provides more secure and reliable transport of branches and brush as well as loose bulk material such as straw and hay these and other advantages will be readily apparent to those of skill in the art the pinching fingers 10 of the present invention are also easily adaptable for use with a front end loader 66 commonly found on tractors as shown in fig9 and 10 a front end loader 66 may be provided with a quick connector 68 referring to the left side of the loader the quick connector 68 is connected to the arm 14 of the front end loader 66 at the coupler pivot pin 22 the quick connector 68 may be rotated about the coupler pivot pin 22 by operation of the coupler cylinder 26 the cylinder ram 24 is attached to the quick connector 68 by the links 70 and 72 at the connection point 71 corresponding connections and links are provided on the right side of the loader the pinching fingers 10 are provided with a quick connector plate 74 that mates with and attaches to the quick connector 68 the quick connector 68 allows different sized loaders and specialized implements to be quickly attached removed and changed from the front end loader when connected to the quick connector 66 the pinching fingers 10 may be opened and closed by retraction and extension of the coupler cylinders 26 and 27 as shown in fig1 and 12 although adapted for use with a front end loader the linkage 34 operates as described above to open and close the pinching fingers 10 also when one set of fingers is met.