Patent ID: 6105683
Filing Date: 2000-08-22
Classification: E04H

Abstract:
A post picker for use with a post pounder carried by a piece of mobile equipment, said mobile equipment having an auxiliary hydraulic valve, comprising:a support arm having a base end portion secured to the post pounder and an opposite hinge end portion;a frame hinged to the hinge end portion of the support arm rotatable between a generally horizontal post grasping position and a hanging upright position;a jaw slidably mounted on a central portion of the frame;a hydraulic piston carried by the frame having one end operatively connected to the sliding jaw;and frame lift means to swing the frame from the hanging upright position to the horizontal grasping position;wherein use when the hydraulic valve is partially opened, the frame lift means swings the frame to the horizontal grasping position, and when the hydraulic valve is further opened the sliding jaw moves to a closed position.