An apparatus for handling a coiled tubing injector at a well site and positioning it above a wellhead, the apparatus comprising: a coiled tubing injector; a support platform, on which is mounted the coiled tubing injector; a linkage pivotally coupled with a base, the linkage extendable from a stowed position to an operational position in which the support platform is elevated and extended outwardly from the base; the linkage comprising a plurality of links, the plurality of links comprising at least a first link (26a, 26b) and a second link (36a, 36b), each of which has a proximal end and a distal end; wherein the proximal end of the first link is pivotally connected with the base, the support platform is pivotally connected to the second link near its distal end, and a proximal end of the second link is coupled through at least one joint to a distal end of the first link; the linkage further comprising a first extendable member (44a, 44b) for pivoting the first link with respect to the base between a horizontal position and a vertical position, a second extendable member (50a, 50b) for pivoting the second link with respect to the first link, and a third extendable member (61a, 61b) for pivoting the coiled tubing support platform with respect to the second link. whereby extending the first and second extendable members from retracted to extended positions moves the linkage from a collapsed position for transportation to an extended position in which the support platform is raised and moved outwardly from the base, Characterized in that the second link is pivotally connected to the distal end of the first link, and in that the second link is bent between its proximal and distal ends, so that its distal end, where the coiled tubing injector support platform is pivotally connected, is lower to the ground than its proximal end when the linkage is in a collapsed position. a coiled tubing injector; a support platform, on which is mounted the coiled tubing injector; a linkage pivotally coupled with a base, the linkage extendable from a stowed position to an operational position in which the support platform is elevated and extended outwardly from the base; the linkage comprising a plurality of links, the plurality of links comprising at least a first link (26a, 26b) and a second link (36a, 36b), each of which has a proximal end and a distal end; wherein the proximal end of the first link is pivotally connected with the base, the support platform is pivotally connected to the second link near its distal end, and a proximal end of the second link is coupled through at least one joint to a distal end of the first link; the linkage further comprising a first extendable member (44a, 44b) for pivoting the first link with respect to the base between a horizontal position and a vertical position, a second extendable member (50a, 50b) for pivoting the second link with respect to the first link, and a third extendable member (61a, 61b) for pivoting the coiled tubing support platform with respect to the second link. whereby extending the first and second extendable members from retracted to extended positions moves the linkage from a collapsed position for transportation to an extended position in which the support platform is raised and moved outwardly from the base, Characterized in that the second link is pivotally connected to the distal end of the first link, and in that the second link is bent between its proximal and distal ends, so that its distal end, where the coiled tubing injector support platform is pivotally connected, is lower to the ground than its proximal end when the linkage is in a collapsed position.