Patent ID: 6390764
Filing Date: 2002-05-21
Classification: A01B,B62D,B66F

Abstract:
A lifting vehicle comprising:a bearing structure having a central longitudinal axis, a front section and a rear section and further provided with two respectively front and rear axles each having a pair of wheels, an engine unit, a control and driving cab, a telescopically extendable and retractable lifting boom arranged in proximity of said control and driving cab and having front and rear ends, one of said front and rear ends being pivotally connected to said bearing structure around a transverse axis, actuator means to operate movement of said lifting boom around said transverse axis between a lowered position, in which said lifting boom is arranged substantially parallel to said longitudinal axis of said bearing structure, and a raised position, a power take-off, a three-point hitch means and, a power-lift means for agricultural implements located adjacent said rear section when the lifting boom is in the lowered position, whereby said lifting vehicle is also operable as an agricultural tractor, wherein: said lifting boom is located on one side of said control and driving cab, said transverse pivot axis of said lifting boom is located in said front section of said bearing structure, whereby said lifting boom is said pivotally connected at said front end thereof, said three-point hitch means is carried by said rear end of said lifting boom, and said power-lift means for agricultural implements is provided by said lifting boom itself.