Patent ID: 10626687

Abstract:
A pipe handler trailer assists with the handling of very large and heavy pipes that are regularly raised to and lowered from an elevated surfaces. At least one wedge is removably coupled to an intermediate location within the pipe handler boom. The wedge is operative to change a longitudinal direction of the non-linear boom. The wedge has a pipe-receiving trough configured to cooperate with the pipe handler skidway and support pipes through longitudinal movement thereon. Front and rear faces are rigidly affixed to an undersurface of the wedge skidway, and are offset from parallel to each other. A pair of support hooks protrude from the wedge front face, and are designed to drop into and engage with a pair of mating slots. Once the support hooks are engaged with the slots, fasteners such as bolts and nuts are used to secure the wedge to the pipe handler boom.