A column for equipment for stacking and transporting piled-up and vertically separated articles includes a plurality of superimposed swingable brackets suitable to support the articles and associated to respective counter-weights. The central section of each of the brackets has a pair of ears for a pivot pin and a pair of stop fins inserted in respective grooves provided for on the body of the column. The rear section of each of the brackets is provided with at least one lateral appendage coupled with two counter-weights one of which is connected to the lateral appendage of the underlying bracket and the other of which is connected to the lateral appendage of the overlying bracket.