Patent ID: 8616812
Filing Date: 2013-12-31
Classification: A01D

Abstract:
1. A trailer apparatus for transporting a harvest header, the apparatus comprising an elongated header bed configured to support a harvest header and supported on wheels for movement in an operating travel direction, the header bed comprising: an elongated main beam supported on the wheels, the wheels oriented such that a longitudinal axis of the main beam is substantially aligned with the operating travel direction; wherein a middle portion of the main beam is laterally offset in an offset direction from forward and rearward portions of the main beam, such that the main beam defines a lateral main recess; a bed assembly configured to support a harvest header, the bed assembly attached to and extending along a length of the main beam, the bed assembly defining a bed recess on a recessed side thereof corresponding to the main recess in the main beam; wherein the main recess and bed recess cooperate to form a recess in the header bed configured such that lift arms of a self propelled swather can enter the recess when a header of the swather is being loaded on the header bed.