Abstract: A walk-behind tractor has an increased ground clearance to define a plant receiving space that has a greater height than a conventional walk-behind tractor having a straight axle. The walk-behind tractor has trailing drop arms from a frame that carry wheel axles that result in an elevated height of a driveshaft. The elevated driveshaft increases the ground clearance for taller plants to pass therebeneath during operation of the walk-behind tractor which would otherwise be too tall to pass below a conventional straight axle walk-behind tractor.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 5, 2020
Date of Patent:
January 17, 2023
Assignee:
TILMOR LLC
Inventors:
Glenn M. Steiner, Chad R. Badger, Douglas L. Zehr
Abstract: A walk-behind tractor has an increased ground clearance to define a plant receiving space that has a greater height than a conventional walk-behind tractor having a straight axle. The walk-behind tractor has trailing drop arms from a frame that carry wheel axles that result in an elevated height of a driveshaft. The elevated driveshaft increases the ground clearance for taller plants to pass therebeneath during operation of the walk-behind tractor which would otherwise be too tall to pass below a conventional straight axle walk-behind tractor.
Type:
Application
Filed:
March 5, 2020
Publication date:
September 9, 2021
Applicant:
Tilmor LLC
Inventors:
Glenn M. Steiner, Chad R. Badger, Douglas L. Zehr