Patent ID: 6624363
Filing Date: 2003-09-23
Classification: G01G

Abstract:
A mobile gondola assembly for receiving a harvested crop comprising,a removable drop-in tank having an open top and a thin tank wall, at least one reinforcing rib extending along said thin tank wall, a tank support framework for carrying said removable tank, a plurality of removable clips extending between said tank open top and said tank support framework for retaining said removable drop-in tank therein, means for defining a pivot axis on said tank support framework, a mobile trailer for receiving and supporting said tank support framework for rotation about said pivot axis, means mounted between said trailer and said tank support framework for moving said tank support framework about said pivot axis between a raised dumping position and a lowered crop receiving position, and means for continuously measuring the weight of the harvested crop in said removable tank in said lowered crop receiving position.