Patent ID: 6585056
Filing Date: 2003-07-01
Classification: A01B

Abstract:
An apparatus for working soil between aligned rows of trees or shrubs, the apparatus for attachment to a universal three-point hitch of a farm tractor, the apparatus comprising:a first machine comprising a multi-functional chassis having at a front end thereof a means for mounting to the universal three-point hitch of the farm tractor, said chassis having a lateral mounting means thereon, said lateral mounting means for receiving tools thereon for the working of the soil near trunks of the aligned rows of trees or shrubs, said chassis comprising a three-point hitch system at a rear end thereof; and a second machine having a three-point mounting means thereon for mounting to said three-point hitch system of said first machine, said second machine having a tool means thereon for working the soil between the rows of trees or shrubs, said second machine workable simultaneously with said first machine, said three-point hitching system of said multi-functional chassis having coupling instruments at two lower coupling points thereof, said coupling instruments being adjustable in a vertical plane so as to allow movement of said second machine in a vertical plane relative to said multi-functional chassis.