Patent ID: 7165384
Filing Date: 2007-01-23
Classification: A01D

Abstract:
1. In a harvester comprising a harvesting machine having front and rear support wheels, a crop feeder housing including a support frame and being mounted to a forward region of the harvesting machine, a harvesting head being mounted to said support frame, and a vehicle mounted to said support frame and supporting at least a portion of the weight of said harvesting head so as to alleviate a load carried on said front support wheels in an absence of such vehicle, the improvement comprising: said vehicle including a mount, which, when considered in an attached condition, includes a pair of substantially horizontal rear parts extending beneath said harvesting head and having rear ends releasably coupled to a lower region of said support frame and having front ends joined to and extending rearward from a substantially horizontal front part located in elevated relationship to said rear parts and extending to a location forward of said harvesting head; and a brace assembly having a rear end releasably coupled to an upper region of said support frame and having a front end coupled to said front part; and at least one wheel coupled to and extending downward from said front part, whereby reaction forces acting on said at least one wheel are delivered directly to said support frame by said mount during road travel.