a transport apparatus and method that can load and unload load carrying containers directly to and from the ground , to and from specially designed receivers or from and to portable support stands . the transport apparatus includes a tiltable trailer having longitudinal guide rails or surfaces that receive anti - friction devices of the load carrying containers . the tiltable trailer can be carried by a ground wheel support chassis and can be pivoted between a substantially horizontal travelling position and a backwardly - downwardly inclined position at which the rear portions of its longitudinal guide surfaces have been displaced toward the ground to a position above the ground where they can engage the anti - friction devices of a ground supported load carrying container .