Poultry trailer

A poultry storage rack comprising a base, a plurality of elongated upright vertically extending supports supported at their lower end portions from said base at points spaced therealong, said supports each including means at least partially enclosing a passage defined thereby extending longitudinally thereof and having a series of horizontally extending support units for the support of a poultry basket therefrom mounted on the exterior thereof and spaced one above the other for vertical adjustment therealong, each support unit consisting of at least one support arm cantilevered outward from its support, lost motion connecting means connecting each support unit to the support unit therebelow for upward displacement of the lower unit with the unit thereabove in response to elevation of the upper unit a predetermined distance above the lower unit and allowing downward displacement of the upper unit relative to the unit therebelow below a level spaced said predetermined distance above the lower unit;

• elevating means extending along each of said passages and connected between the corresponding upright support and the associated upper support unit for raising and lowering the latter relative to said support said elevating means being operable in unison.