Excavating – Peat excavators
Patent
1985-02-25
1987-02-10
Johnson, Richard J.
Excavating
Peat excavators
172274, 414739, A01B 4300
Patent
active
046414398
ABSTRACT:
The invention comprises an apparatus for digging obstructions out of the ground. The apparatus has a first frame adapted to be attached to the framework of a three point hitch connection on a tractor. The hitch connection has hydraulic means to raise and lower the hitch whereby the hitch will raise and lower the first frame. The apparatus has a second frame pivotally mounted to the first frame with digging members fixed on the second frame. The apparatus has hydraulic means for pivoting said second frame on its pivotal mounting to an angle whereby the first frame may be lowered and the digging members may be engaged into the ground at an angle to penetrate beneath an obstruction and may be pivoted upward to lift the obstruction out of the ground, a hook is pivotally mounted on said second frame to pivot down over said rock digging members to secure a rock on said members.
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Johnson Richard J.
Kleve Robert E.
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