the pipe section with sections already in the drill rig and to facilitate removal of the pipe sections when breaking down or disassembling a pipe string application_number US 65115976 A description the pipe laydown and pickup machine of the present invention is associated with equipment normally located at a well site and which includes a drill rig or derric generally designated by the numeral 10 and which includes a rig floor 12 supported above the ground surface in any suitable manner and provided with the usual crown block traveling blocks elevators and other associated equipmenet not illustrated in detail inasmuch as the conventional componenets form no particular part of the present invention disposed to one side of the drill rig 10 is a catwalk 14 of conventional construction which basically involves a horizontal supporting surface and an inclined ramp or slide 16 extends from the catwalk 14 to the rig floor 12 in a conventional manner a pipe rack 18 is oriented alongside of the catwalk and pipe sections 20 are stored on the pipe rack 18 in a conventional and well known manner the rig floor 12 includes a conventional rotary table 22 and a rathole pipe 24 and rathole support structure 26 all of which represent conventional structures incorporated into.