Apparatus for stacking wood roof trusses

Apparatus for stacking wood roof trusses horizontally into bundles suitable for banding, said apparatus comprising, in combination, a stacking station, conveyor means adapted to convey roof trusses individually and in a horizontal plane along an axis to a position adjacent said stacking station, transporter means positionable in a home position adjacent said stacking station and below said plane, means for raising said transporter means so as to engage a truss and raise the entire truss above said plane, means effective to move the transporter means and raised truss carried by said transporter means perpendicular to said axis off of said conveyor means to a position above said stacking station, means for lowering said transporter means and truss onto said stacking station to deposit the truss at the stacking station and means for returning the transporter means to its home position.