first end portion and a second end portion, said load changing frame comprising;

• two longitudinal frame beams,
• two transverse frame beams arranged at the end portions of the load changing frame, and
• a first lifting stand that is arranged at the first end portion of the load changing frame and that has two legs, which have a lower end portion and an associated lower end, said lifting stand legs being rigidly connected by their ends or end portions to the end portions or ends of the longitudinal frame beams adjacent to the transverse frame beam and extending upward from the longitudinal frame beams, wherein the lifting stand exhibits a web portion and a top portion, said top portion forming a cross connection for anchoring the lifting stand legs to each other, said cross connection comprising a loop-forming lifting loop, with which a gripper of a lifting beam of a load changer is intended to be brought into engagement, and wherein the lifting stand tapers in an upward direction toward said centre plane and is open in a vertical direction downward,
• wherein the second end portion of the load changing frame is shaped in the same way as the first end portion, wherein the load changing frame comprises a second lifting stand that is shaped and arranged in accordance with the first lifting stand, wherein the second lifting stand is arranged at the second end portion of the load changing frame and has two legs, which have a lower end portion and an associated lower end, said lifting stand legs being rigidly connected by their ends or end portions to the end portions or ends of the longitudinal frame beams adjacent to the transverse frame beam and extending upward from the longitudinal frame beams, wherein the lifting stand exhibits a web portion and a top portion, said top portion forming a cross connection for anchoring the lifting stand legs to each other, said cross connection comprising a loop-forming lifting loop, with which a gripper of a lifting beam of a load changer is intended to be brought into engagement, and wherein the lifting stand tapers in an upward direction toward said centre plane and is open in a vertical direction downward,
• that the two transverse frame beams, which are located at the first and second end portions of the load changing frame, are elongated to extend outward from the longitudinal frame beams for mounting of supports facing the support surface, and
• that a plurality of empty load carriers of the above-defined kind are adapted to be stacked on top of each other into a stack, where each overlying load carrier with its lifting stands is adapted to straddle the lifting stands of the immediately underlying load carrier vertically from above, wherein the length of the stack corresponds to the length of the load carrier.