switch 60 signals the cradle actuating cylinder 35 which then steps or indexes the cradle down to position 36 the next roll arriving at the dump point 28 then rolls down over the first row of rolls already accumulated in the cradle and contacts the cradle idler rollers 32b 33b other rolls follow to form a complete second row in the cradle whereupon the cradle is again indexed downwardly to position 37 the jogger and top guide 40 assures that the rolls which form each row in the cradle are horizontally aligned this same procedure is repeated until five rows for example have been formed with the cradle now located at position 39 once a full stack of rolls in horizontal position has been formed in the cradle 30 the full conveyor is stopped and the cradle is lowered to its lowermost position 39 39 so that the final row of rolls is lowered beneath the jogger and top guide 40 the cylinder 44 is now actuated to urge push off plate 42 against the stack of cylindrical rolls 10 supported in the cradle the plate 42 pushes the stack laterally off the cradle over the stationary idler rollers 45a and 45b onto the tilting idler rollers.