Patent ID: 6209898
Filing Date: 2001-04-03
Classification: B60D,B62D

Abstract:
A utility vehicle tractor weight assembly comprising:a vehicle frame;a hitch assembly including a tubular receptacle attached to the vehicle frame and having rearwardly facing surface and a transverse retainer pin passage through the tubular receptacle spaced from the rearwardly facing surface;a weight bar telescopically received in the tubular receptacle and having a plurality of transverse bores;a retainer pin passing through the transverse retainer pin passage and through one of the plurality of transverse bores to hold the weight bar in the tubular receptacle with a portion of the weight bar extending out of the tubular receptacle a predetermined distance from the rearwardly facing surface;at least one traction weight with an aperture that telescopically receives the weight bar; anda mechanical retainer assemble including a retainer plate and a bolt that passes through a bore in the retainer plate, screws into a threaded fore and aft bore in the weight bar and clamps the at least one traction weight between the retainer plate and the rearwardly facing surface on the tubular receptacle.