Abstract: A safety trip mechanism for a ground working tool utilizes a roller pin engageable with a notched and spring biased latch to resist collapse of a toggle linkage and rotation of the tool supporting standard as obstacles are encountered by the tool. The roller pin is rigidly connected to one toggle link and spaced from the frame which supports the standard to reduce the breakout force acting on the pin. Flattening of the roller pin surface and wear between the pin and its latch are accordingly reduced to improve reliability of the trip mechanism and decrease maintenance.

Abstract: A plow having a main frame beam disposed in a diagonal direction with respect to the direction of travel and having a plurality of plow bottoms equally spaced along the diagonal beam, each bottom being vertically pivotally supported on the beam. A furrow wheel frame is carried on the rear of the beam to swing about a vertical axis. The plow bottoms and wheel frame are connected together and are power operated so that the plows may have their effective plowing width adjusted while at the same time positioning the furrow wheel frame. A hitch connection is carried on the forward end of the plow and is composed of a first part which is adapted for connection to a tractor and a second part which is rearward of the first part and adapted to shift with the plow frame. The two parts are connected by a vertical pivot to permit relative lateral swinging between the parts.

Abstract: A tractor-trailed plow having a steerable rear wheel is provided with a hydraulically powered steering system including master and slave cylinders arranged to steer the rear wheel in response to changes in the angular position of the plow with respect to the tractor. A rephasing valve system is provided that is responsive to turning of the tractor for proper phasing of the master and slave cylinders.

Abstract: Disk gangs are resiliently suspended from an implement frame by retroverted flat spring members. Flat surfaces of the springs are oriented perpendicularly to the disk blade shaft to thereby permit vertical and fore-and-aft flexing of the disk gangs as obstacles are encountered and yet minimize lateral movement of the gangs to retain gang blade alignment between front and rearwardly positioned disk gangs.