Abstract: Telescoping upper and lower units are provided for use on the bed of a vehicle. Rotatable gears are supported on the inside of the lower unit and rack gears are secured to the inside of the upper unit for use for moving the upper unit to upward and downward positions relative to the lower unit. The rear ends of the upper and lower unit have upper and lower doors which are slidably relative to each other and are pivotally coupled to the rear walls of the upper and lower units for pivotal movement about aligned axes for opening and closing upper and lower door openings formed in the upper and lower units respectively. Rollers are provided on the bottom side of the lower unit and which may be moved to downward extending and retracted position for removing and/or installing the apparatus from or onto the bed of the vheicle. A plurality of support posts or legs are secured to the lower unit which are movaable to retracted and supporting positions for supporting the apparatus when removed from the vehicle.

Abstract: An apparatus for removing weeds or other plants comprising a handle having a foot operated lever pivotally coupled to one end. A plurality of tines are connected to the front end of the lever for insertion into the ground for removing weeds or other plants as the front end of the lever is pivoted upward. The tines extend through apertures formed through a clean off plate which is adapted to slide on the tines between a rearward position near the front end of the lever and a forward position near the front ends of the tines. As the handle is pivoted forward, the clean off plate is moved forward by the end of the handle to clean weeds, dirt, etc. from the tines.