Abstract: An apparatus for handling (loading or unloading) grain or another granular material includes an auger which preferably is of the extendable type, rotatably mounted on the outer end of a boom, which is pivotally connected to a mast. A hydraulic piston/cylinder arrangement extends between the mast and the boom. The auger can be rotated alone with respect to the mast and boom, elevated with the boom, and rotated with the boom with respect to the mast so that one end of the auger can remain in one loading or unloading position while the other end moves from one granular material discharging or receiving position to another.

Abstract: A jack holder for a jack of the type including a post and lifting elements includes an L-shaped base and cover; a hinge pivotally connecting the base and cover for movement between a jack-receiving or removing open position and a closed position in which the lifting elements of the jack are housed within the open-ended casing defined by the closed base and cover, and the jack post extends beyond the ends of the casing; flanges partially closing the open ends of the casing; and sealing strips connected to the flanges for closing the remainder of such open ends, the sealing strips having profiled free edges for forming a continuous seal around the jack post at each end of the casing for protecting the lifting elements from the atmosphere.