Reel support with horizontal and vertical adjustment

Apparatus for winding and reeling cable upon a reel having reel openings disposed on a reel axis, said apparatus being adapted to rest upon a support surface and comprising:

• first and second masts;
• first and second spaced housing assemblies, each supported for vertical movement on a respective mast;
• means connected to said housing assemblies for laterally moving the housing assemblies toward and away from one another;
• first power means connected between said masts and said housing assemblies for raising and lowering said housing assemblies on said masts;
• first and second pintles each supported on a respective housing assembly;
• a pair of second power means each operative independently of the first power means, supported by a respective housing assembly and connected to a respective pintle for moving such pintle vertically relative to the housing assembly associated therewith, each second power means comprising a pair of support shafts for supporting its associated pintle, a drive nut connected to the support shafts and a drive screw threadably engaged with the drive nut for vertically moving the first pintle;
• and
• a pair of third power means operative independently of the first and second power means, supported by a respective housing assembly and connected to a respective pintle for moving such pintle horizontally relative to the housing assembly associated therewith.