Patent ID: 7178615
Filing Date: 2007-02-20
Classification: B62D

Abstract:
1. A transport system for a portable auger comprising: a lever tube having a first lever tube end and a second lever tube end; a power source frame for mounting of an auger power source, the first lever tube end rigidly connected to the power source frame, a pivot tube having a first pivot tube end and a second pivot tune end, the first pivot tube end rigidly connected to the first lever tube end; an axle housing, having a first axle housing end and a second axle housing end, the second pivot tube end rigidly connected to the axle housing; a transport powered drive unit having a power output shaft, the transport powered drive unit mounted internal to the axle housing; a powered wheel axle having a first powered wheel axle end and a second powered wheel axle end, the first powered wheel axle end suitably connected to the power output shaft, the second powered wheel axle end protruding from the first axle housing end; a drive hub inserted on the second powered wheel axle end, the drive hub suitably attached to the second powered wheel axle end to freewheel about the powered wheel axle, the drive hub having a means for attachment of a first wheel; a means for selectively locking the drive hub to the powered wheel axle to prevent the drive hub from freewheeling about the powered wheel axle; and a freewheeling axle having a first freewheeling axle end and a second freewheeling axle end, the first freewheeling axle end suitably connected to the second axle housing end, the second freewheeling housing end having means for attachment of a second wheel.