Arrangement for forming and handling collective loads

An arrangement for assembling and conveying a number of elongated generally cylindrical single loads which are collectively supported in a collecting carrier, comprising an elongated single load supply track for delivering the single loads to a collecting location so that each of the single loads extends transversely of the longitudinal direction of said supply track, a single load positioning device at said collecting location for arranging three of the single loads from said supply track in a triangular configuration so that the longitudinal axes of the single loads extend parallel to one another, said positioning device including a first and a second load stand each arranged to support a different one of the single loads at the same level as the single loads on said supply track, and a third single load stand between said first and said second single load stands for supporting a third single load, said third single load stand including means for lowering the third single load from the level of said supply track to a certain level below that of the single loads supported on said first and said second single load stands, a handling device for attaching the single loads positioned in said single load positioning device to the collecting carrier to form a collective load, a hoist arrangement for removing the collective load from said single load positioning device, and means for conveying the collective load to a collective load receiving location after the collective load is released from said hoist arrangement.