Patent ID: 6041871
Filing Date: 2000-03-28
Classification: E02F

Abstract:
In combination a push arm control assembly and a bulldozer comprising:a bulldozer having a pair of laterally displaceable push arms on opposite of the bulldozer outwardly of a pair of bulldozer tracks formed for releasable coupling to a bulldozer blade, and a lifting assembly formed to lift said push arms said blade; anda control assembly having at least one elongated, push arm control member having a length dimension less than the lateral distance between the push arms when said push arms are coupled to said blade for use of said blade, and having a length dimension spanning the distance between said push arms when said blade is removed and said push arms are displaced laterally inwardly to position the front ends of said push arms immediately proximate but out of contact with said tracks of said bulldozer, and said control member having a strength sufficient to enable lifting of both of said push arms using said control member;a pair of arm coupling assemblies provided on one of said control member and the arms, said coupling assemblies removable coupling said control member and the push arms together; andsaid lifting assembly being coupled to said control member for lifting and controlled positioning of said push arms as a unit using said control member for transport of said bulldozer with said blade removed and said push arms attached to said control member.