Peat harvester with automatically adjustable suction heads

Details Peat harvester with automatically adjustable suction heads Peat harvester with automatically adjustable suction heads

1987-01-16

1988-04-19

Crowder, Clifford D.

Excavating

Peat excavators

56DIG15, E21C 4900

Patent

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047380365

ABSTRACT:
A peat harvesting machine having a peat collecting tank, and at least one collecting head with a peat inlet connected to the tank. Means are provided for setting the peat inlet at an optimum height above peaty ground to collect the peat. Means are provided on the machine for drawing peat up into the head and into the tank as the machine is moved over the ground. Means are also provided for automatically adjusting the height of each inlet as the machine moves to maintain each inlet generally at the optimum height irregardless of the changes in the contour of the ground.
The invention is also directed toward a method of harvesting peat using the above machine.

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