Patent ID: 8851824

Claim:
A load moving apparatus comprising in combination: a vehicle frame, said frame having a frame front end and a frame rear end and right and left vehicle frame sides and having a vehicle center of gravity, a pair of front endless tracks wherein one track of said pair being operably connected on the right side of the vehicle sides and the other track being operably connected on the left side of the vehicle sides, each of said front tracks having a track front end and a track rear end said front track front end being elevated with respect to said track rear end, said front track being in a fixed orientation on said vehicle frame, a pair of rear endless tracks wherein one track of said pair being operably connected on the right side of the vehicle sides and the other track being operably connected on the left side of the vehicle sides, each of said rear tracks having a track front end and a track rear end said rear track rear end being elevated with respect to said rear track front end, said rear track being in a fixed orientation on said vehicle frame, and said front track pair and said rear track pair being secured to the frame in a fixed position in relation to the other track pair, a load carrying means extending from said frame front end, a vehicle weight fulcrum area comprising said front track rear end and said rear track front end said vehicle weight fulcrum area operating to shift said vehicle center of gravity from said rear pair of endless tracks onto said front pair of endless tracks in response to a load on said load carrying means and to load said vehicle weight onto said front tracks such that said front tracks become operable to steer and move the apparatus and to unload said vehicle weight from said rear tracks such that said rear tracks rear end is spaced from contact with a surface on which the vehicle is operating, and a power supply means for providing operating power to said front and rear endless tracks and said load carrying means.