Patent ID: 7399038

Claim:
An assembly for selectively converting a wheeled chassis having an engine and controls for driving and steering said chassis between a mortar buggy configuration and a stake bed load carrier configuration, said assembly when in the mortar buggy configuration including a pivotal hopper mounted on said chassis and a power cylinder connected between said chassis and hopper to pivot the hopper between a generally horizontal mortar retaining position and an inclined mortar dumping position, said hopper being removably supported by said chassis and said power cylinder to enable removal of said hopper and assembly of a stake bed load carrier on said chassis and power cylinder, said stake bed load carrier including a longitudinally extending load bed pivotally supported from said chassis and power cylinder, said load bed including an upwardly extending end wall rigid with a rearward end of said load bed, a pair of side walls rigidly and detachably connected to said load bed and said end wall and a gate supported at a forward end of said load bed and side walls, said side walls being selectively supported in vertical relation to said load bed and in horizontal laterally extending relation thereto to provide laterally extended horizontal support surfaces on said load bed.