Patent ID: 6206302
Filing Date: 2001-03-27
Classification: B60P

Abstract:
The method of pivotally and interchangeably mounting a sprayer assembly or a cargo box assembly with pivotal connections to a pair of fore and aft extending frame members of a vehicle supported on front and rear wheels, an operator station mounted on the frame members at the forward portion thereof, an engine carried by the frame members between the front and rear wheels and rearwardly of the operator station and an extensible and retractable power means carried by the frame members rearwardly of the operator station and above the engine, said method comprising the steps of coupling the pivotal connections to the frame members for swinging motion towards and away from the frame members and coupling the power means to the assembly to allow the power means to be actuated and swing the assembly about the pivotal connections to a raised position whereat the engine is generally exposed and the assembly is raised thereabove to permit an operator to access the engine.