Patent ID: 8069592
Filing Date: 2011-12-06
Classification: B66C,E02F,F16L

Abstract:
1. A heavy equipment vehicle for laying pipe comprising: an undercarriage with a means for moving; an excavator cab being rotatably mounted to a top of said undercarriage by a rotating platform, said excavator cab having a front and a back; a counterweight mounted to said back of said excavator cab; a boom having a first arm and a second arm, said boom having one end of said first arm pivotally mounted to said front of said excavator cab, said first arm and said second arm being pivotally connected to each other; a first pipe hoist means attached to an underside of said first arm, said first pipe hoist means extending along a length of said first arm, said first pipe hoist means comprising: a second pipe hoist means attached to an underside of said second arm, said second pipe hoist means extending to a distal end of said second arm; and an excavator tool attachment rotatably mounted to said distal end of said second arm.