Ladder carrying device for a vehicle

A ladder carrying device for a vehicle is equipped with a frame element () assigned, in its operative conditions (O) to be fixed above the vehicle (V). This frame element () is connected to a support member () for at least one ladder (S). The frame element () is provided with at least two longitudinal edges () at least approximately or substantially parallel to a longitudinal axis of the vehicle (V) and mutually and rigidly connected by at least one transversal element () a portion of which interposed between, and distant from, said longitudinal edges () carries at least one longitudinal stationary pivot () connected to a first end of a swinging body whose opposite and second end is connected, by means of a longitudinal mobile pivot (), to an oscillating element () connected to the support member ().