Patent ID: 7866409

Claim:
A wheel apparatus in combination with a drag bar attached to a tilling machine and contactable with soil during a tilling operation, the wheel apparatus comprising: a mounting frame comprising a sleeve portion, the sleeve portion configured to receive the drag bar therein, such that when the drag bar is received in the sleeve portion and the drag bar is attached to the tilling machine, the mounting frame is also attached to the tilling machine; at least one wheel rotatably attached to the mounting frame; and the mounting frame being attachable to the drag bar in a transport position to facilitate transport of the tilling machine with the sleeve portion of the mounting frame on the drag bar and at least a portion of the at least one wheel extending below the drag bar and in a storage position to stabilize the tilling machine for storage with the sleeve portion of the mounting frame on the drag bar and at least a portion of the at least one wheel extending below the drag bar such that the at least one wheel is closer to the tilling machine in the storage position than in the transport position, and the mounting frame being detachable from the drag bar in a tilling mode to permit the drag bar to be contactable with the soil.