Abstract: An apparatus for removing floor covering consisting of a rotary milling device housed in a frame. The frame is supported, laterally, by hydraulicly powered elevating legs. The lateral legs are lowered to engage the milling device with the floor surface during the cutting phase, and are raised to disengage the milling device from the floor covering and discontinue cutting. While milling, the apparatus is supported by legs fore and aft. The height of the fore and aft legs are manually adjusted, prior to cutting, to affect the depth of the floor removed. The apparatus is powered by an external power source and propelled forward by an energized vehicle through a swivel coupling assembly. The coupling assembly allows the apparatus to be lowered and raised while maintaining a constant orientation relative to the floor surface and to the direction of the propelling force acting upon it. The apparatus is particularly adopted for cutting hard floor surfaces in enclosed areas having narrow access.