Patent ID: 8851822

Claim:
A vehicle for transporting bulk seed containers and for transferring seed from the bulk seed containers to a seed planting machine, the vehicle comprising: a frame including upper and lower frame portions; a plurality of bulk seed container supports attached to the upper frame portion of the frame, each of the plurality of bulk seed container supports being adapted to support a said bulk seed container; a weighing apparatus positioned between the upper frame portion and the lower frame portion to measure a weight of any contents of one or more bulk seed containers supported on the bulk seed container supports; a feed tube connected to each of the plurality of bulk seed container supports for engaging a said bulk seed container when positioned on the bulk seed container; a delivery tube connected to each feed tube; a funnel commonly connected to the plurality of delivery tubes; an auger tube further comprising a first end connected to the funnel and a second end, the auger tube further comprising an auger adapted to transfer seed to a said seed planting machine; and wherein the upper and lower frame portions are separate structures connected together by the weighing apparatus.