Patent ID: 7530376

Claim:
A load carrier for transporting logging residues, comprising a horizontal frame, and a rack mounted on the frame and including a rack bottom and a pair of upstanding rack side members mounted on the rack bottom along respective opposite sides of the rack bottom to form together with the rack bottom an upwardly open load space for accommodating a load of logging residues, wherein an upstanding rack support is provided on the frame along a longitudinal side of the frame, an upper end of one of the rack side members is connected to the top end of the rack support, and the rack is pivotable relative to the rack support and the frame through an angle greater than 90 degrees about a horizontal axis between a lower load-accommodating position with the rack bottom resting on the frame and a position for gravity dumping of a load of logging residues held in the rack onto the ground by the side of the load carrier.