Patent ID: 8282077
Filing Date: 2012-10-09
Classification: A01G,B66C,B66F

Abstract:
1. A pole puller system comprising, in combination: a base plate having a generally rectangular configuration with a concavely shaped side, the base plate having a mounting portion comprising a tab for coupling a hydraulic cylinder thereto, with the tab having a mounting pin hole there through; a slide tube being operatively coupled to the base plate, the slide tube having an outer surface; a slide having a generally hollow cross-sectional tubular configuration, the slide having an inner surface, the slide being coupled to the slide tube with inner surface of the slide being slidably moved along the outer surface of the slide tube, the slide having a hydraulic cylinder mounting tab with a mounting aperture there through; a hydraulic cylinder having a ram, the hydraulic cylinder coupling the base plate tab and the slide tab; a hydraulic fluid pump; a pair of hydraulic hoses operatively coupling the hydraulic fluid pump and the hydraulic cylinder; a means for coupling the system to a pole to be pulled; and a boom truck having a boom, the boom being configured to lift the pole puller and position the pole puller near a pole to be pulled, the pole having a free weight, the boom being used lift the free weight of the pole.