another in a suitable manner such as by welding the support frame 12 may also include a stairway 34 fig1 with a stairway handrail 35 to provide a worker with easy accessibility to the table 30 of the support frame 12 a walkway 36 is connected to the table 30 of the support frame 12 and may be positioned on either the first side 26 or the second side 28 of the support frame 12 the walkway 36 may be folded down toward the first side 26 or the second side 28 of the support frame 12 when not in use the controller 18 is positioned on the table 30 of the support frame 12 alternatively the controller 18 is configured for remote operation as further shown in fig2 a handrail 20 is positioned on the walkway 36 and is removable to allow the support frame 12 to be positioned next to a pipe rack 38 and to allow a joint of pipe 40 to be rolled from the support frame 12 to the pipe rack 38 which may be positioned on either the first side 26 or the second side 28 of the support frame 12 in a preferred embodiment the pipe pick up and lay down apparatus 10 can be raised or lowered relative to the position of the pipe rack 38 so that multiple layers of pipe may be stored on the pipe rack 38 in a presently preferred embodiment the support frame.