Abstract: An improved earth moving machine for removing topsoil and transporting the soil to another location for unloading and distribution. The earth moving machine includes a frame, a primary mover for the earth moving machine mounted in the frame, a bowl pivotally carried by the frame and having two generally vertical parallel side walls and a scraping edge at the mouth of the bowl for removing topsoil from the ground, an elevator positioned at the mouth of the bowl to carry the soil from the scraping edge upwardly into the bowl, an ejector floor movably secured in the bottom of the bowl to upwardly open and release topsoil carried therein, a pair of ejector floor group members for supporting the ejector floor, each fixed and pivotally carried by a respective bowl wall, a pair of elevator linkage group members, each adjacent to a respective bowl wall and interconnecting the elevator and a respective ejector floor group member. The improvement comprises an improved elevator linkage group member.