Abstract: Equipment for creating a cross-country ski trail for a vehicle; comprising a tracker device to form tracks in a snow cover; and a connection structure for coupling the tracker device to a first tiller or to the vehicle; the connection structure and the tracker device being connected to each other in a jointed manner around a first axis incident with the snow cover or the ground, such as transverse to a feed direction.

Abstract: Equipment (10) for excavating solid surfaces S such as for example made of asphalt or cement or similar solid material, in particular for obtaining or excavating trenches in said solid surfaces, said equipment (10) comprising working or excavating means (16) rotatably supported by a main frame (11), and a setting frame (30) which defines at least one contact portion (33) substantially flat and adapted to be put into contact with a corresponding portion of the surface S to be worked on, wherein the position of said setting frame (30) with respect to said main supporting frame (11) may be set so as to set the working depth K of said working means (16); wherein the said setting frame (30) is rotatably not constrained to said main supporting frame (11) in such a way that the setting frame, regardless of the particular working conditions, always perfectly lies on the surface to be worked on S.

Abstract: Equipment for excavating and/or digging trenches in solid surfaces the equipment including a digging wheel rotationally fixed to a main frame, and an adjustment frame defining at least one substantially flat contact portion adapted to be placed in contact with a corresponding portion of the surface to be worked, where the position of the adjustment frame with respect to the main supporting frame can be adjusted so as to adjust the working depth of the digging wheel; and where the adjustment frame is rotationally disengaged from the main supporting frame so that the adjustment frame always rests on the surface to be worked irrespective of particular working conditions.

Abstract: A machine having a ground-engaging rotor may include a first swing arm and a second swing arm. A first end of the first swing arm may be pivotably coupled a frame of the machine at a first pivot and its second end may be coupled to the rotor. A third end of the second swing arm may be pivotably coupled the frame at a second pivot and its fourth end may be coupled to the rotor. A torsion bar and a crossbeam may both be coupled to the first swing arm and the second swing arm. At least one actuator may also be coupled to the crossbeam such that activation of the at least one actuator rotates the first swing arm about the first pivot, and the second swing arm about the second pivot, and deploy the rotor.

Abstract: The bedding groomer comprises a frame attachable to an ag vehicle such as a skid loader or tractor for movement down the alley of a free stall barn. Pivotally supported on the frame is an elongate shroud that can be moved from a raised travel position to a lowered, laterally extending working position by a hydraulic cylinder. Rotatably mounted within the shroud is an elongated arbor driven by a hydraulic motor. Along the length of the arbor is a plurality of radially projecting tines. As the ag vehicle travels down the alley, the tines dig into the animal bedding material, churning it, to break up hard packed and compressed areas and to aerate deep within the bedding to aid in aerobic composting any organic material, such as manure, that is present in the bedding.

Abstract: A ground breaking machine has a housing and the housing has oppositely disposed end plates which have aligned axial female openings and matching male plate portions positioned in the female openings. The female opening is defined by a side edge having top and oppositely disposed vertical spaced apart side edge portions. Each of the vertical side edge portions terminate in a laterally inwardly extending portion having an upperwardly extending hook portion engageable with a downwardly extending hook portion on the male plate portion for interlocking the female and male hook portions to prevent separation thereof and separation of the male plate portion in the female opening. The method of assembly and mounting the cutter drum in the housing includes the steps of providing a housing having oppositely disposed end plates including aligned axial openings and matching male plate portions for being positioned in the female openings.

Abstract: A cylindrical turf treatment rotor (10) adapted to be driven in rotation about a horizontal axis (10a), and provided with wear-resistant teeth (13) extending along one or more helical tracks (14a-14d) on the rotor, the teeth being individually attacked to the rotor so as to be capable of individual removal for replacement or refurbishing or for reconfiguring the rotor.

Abstract: A soil tillage apparatus that includes a frame with a hitch arrangement for pulling the frame mounting, back from the frame front end, are sequently mounted earth cutter disks that individually turn when pulled through the soil to lift the soil above the ground, followed by a hammer tiller consisting of a rotor drum mounted to turn oppositely to the cutter disks and includes pivotally mounted tines that turn with the rotor drum above the ground to flail the clumps of soil lifted by the disks and pulverize the clumps of lifted soil, in mid-air, into soil particles that fall back to the ground, and are mixed into the soil by chiselers that follow the hammer tiller, and the frame may further mount a soil leveler wheel and soil packer wheel.

Abstract: In a drum housing for a working drum of a construction machine or mining machine for working off milled material movable in a working direction, said working drum being provided with tools and rotating about a drum axis, with a housing shell that at least partially encloses the circumference of the working drum, and with at least one monitoring device arranged radially outside of the housing shell, said monitoring device inspecting the condition of the working drum or of the tools thereof, it is provided for the following features to be achieved: at least one inspection opening for each monitoring device is arranged in the housing shell, and a partial flow of the milled material passes through the at least one inspection opening during the milling operation and guiding devices conduct the partial flow, in radial direction behind the housing shell, in front of or behind the working drum as seen in the working direction.

Abstract: An operator detection system for sensing the presence of an operator at an operator control station of a turf-care vehicle is provided. The system comprises at least one operator presence sensor structured and operable to sense whether an operator is present at the operator control station and a controller communicatively connected to the operator presence sensor(s). The controller structured and operable to determine whether each of the operator presence sensor(s) sense(s) that an operator is present at the operator control station, enable operation of an engine of the vehicle and at least one cutting unit of the vehicle when one or more operator presence sensor(s) sense(s) that the operator is present at the operator control station, and disable operation of the engine and at least one cutting unit when one or more operator presence sensor(s) sense(s) that the operator is not present at the operator control station.

Abstract: Ground preparation appliance having a driven working shaft arrangement. Working shaft arrangement. A ground preparation appliance having a driven working shaft arrangement, which is rotatably mounted in a preparation housing that is open towards the ground, is known. According to the invention, the preparation housing has at least two housing envelope portions, which are mounted so as to be displaceable relative to one another in the circumferential direction. Application for rear tillers on trail caterpillars for the purpose of snow surface preparation.

Abstract: The machine of the invention includes a separator comprising rotary transport means and sorting means for sorting the soil and the stones collected when digging a trench and for re-depositing them in a desired manner in said trench.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a rotor box for a ground and/or road milling machine such as, in particular, for a road miller or a trench cutter which surrounds at least one milling rotor for removing ground material (B). It is provided that the wall of this rotor box is configured at least in one section with an enlarged distance from the milling rotor in order to allow a specific guiding of the milled material away from the milling rotor in this region of the rotor box and that at least one separating device is disposed between this section of the wall and the milling rotor, which prevents contact of the guided-away milled material with the milling rotor in this region. The present invention further relates to a ground and/or road milling machine such as in particular a road miller or trench cutter having at least one such rotor box.

Abstract: Cover panel for a drawbar-controlled ground conveyor on the side facing the drawbar, which has a mainly U-shaped skirt formed from a blank section in the lower area, with a bar section facing the drawbar and lateral leg sections, which covers a drive unit of the ground conveyor on the side and in the back and can be welded to a frame of the ground conveyor, wherein the upper edge of the skirt runs within the surface area of the skirt, an approximately middle upper section of the bar section is embossed with respect to the neighboring outer surfaces of the bar section, and the embossed section projects upwards into a centering section.

Abstract: A device for cultivating soil or brushing debris includes a frame supporting a transmission, a motor, and a shaft rotatably supported by a transmission housing and driven by the motor through the transmission. A distal end of the shaft includes a passageway therethrough. A fastener is at least partially received within the passageway. A tine assembly may be removably attached to the shaft and includes a first pair of two laterally spaced-apart tine disks. The first pair of tine disks being laterally positioned on the shaft between the fastener and the housing. A brush attachment may be removably attached, and includes a tube, which has a wheel rotatably attached to a first end thereof and a first gear fixedly attached to an opposing second end thereof. At least a portion of the fastener extends through at least a portion of the tube to fixedly attach the tube to the shaft.

Abstract: A soil working machine, particularly a precision tiller, includes a chassis (1) equipped with tillage implements provided in the form of at least one, preferably two successive train(s) of non-driven discs (2, 3) and of at least one deflecting device (4) serving to break the flow of soil projected by the discs (2) of one of the trains of discs (2, 3) and to ensure a leveling of the soil on the ground. The deflecting device (4) is, in its working part corresponding to the area struck by a flow of soil, having a number of plates (5) that can vibrate in order to facilitate a separation of the soil from these plates. The plates (5) are arranged side-by-side in the direction of the width of the machine and are designed so they cover at least 45% of the total working width of the machine.

Abstract: A soil-working machine comprising a chassis, a rotor connected to the chassis, driven in rotation during work about a substantially horizontal axis directed transversely to a direction of forward travel of the machine, at least one guard connected to the chassis with an articulation of pivot type, the axis of which is substantially parallel to the axis of rotation of the rotor, and at least one adjustable retaining device which limits, downward only, the angular travel of the guard about the articulation. The soil-working machine additionally includes at least one locking device which limits, upward, during transport, the angular travel of the guard so as to keep the latter in the position defined by the setting of the retaining device.

Abstract: A soil tiller assembly for plowing multiple independent rows of soil includes a frame and attached thereto a coulter, a pair of tiller discs, a pair of secondary coulters, and a tilling assembly including a tiller wheel. The perimeter of the tiller wheel has a plurality of blades attached thereto, and the blades are rotated in the direction opposite each of the other blades described above. The soil tiller assembly is used to build up separate rows of plowed soil, which will prevent overtilling of the soil. Furthermore, the preferred method of operation allows the operator to build multiple rows of soil, delay contact of the soil for several months, and then plant seed in the rows of soil, such that the soil will receive required nutrients during the period of delay while further limiting erosion.

Abstract: A mine clearing vehicle (1) having a milling cutter drum (2) adapted to tear up soil, plant parts, mines, etc. on or within the top soil layer. The milling cutter drum (2) may advantageously be divided into discs (7) provided with teeth (8).

Abstract: In the operation of a construction machine over terrain strewn with debris, there is a tendency for the debris to work itself into areas of sealing interface such as between an axle and the final drive assemblies of the machine. When this occurs the seals and possible the life of the drive components can be greatly reduced. The present invention comprehends a guard assembly that has a bracket member that is positioned on an axle adjacent a cylindrical hub defined by the wheels. The guard assembly utilizes a plurality of plates positioned within, above and laterally spaced from the hub of an adjacent wheel to prevent the ingress of foreign material into the hub. The hub and the sealed interfaces and other components housed therein are thereby protected from possible damage as a result of contact with the foreign material.

Abstract: A hand held garden tool that utilizes rechargeable batteries and a variable speed, reversible motor as its power source. A drive shaft housing serves as a long handle member and contains a drive shaft. The drive shaft and its housing are connected to, and removable from the power unit. The drive shaft extends to a small, compact drive assembly which rotates a short shaft extending to each side. Each shaft holds two tine discs. The curved tines on the tine discs rotate closely around the perimeter of the drive assembly to speedily and thoroughly pulverize the soil and eliminate weeds.

Abstract: There is disclosed a rock crushing device comprising a frame housing, a rock receiving and crushing chamber having a rotatable rotor, hammers having a generally clavate-shaped profile being releasably engagable with the rotor, mounted to a vehicle such that the crushing device is movable in a plurality of planes to the vehicle.

Abstract: A horizontal-axis cutter for soil cultivation of the type comprising a horizontal-axis rotor (2) fitted with a number of blades and a gear motor (4), connected on one side to the power take-off of the tractor and on the other to the rotor, in which the gear motor is located in the front part of the machine, forward of a vertical axis A--A passing through the rotor axis.The cutter includes a pair of stiffening bars (10. 11), one fitted at the front of the machine and the other at the back of it, the stiffening bars constituting an integral part of the machine frame and being able to slide inside corresponding seatings in a support (1) to be connected to the power take-off of the tractor.

Abstract: A self-contained bioremediation unit is adapted for quick coupling to a front-end loader, bulldozer or the like with no power connections between them. It carries its own engine and fuel tank for hydraulic driving of a dual horizontal auger head assembly for pulverizing, homogenizing and windrowing soil as the unit is advanced across a site. An upper auger is positioned above and forwardly of a lower auger for further pulverizing a soil first broken up by the lower auger. The unit includes its own water tank for carrying water and bacteria and a spray system for spraying the water and bacteria onto soil pulverized by the auger assembly. A hopper may be provided on the unit for dispensing fertilizer into the soil being pulverized by the auger assembly.

Abstract: An improved skid steer vehicle that has a longitudinally extending main frame and wheels for supporting the main frame for movement over the ground. An operator's compartment spans substantially the entire lateral distance of the main frame in the fore and aft midportions thereof, An engine is contained within an engine compartment disposed rearward of the operator's compartment and includes an auxiliary hydraulic power supply driven off the engine. A pair of spaced apart actuating arms are operably coupled to the main frame at a first end and have a quick attaching mount disposed at a second end thereof. The improvement comprises a flail mower implement that has a quick attachment receiver that is adapted for selective engagement with the quick attaching mount of the pair of actuating arms.

Abstract: A free-floating skirt assembly for attachment to the deck of a cultivator to protect adjacent vegetation from the blades of the cultivator includes a pair of elongate straps attached to the cultivator deck with shield supports projecting outwardly from the straps and slidingly receiving shield suspension rods to which are attached the shields so that the shields may float as they encounter terrain irregularities. The range of sliding movement of the suspension rods is adjusted and controlled by the provision of through bores in the rods and replaceable pins inserted into the bores above the shield supports which include short shafts extending outwardly from each strap and T-shaped connectors which receive the shafts and the suspension rods. Braces depend from the straps to engage the cultivator deck in instances where the deck has a downwardly tapering rear portion.

Abstract: A snow cutting tooth design and an associated cutter assembly design incorporating such teeth, wherein the tooth is constructed with a unitary body of steel plate welded to the outside surface of a tubular cutter bar, with bevelled edges creating acute snow cutting edges, along with a central notch also having bevelled edges and providing additional cutting edges as well as additional paths for churning and chopping the snow. The teeth are angularly joined along a centerline, dividing the tooth into a leading portion and a trailing portion, the leading portion being welded perpendicular to the centerline of the cutter bar. Some of the teeth have the rearward portion angled to the left side of the tilling machine, while others are angled to the left side, so that the snow is not moved to either side of the cutter assembly.

Abstract: An apparatus for pulverizing hard surfaces, the apparatus having multiple sets of elongated, curvilinear shearing blades. The shearing blades are helically mounted about a rotational shaft, adjacent sets of shearing blades mounted at an inverse pitch angle. The mounting orientation allows layers of the substance to be pulverized to be sheared off a compacted surface, then rotated about the rotational shaft, while also being move back and forth along the longitudinal axis of the rotational shaft, leading to more complete pulverization. The shearing blades are mounted intermediate their edges to the rotational shaft by support members, and at a rake angle relative to the surface for ensuring efficient operation. The total arc length of the blades is at least 360.degree.and the trailing edges of the blades are turned outward to prevent bucking. The arrangement of the blades also causes the apparatus to pull itself into the surface to be pulverized to ease operation. The blades are removably mounted.

Abstract: The present invention entails an agricultural implement for forming planting rows with a minimum of tillage. The implement of the present invention is designed to form a multiplicity of rows and accordingly includes a series of side-by-side row units. Each row unit includes a front colter, a ripper which follows the colter, a rotor tiller assembly disposed behind the ripper, a pair of laterally spaced soil confining panels extending between the ripper and the rotor tiller assembly, and a final following soil packer. Once the agricultural implement has traversed a certain area of the land, there is formed a multiplicity of planting rows with the area between the formed planting rows being untilled.

Abstract: An implement for preparing a field includes a ground engaging device that allows the implement to be pushed or pulled on the field. The ground engaging device includes a reversible roller with projections joined to an outer surface thereof to engage the ground. The projections do not extend along the complete length of the roller but rather a portion thereof thereby reducing the power necessary to rotate the roller. The implement includes reversible guards for keeping the disturbed ground in front of the roller.

Abstract: A skirt assembly (20) for a rotor tiller (10) includes a pair of shields (21,22) positioned substantially vertically at the outer extremities of the tines; and a framework (23). The framework (23) includes a pair of strap members (24,24) mounted to the deck (17) of the rotor tiller (10) on either side of the motor (14), a plurality of cross members (26,26) operatively engaging the pair of strap members (24,24) and extending beyond the sides of the tiller (10), a plurality of suspension members (28,28) connected to the pair of shields (21,22), and a T-shaped connector (27) to operatively connect each suspension member (28) to at least one of the cross members (26).

Abstract: A hood assembly includes a hood member and an adjustable length stabilizing link. The stabilizing link is movable between a first position at which the link maintains a bottom surface of the hood member in a substantially parallel relationship with a ground, or soil, surface and a second position at which the link tilts, or rotates, the hood member and thereby moves the bottom surface of the hood member to a nonparallel orientation with the ground surface. When in the tilted position, a portion of the bottom surface of the hood member is spaced from the ground surface at a distance sufficient to permit access for the repair or service of elements normally protectively enclosed by the hood member.

Abstract: A hood support assembly (18) for controllably supporting a hood member (16) on an earth working machine (10) includes a support member (20) that is pivotally mounted, at each of two end portions (22,24) to the frame (12) of the machine. Arm members (26,28) and stop members (42,44) are attached to each of the end portions (22,24) of the support member (20). A pair of adjustable links (34,36) respectively pivotally connect the hood member (16) to each of the arm members (26,28). A pair of springs (52,54) attached to the frame (12) cooperate with the stop members (42,44) to maintain the lateral orientation of the hood member (16) with respect to the frame (12) and support a portion of the weight of the hood member during ground engaging operation of the machine (10).

Abstract: The flexible tiller has a center and two end sections, each including a cutter bar, frame, apron and grooming bar. The two tiller end sections are connected flexibly to the ends of the center section by frame to frame hinges and by cutter to cutter universal joints, so that the end sections can rotate freely about the hinges. The tiller center section is secured to the towing mechanism to oscillate about a central horizontal axis in the direction of travel. The oscillating center section and the two pivotally attached end sections cooperate to enable the tiller to closely conform to and thoroughly groom rolling snow paths without reducing them to flat ones. The rolling paths are enjoyable to ski, and are slower and safer. A controllable hydraulic ram is mounted to act across each hinge, so that the operator may select the degree of bending permitted at each hinge, and may hydraulically lock it into selected position, if desired.

Abstract: This invention relates to a heavy duty commercial lawn edger apparatus utilized to achieve a new and novel contoured edge cut between adjacent portions of a grass area and a concrete or curb area. The lawn edger apparatus includes a main support base assembly directed by a main handle and control assembly and having a main power assembly mounted thereon. The main power assembly is connectable through a belt and pulley drive assembly to selectively drive a main edging and cleaner assembly. The main edging and cleaner assembly includes a heavy duty blade assembly; a main brush assembly mounted adjacent the main blade assembly for surface cleansing purposes; and an adaptor cutter assembly releasably connected to the main blade assembly to achieve unique shapes in the contoured edge cut. The main blade assembly includes a thick main blade member having spaced cut out sections to achieve a novel cutting feature of this invention.

Abstract: An apparatus for ditch digging or root pruning having a main frame on which a motor drive mechanism and a cutting wheel are supported. A secondary frame portion or undercarriage is pivotally attached to the main frame. The cutting wheel is preferably mounted on a transverse shaft parallel to the wheel axis, the cutting wheel rotating in a substantially vertical plane located outside the apparatus wheels. An actuation device is provided to pivot the frame portions thereby raising or lowering the cutting wheel.

Abstract: An end closure for the cutter housing of a road planer in which a pair of self-opening and self-closing cover plates provide a protective cover over a shaft clearance opening in the end wall of the housing. The cover plates, pivotally mounted on an external wall surface of the housing, move between a closed position at which the cover plates cooperatively overlay the shaft clearance opening, and an open position at which clearance is provided for a rotatable shaft extending through the housing end wall, in response to moving the end wall vertically with respect to the frame on which the cutter is rotatably mounted.

Abstract: A ground-working implement which comprises a rotary tiller or like groundosening unit and a smoothing board located behind the tiller. Both the unit and the smoothing board are subdivided generally centrally and the sections are connected by a ball and hinge joint, respectively, for the unit and the board to allow compensatory adjustment of the inclinations of the sections for varying terrains.

Abstract: The present invention entails an automatic soil sampling machine that is pulled through the field by a prime mover. A disk is utilized and is power driven by an internal combustion engine or other power source. About the outer circumference of the disk there is provided structure that effectively engages the soil as the disk is powered therethrough and flings the soil upwardly out of the ground into a rooster tail airborne configuration. A catching basket or container is mounted on the soil sampling machine and catches the soil particles being flung from the ground.

Abstract: A ground-working implement for rotary field tilling or ice or snow-tending n ski slopes or the like which is drawn by a tractor or a tracked vehicle and which comprises a holder connected to the vehicle pendulously by a longitudinal beam which can be raised and lowered. The holder is connected to a rotary ground-loosening unit and a smoothing board by a four-point linkage whose cranks are dimensioned so that upon raising of the ground-loosening unit the orientation of the smoothing board remains largely unaltered thereby allowing the latter to be used for leveling the ground when the ground-loosening unit is in its raised or rest position.

Abstract: A tractor-powered cultivator with powered cultivating tools, with a trailing roller behind the tools, and with upright baffles that extend at least approximately along the direction of travel, that are positioned laterally next to the outer tools to block the clods of earth thrown to the side by the tools, and that can be raised up and down along with the roller. To provide universally applicable lateral baffles for various types of cultivator, the baffles are fastened to the frame of the roller.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for pulverizing asphalt on roadways and similar applications. The asphalt is pulverized by a rotating drum with removable cutting tips which engage a soften underside of the roadway prior to engaging a harder more compact top surface of the roadway. The apparatus designed for receiving and rotating various widths of drums and adaptable for moving the drum along the width of a mobile piece of equipment supporting the apparatus and adjacent a curb and gutter of a roadway.

Abstract: A tiller cover assembly covering a rotary tiller unit is provided inside thereof with rake members arranged at a spacing along the width of cultivation for sieving lumps or blocks of soil carried around by the tiller unit. Each of the raker members is made of a resilient rod which has a coiled portion toward its base end and is fixed to an attaching member at the base end above the coiled portion. The coiled portions of the rake members are projected toward an upwardly or downwardly movable rear cover of the cover assembly, permitting the rear cover to contact the coiled portions. A clearance is formed between sieving portions of the rake members extending downward from the coiled portions to their free ends and the rear cover. A protector is provided on the inner side of the coiled portions, by which the lumps or blocks of soil carried around by the tiller unit are prevented from striking the coiled portions.

Abstract: The rear shield of the cultivating machine consists of a lower horizontal bar (4) which can be raised and lowered substantially vertically relatively to the machine frame (1) and of a pivoting upper bonnet (5) which has its upper edge (6) pivotally connected to the machine frame (1), while its lower end bears in a slidable manner on the lower horizontal bar (4).

Abstract: A road planar which includes a secondary cutter in the planar behind the primary cutter with grids between the primary and secondary cutters and following the secondary cutter to size and cooperate with the secondary cutter in reducing the particle size of pavement material removed by the primary cutter. The primary cutter is rotated in an up cutting direction and breaker bars are incorporated in the planar adjacent the primary cutter to further assist in breaking up the removed pavement material.

Abstract: A second crop is planted in a field by first cutting and removing the majority of a first crop from the field, seeding the field with the second crop, and then immediately applying the cut portion of the first crop over the seeded field as a mulch. A planter including a cutting assembly and a row planting assembly is provided to accomplish the above steps in a single pass over the field.

Abstract: A toolbar attachment assembly for a rear tine rotary tiller having a tine guard and forward wheels. The toolbar attachment assembly is secured to the tiller in place of the drag stake. A V-shaped brace allows for the assembly to be attached without removing either the tines or the tine guard. A toolbar secured to the V-shaped brace allows for the releasable attachment of an extension which supports tools such as plows outwardly of the toolbar for the laying off of rows and for throwing dirt to cover weeds in established rows of plants.

Abstract: Liquid applications of materials such as herbicides usually are broadcast over the field and then incorporated by harrowing or the like. The present device utilizes a plurality of open based boxes having a rotary cultivator therein with a spray nozzle attached to a supply of liquid chemical under pressure thus restricting the application of the chemical to a band the width of the box and incorporating it at the same time. Rake teeth smooth out the soil behind each applicator and a seeding or planting machine may be hitched behind the incorporator followed by a packer so that the entire chemical treatment, incorporation thereof, planting and packing can be undertaken in one pass over the field.

Abstract: An improved apparatus for pulverizing aggregate masses of frangible materials deposited on and below earth surfaces, the apparatus having a frame; a power driven, substantially cylindrical rotor mounted on the frame and providing a plurality of radially extended teeth about its periphery; a mounting assembly attached on the frame and adapted to be connected rearwardly on a prime mover for forward earth traversing movement of the apparatus in towed relation thereto, the mounting assembly being selectively operable to elevate and lower the frame relative to an earth surface; and a porous grid hingedly mounted on the frame, the grid providing an anvil portion adapted operatively to be disposed below the rotor obliquely relative to the path of travel of the apparatus to urge materials engaged by the anvil portion into impacting engagement with the rotor periphery.

Abstract: A rotary tiller having a housing defining a hydraulic fluid reservoir and rotatably support a tine shaft. A hydraulic motor is mounted to the housing in driving communication with the tine shaft. A pump unit is remotely located on an associated tractor. The reservoir received spent hydraulic fluid from the motor, cools the fluid, and surrenders the cooled fluid to the pump unit.