Patent ID: 8256692

Claim:
Apparatus for engaging and positioning a sludge hose in spreading fertilizer on a field, said apparatus comprising: a first frame member adapted for mounting to a vehicle, wherein said first frame member includes three connecting elements for attachment to a three-point tractor hitch; a second frame member pivotally coupled to said first frame member; a curvilinear rotatable member attached to an intermediate portion of said second frame member and adapted to rotate in the plane of said second frame member and to engage the sludge hose; a first displacement mechanism coupled to said first and second frame members for raising said second frame member, said curvilinear rotatable member and the sludge hose above the field; and a second displacement mechanism coupled to said second frame member and to said rotatable member for laterally displacing said curvilinear rotatable member for repositioning the sludge hose.