Patent ID: 7438516

Claim:
A trailer comprising: (i) a trailer frame supported by ground engaging wheels; (ii) a pivot frame that is pivotally attached to the trailer frame by pivot attachment joints; (iii) a separate support plate oriented transversely to the pivot frame and located at a rear end of the pivot frame, said support plate being located completely below the pivot frame and spaced apart therefrom by a pair of opposed and upstanding attachment lugs which are releasably attached to the pivot frame so that when the support plate lies on a support surface to facilitate movement or loading of maintenance apparatus or other apparatus onto the support plate said pivot frame is located completely above the support surface and is orientated at an acute angle to the support surface; and (iv) a width adjustment plate located at each end of the support plate, whereby in use said pivot frame pivots frame pivots from a retracted position to an operational or extended position to facilitate loading of maintenance apparatus or other apparatus of varying widths onto the support plate and subsequent lifting of the maintenance apparatus or other apparatus clear of the ground when the pivot frame is pivoted to the retracted position.