Dry stacker and reclaimer

A backstacker-reclaimer apparatus comprising a frame, a combined stacking and reclaiming boom having proximal and distal extremities mounted on said frame, means for raising and lowering the distal extremity of the boom, a plurality of spaced stacking and reclaiming flights having end edges, endless means for supporting said flights longitudinally movable along the upper and lower reaches of said boom, including head and tail sprocket means for said endless flight supporting means located at the distal and proximal extremities of said boom, means for removing reclaimed bulk material, means for feeding bulk material to the lower reach of said boom to permit the flights of said lower reach to push said material onto a stack, fencing means extending from at least one side of the lower region of said boom in a direction substantially perpendicular to said flights and extending so as to substantially cover said end edges, said fencing means being retractable to expose the edges of the flights.