Apparatus for handling tubes for light workover rigs, comprising: - a support body, - three pairs of legs, fixed to the body, - the legs of each pair being situated symmetrically and on opposite sides in respect to the support body, - each leg being provided with a movable claw mechanism for transporting a tube along the leg from a region situated at the lower part of the leg up to the upper part of the leg or vice versa, - a beam connected to the support body by means of a hinge provided at a back end of the beam, wherein the hinge is capable to roll on a horizontal linear guide provided on the support body, - two lateral safety elements, each having a lower end thereof connected to and capable to roll on said linear guide, and each lateral safety element being connected at a middle portion thereof to a median portion of the beam by means of an articulation, - two fixed U-shaped elements, each having a base fixed to the beam, - a conveyor belt - configured to receive a tube on its upper surface, - bordered by and connected to a frame, - having a length between 90% and 95% of the length of the frame, - being drivable by a first actuator, - wherein the frame is fixed to two tiltable U-shaped elements, each tiltable U-shaped element being connected to a respective fixed U-shaped element by means of a respective second actuator, - wherein each second actuator is configured to tilt a respective tiltable U-shaped element, and implicitly the frame and the conveyor belt, in respect to the fixed U-shaped elements, - a lifting member - connected at one end thereof to the support body by means of a joint ( J1, J2), - connected at the other end thereof to a front end of the beam, that is opposed to the hinge, - connected in a middle area thereof, situated between its two ends, to a third actuator, wherein the third actuator is also connected to the support body, - wherein the lifting member is capable to pivot about the joint ( J1 or J2) upon the action of the third actuator, between a first extreme position in which the beam is parallel to the linear guide and a second extreme position in which the beam forms an angle with the linear guide in the range of 11° to 15°. - an open box, provided with a removable shoe, connected at an extremity of the conveyor belt that is distal in respect to the lifting member, and capable to travel simultaneously with the conveyor belt, wherein the bottom of the open box is situated about 0.1m-0.2m below the level of the conveyor belt. - a support body, - three pairs of legs, fixed to the body, - the legs of each pair being situated symmetrically and on opposite sides in respect to the support body, - each leg being provided with a movable claw mechanism for transporting a tube along the leg from a region situated at the lower part of the leg up to the upper part of the leg or vice versa, - a beam connected to the support body by means of a hinge provided at a back end of the beam, wherein the hinge is capable to roll on a horizontal linear guide provided on the support body, - two lateral safety elements, each having a lower end thereof connected to and capable to roll on said linear guide, and each lateral safety element being connected at a middle portion thereof to a median portion of the beam by means of an articulation, - two fixed U-shaped elements, each having a base fixed to the beam, - a conveyor belt - configured to receive a tube on its upper surface, - bordered by and connected to a frame, - having a length between 90% and 95% of the length of the frame, - being drivable by a first actuator, - wherein the frame is fixed to two tiltable U-shaped elements, each tiltable U-shaped element being connected to a respective fixed U-shaped element by means of a respective second actuator, - wherein each second actuator is configured to tilt a respective tiltable U-shaped element, and implicitly the frame and the conveyor belt, in respect to the fixed U-shaped elements, - a lifting member - connected at one end thereof to the support body by means of a joint ( J1, J2), - connected at the other end thereof to a front end of the beam, that is opposed to the hinge, - connected in a middle area thereof, situated between its two ends, to a third actuator, wherein the third actuator is also connected to the support body, - wherein the lifting member is capable to pivot about the joint ( J1 or J2) upon the action of the third actuator, between a first extreme position in which the beam is parallel to the linear guide and a second extreme position in which the beam forms an angle with the linear guide in the range of 11° to 15°. - an open box, provided with a removable shoe, connected at an extremity of the conveyor belt that is distal in respect to the lifting member, and capable to travel simultaneously with the conveyor belt, wherein the bottom of the open box is situated about 0.1m-0.2m below the level of the conveyor belt.