Abstract: A trailer hitch assembly for use with utility vehicles that allows for adjustment of the height that a tongue of a trailer may be set. A telescoping sliding relation between a tubular post that is adapted to be joined to a towing vehicle and a shaft to which a hitch ball is joined and with a thorough pin for locking the two at selected extension lengths accommodates a variety of carts/trailers for use with differing models of utility vehicles. The invention further includes support straps of adjustable length that join the telescoping assembly to the towing vehicle.

Abstract: An improved timber jack for raising and supporting logs off from the ground has an elongated lever arm handle member supporting a fulcrum at a distal end of the handle creating a lever of the first class. The novelty resides in having an arcuate fulcrum such that applying a force at a proximal end of the handle causes the fulcrum to roll on the ground as the log is being lifted. Less effort is required to lift a given load as compared to conventional timber jacks.

Abstract: A tong assembly for use with a work vehicle for grasping irregular shaped objects such as large rocks and smaller sized boulders. The tong assembly includes specially designed load engagement pads having a rectangular configuration of steel bars and attachable to the tong arms proximate their lower ends. A pair of the bars that extend parallel to one another, but normal to the tong arms have a serrated arcuate load engaging surface for enhancing the ability of the tong assembly to grasp and retain irregular shaped objects.

Abstract: A trailer hitch assembly for use with utility vehicles that allows for adjustment of the height that a tongue of a trailer may be set. A telescoping sliding relation between a tubular post that is adapted to be joined to a towing vehicle and a shaft to which a hitch ball is joined and with a thorough pin for locking the two at selected extension lengths accommodates a variety of carts/trailers for use with differing models of utility vehicles. The invention further includes support straps of adjustable length that join the telescoping assembly to the towing vehicle.

Abstract: A tong assembly for use with a work vehicle for grasping irregular shaped objects such as large rocks and smaller sized boulders. The tong assembly includes specially designed load engagement pads having a rectangular configuration of steel bars and attachable to the tong arms proximate their lower ends. A pair of the bars that extend parallel to one another, but normal to the tong arms have a serrated arcuate load engaging surface for enhancing the ability of the tong assembly to grasp and retain irregular shaped objects.

Abstract: A jack for elevating logs from the ground comprises an elongated pole as a handle lever, the pole having a steel collar surrounding its distal end and terminating in a steel spike. Welded to the collar along an upper surface is a serrated rib. Beneath it is a wheel assembly that serves as a fulcrum. Proximal of the collar is a clamp for fastening a T-shaped stand to the pole. An adjustment bar is welded to the collar and to the clamp, the adjustment bar having a plurality of longitudinally spaced apertures extending therethrough. An arcuate claw member with a tooth at its distal end has its opposite end fastened by a shoulder bolt as a pivot to the adjustment bar at a selected one of the aperture locations to accommodate logs of different circumferences.

Abstract: A trailer dolly for joining a trailer to a towing vehicle has a frame mounted on an axle for a pair of wheels. The frame supports a hitch ball assembly that is positionable on the frame for allowing the tongue-weight of a towed trailer that is coupled to the hitch ball to be shifted from a position over the wheels of the dolly to a position that increases traction of the wheels of the towing vehicle.

Abstract: A manually activated vehicle lift mechanism comprises a base and a vehicle support member with a generally two-piece, L-shaped, first-class lever pivotally connected to the base and forming the fulcrum point. The vehicle support member joins to an end of a shorter one of the legs of the L-shaped lever such that when its longer leg, i.e., its handle, is rotated in a first direction, the vehicle support is elevated. Rotation of the handle in an opposite direction again lowers the vehicle support.

Abstract: A fast-adjust trailer jack has three telescoping tubular segments, an upper, an intermediate and a lower. A lead screw is used to operatively couple the upper to the intermediate and a tension spring is coupled between the intermediate and the lower to normally urge the retraction of the lower into the intermediate. A spring-biased pin and hole based detent mechanism is employed to allow setting of the degree of extension of the lower tubular segment with respect to the intermediate tubular segment.

Abstract: A fast-adjust trailer jack has three telescoping tubular segments, an upper, an intermediate and a lower. A lead screw is used to operatively couple the upper to the intermediate and a tension spring is coupled between the intermediate and the lower to normally urge the retraction of the lower into the intermediate. A spring-biased pin and hole based detent mechanism is employed to allow setting of the degree of extension of the lower tubular segment with respect to the intermediate tubular segment.

Abstract: A tool for picking up and carrying cut fireplace logs comprises a somewhat stiff but flexible handle approximately equal in length to the length of the firewood logs and that has hooks replaceably attached to opposed ends of the handle, the hooks having a pointed end arranged to penetrate into the end surfaces of a log when a lifting force is applied to the handle.

Abstract: A pintle coupler adapted to mate with a hitch ball for connecting a towed implement to a towing vehicle comprises a flat plate member that is bolted or otherwise affixed to a trailer tongue and that has an aperture formed therethrough of a size to fit over the hitch ball. Pivotally joined to the undersurface of the flat plate is a retainer plate having a U-shaped inset whose width is only slightly larger than the diameter of the hitch ball's pedestal. The retainer plate is movable between a first position where the inset is out of alignment with the aperture in the flat plate to a second position where the two are aligned. Further apertures in the flat plate and the retainer plate become aligned when the retainer plate is in its second position, allowing a spring-ball detent pin to be inserted for locking the retainer plate against rotation relative to the flat plate.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention disclose a wide V-shaped blade edge at an end of an elongated rod over which is positioned an outer tubular member which can be raised and forcefully lowered to strike an upper end of the inner tubular rod. This landscaping tool allows for removing the root ball of small trees, bushes and shrubs.

Abstract: The present invention comprises a steel outer tubular sleeve cooperating with an inner steel rod that is dimensioned to slide relative to the outer sleeve. In a first embodiment, a steel slug is welded in the sleeve at its upper end and designed to strike an upper end of the inner steel rod. In an alternative embodiment, the steel slug is welded in the sleeve at its lower end and designed to be struck by the lower end of the inner steel rod. Completing the assembly is an attachment member that in the first embodiment is removably attached to the lower end of the inner steel rod and that in the alternative embodiment is removably attached to the lower end of the outer tubular member. The attachment member is designed to hold a stake of a given cross-sectional dimension.

Abstract: In some embodiments, a brush remover may include one or more of the following features: (a) an elongated frame, (b) an operator's station located at an end of the elongated frame, (c) scissor gear located at an opposite end of the elongated frame, (d) an actuation lever coupled to the frame, (e) a cable operably coupled to the actuation lever and to the scissor gear, (f) a support leg coupled to the opposite end of the elongated frame adjacent to the scissor gear, (g) a pincher operably coupled to the scissor gear, (h) a tine located on a pinching surface of the pincher, and (i) a spring operably coupled to the scissor gear.

Abstract: In some embodiments, a trailer dolly may include one or more of the following features: (a) a main body having a proximal and distal end, (b) an adjustable hitch operably coupled to the distal end of the main body, (c) at least one wheel operably coupled to the distal end of the main body, (d) an operator's handle coupled to the main body at the proximal end, (e) at least one grip coupled to the operator's handle, (f) a V-shaped support coupled to a lower side of the main body, (g) a hitch receiving aperture coupled to the distal end of the main body, (h) a support beam operably coupled to the main body at one end and the hitch receiving aperture at an opposite end, and (i) an axle coupled to the main body at the distal end and operably coupled to the at least one wheel.

Abstract: In some embodiments, a trailer dolly may include one or more of the following features: (a) a main body having a proximal and distal end, (b) an adjustable hitch operably coupled to the distal end of the main body, (c) at least one wheel operably coupled to the distal end of the main body, (d) an operator's handle coupled to the main body at the proximal end, (e) at least one grip coupled to the operator's handle, (f) a V-shaped support coupled to a lower side of the main body, (g) a hitch receiving aperture coupled to the distal end of the main body, (h) a support beam operably coupled to the main body at one end and the hitch receiving aperture at an opposite end, and (i) an axle coupled to the main body at the distal end and operably coupled to the at least one wheel.