12 is illustrated in perspective in fig1 the fork lift type truck 12 may be of conventional construction and the paper roll splitter attachment 10 is conventionally mounted directly on the hoist 13 of the truck 12 the entire attachment 10 can thus be raised or lowered on the hoist 13 by the operator in a routine manner the details of the paper roll splitter attachment 10 will be discussed with further reference to fig2 4 the paper roll splitter attachment 10 is provided with a structural frame support comprised of a generally vertically disposed i beam 14 and a generally horizontally disposed i beam 16 the vertical i beam 14 is secured to the hoist 13 of truck 12 by means of a connector bracket 18 at the bottom of the vertical i beam 14 or by other suitable means the horizontal i beam 16 is connected to the vertical i beam 14 by way of a bracket 20 and a vertical carriage 22 the horizontal i beam 16 is fixed to the bottom of the bracket 20 which in turn is fixed to left and right side plates 24 and 26 of the vertical carriage 22 the left and right side plates 24 and 26 of the vertical carriage 22 are connected to each other at the upper portions thereof by means of a connector plate 28 the vertical carriage 22 is slidably disposed in a.