Abstract: A hitch for a vehicle including a main frame which is mountable to a vehicle chassis, a pair of left and right lower support arms pivotably mounted to the main frame at a first end, each of the pair of left and right lower support arms include a holder at a second end for holding an implement attachment link, and a releasable locking device for fixing the implement attachment link to the holder.

Abstract: A bucket for use on a loader is disclosed including a main wall which transitions from a lower main wall portion into an upper main wall portion. It includes two side walls extending between the lower main wall portion and the upper main wall portion. The main wall and the side walls define an interior space and an open mouth at a front end of the bucket. The lower portion of the main wall, the upper portion of the main wall and the side walls may be engineered to provide a suitable structural strength and wear resistance by selection of an appropriate thickness and hardness of steel for each of the walls and portions of the walls. A loader including the bucket is also disclosed.

Abstract: A shroud retention system has a boss attached to a work tool and a retention block attached to the boss. The shroud retention system has a plunger block connected to and slidably movable relative to the retention block. The boss, the retention block, and the plunger block are slidably receivable in a shroud including a retainer slot. The shroud retention system has a retainer plate disposed in the retainer slot and configured to engage with the plunger block. The shroud retention system has a shim with a shim front face engaging the retention block and a shim rear face engaging a shroud inner wall. The shroud retention system has a retention fastener that passes through a thru hole in each of the plunger block, the retainer plate, and the shim and engages with a lock nut in the retention block to attach the shroud to the work tool.

Abstract: A mounting system for a work machine includes a first member extending along a vertical axis of the mounting system, and a second member extending along the vertical axis and spaced apart from the first member along a lateral axis of the mounting system. The mounting system also includes a bracket assembly extending between the first member and the second member. The bracket assembly is disposable at a location along the vertical axis based on a removable coupling of the bracket assembly with each of the first member and the second member. The mounting system further includes an imaging device coupled with the bracket assembly. A position of the imaging device is adjustable with respect to the lateral axis of the mounting system and the vertical axis, such that a portion of a work implement of the work machine lies in a field of view of the imaging device.

Abstract: A semi-mounted reversible plow with a headstock for attachment to a tractor, a stabilizer which is connected to the headstock and on which a plow frame carrying two rows of plow bodies is mounted by way of at least a front turning arm in a manner rotatable about a horizontal turning axis, wherein an offset rocker in a rotatable manner to the turning arm and a front furrow rocker connected in an articulated manner to the offset rocker and in a rotatable manner to the plow frame, on the other hand, are arranged between the plow frame and the turning arm, and wherein the rockers can be moved by an adjustment actuator to positions causing different transverse distances between the headstock and in the direction of travel of the foremost plow body, such that the semi-mounted reversible plow is configured to selectively assume a furrow working position and an on-land working position.

Abstract: A tool for an excavator has a primary engagement arrangement, a secondary engagement arrangement rotatable about an axis of rotation, and a connection arrangement for connecting the tool to an excavator. The axis of rotation of the secondary engagement arrangement passes through the connection arrangement and aligns with the axis of rotation of the tool relative to the excavator. The tool has two hydraulic actuators. The secondary engagement arrangement and the primary engagement arrangement mutually rotate about the same axis of rotation by the hydraulic actuators.

Abstract: A harrow apparatus comprising an implement frame and a harrow section attached to a mounting assembly extending rearward from the implement frame such that the harrow section engages the ground surface. The mounting assembly is movable upward and downward to move the harrow section down and up. The mounting assembly comprises a beam extending rearward above the harrow frame, and front and rear arms pivotally attached at upper ends thereof to corresponding front and rear beam pivot axes located on the beam. The front arm slopes downward and rearward to a lower end thereof that is pivotally attached to the harrow frame at a front frame pivot axis, and the rear arm slopes downward and forward to a lower end thereof that is pivotally attached to the harrow frame at a rear frame pivot axis located rearward of the front frame pivot axis.

Abstract: A roller for agricultural soil cultivation has at least one support body rotatably mounted about an axis of rotation and multiple compaction rings arranged spaced apart from one another next to one another on the support body and intermediate rings arranged between adjacent compaction rings. At least two intermediate rings have a different diameter and/or a different width.

Abstract: A snow blower device having a housing forming a cavity configured to receive snow. A rotatable auger is supported by the housing and positioned within the cavity to gather and direct snow into a discharge chute having a lumen extending from the inside of the housing to the outside of the housing. The device further includes a blade combined with the frame and movable between a retracted position and an engaged position. In the retracted position the blade is positioned to let the snow reach the auger when the snow blower is moved in the forward direction. In the engaged position the blade is moved downward so that it contacts the ground surface and functions as a plow or snow push when the snow blower is moved in a backward direction.

Abstract: A turf roller can include a chassis, a roller assembly supporting the chassis, the roller assembly including a roller, a first actuator operably connected to the roller and configured to control an angular position of the roller, a second actuator operably connected to the roller and configured to rotationally drive the roller, and an operator station supported by the chassis, the operator station including a single input member controlling the output to both the first and second actuators to provide directional and speed control for the drive the turf roller.

Abstract: An agricultural planting system comprises an implement configured to be coupled to a work machine, row units of the implement, and first and second pairs of wheels configured to pivot and rotate to facilitate a turning operation during forward travel of the planting system. The row units are arranged in first and second ranks depending on their forward-aft placement. Furrow openers of the first rank of row units are configured to contact the ground along a first contact line, and furrow openers of the second rank of row units are configured to contact the ground along a second contact line. During a turning operation, the implement turns about a turning center axis, and the first and second pairs of wheels pivot in opposite directions, which allows the first and second contact lines to remain equidistant from the turning center axis during the turn.

Abstract: Snowplow blades and cutting edge systems for snowplow blades are described herein. The cutting edge systems include a backing plate coupled to a bottom portion of a moldboard of the snowplow blade and a plurality of cutting edge segments each configured to be slidably mounted to the front surface of the backing plate. The backing plate has, for each of the blade segments, a central opening, a first slot positioned on a first side of the central opening and a second slot positioned on a second side of the central opening. Each cutting edge segment includes a blade segment, a compression member and a retainer plate.

Abstract: Tractor implements can work the ground in a proper and efficient manner to ensure the ground is ready for planting. The tractor implements can be arranged in various, specific manners, in series behind a tractor, depending on field conditions. For example, the tractor may pull a single disc positioned ahead of each ripper disposed on a ripper implement. Behind the ripper, a roller implement may be disposed for lifting, rolling and breaking up the soil. An optional disc may be provided forward of each roller blade assembly. Behind the roller implement, one or more finishers, such as a disc, a multi-disc, a chopper, a basket, a double basket, a knife, a deflector, or the like, may be used to finish the worked soil. Soil prepared by such implements have been shown to significantly increase crop yield.

Abstract: An agricultural planting implement includes a first wing toolbar configured to support a first set of row units and a second wing toolbar configured to support a second set of row units. The agricultural planting implement also includes a connection assembly having at least one arm pivotally coupling the second wing toolbar to the first wing toolbar. The at least one arm is pivotally coupled to the first wing toolbar and non-pivotally coupled to the second wing toolbar. In addition, the connection assembly includes an actuator configured to drive the second wing toolbar to rotate upwardly relative to the first wing toolbar from a working position to a transport position. The actuator is also configured to urge the second wing toolbar downwardly toward a soil surface while the second wing toolbar is in the working position.

Abstract: Described is a structural element for agricultural equipment comprising at least one pair of transverse beams associated with at least one pair of support bars of a set of agricultural discs, where the longitudinal distance between the beams of the pair of transverse beams is smaller than the longitudinal distance between the bars of the pair of support bars. This construction allows a greater free space for the flow of material cut by the discs (soil and plant residues) and a decrease in the occurrence of stops to clear the obstruction or even the formation of “heaps” on the ground, while still promoting an adequate arrangement for the absorption and dissipation of efforts that act on the structural element.

Abstract: A wear assembly for attaching a wear member to a base, wherein the wear member includes a pair of legs to straddle the base and a bight portion between the legs. The bight portion includes two rearwardly-converging side surfaces and a central surface extending therebetween. The central surface may have a non-linear extension between the side surfaces and/or a curved profile in a perpendicular direction that is defined by at least two different radii of curvature.

Abstract: An ice leveling system involves a laser receiver mountable on an ice conditioning head of an ice resurfacing machine below a top-most portion of the ice resurfacing machine and at least two laser projectors that project laser light in a plane below a level of the top-most portion of the ice resurfacing machine. The at least two laser projectors are mountable adjacent to an ice surface and are positionable around the ice surface so that the laser receiver when mounted on the ice resurfacing machine always receives the laser light from at least one of the at least two laser projectors during an ice leveling operation. At least one of the at least two laser projectors is height adjustable to align the laser light plane projected by the height adjustable laser projector with the laser light plane of others of the at least two laser projectors.

Abstract: A spike tooth harrow of a tillage implement includes a plurality of arms configured to couple to a frame section of the tillage implement. The spike tooth harrow also includes a plurality of bars coupled to the plurality of arms, wherein each bar of the plurality of bars includes a plurality of spikes angled relative to a direction of travel of the tillage implement, the plurality of bars are coupled to the plurality of arms via cables, and the spike tooth harrow is configured to extend and to retract the plurality of bars relative to the plurality of arms.

Abstract: A shovel includes a lower traveling body, an upper turning body turnably mounted on the lower traveling body, an actuator mounted on the lower traveling body or the upper turning body, and a controller configured to restrict movement of the actuator. The controller sets a virtual wall, and restricts the movement of the actuator based on a positional relationship between the virtual wall and the shovel.

Abstract: An example work machine generally includes a main section, a pair of inner wings, a pair of outer wings, a pair of flippers, a work assembly, a ground interface assembly, and a height control assembly. The flippers are pivotable relative to the outer wings about axes that extend in a direction transverse to the travel direction of the work machine. Each flipper includes at least one corresponding work component and at least one corresponding ground interface mechanism. The height control assembly is operable to adjust heights of the work components relative to a ground surface.