Patent ID: 7712999

Claim:
A method of drying soil on a construction site with a soil drying machine, comprising: a. traversing the soil on a construction site with the soil drying machine; b. generating a system of air with an air generation device mounted on the soil drying machine; c. heating the system of air with a heater mounted on the soil drying machine; d. directing the heated system of air generally downwardly from the soil drying machine into contact with the soil being traversed by the soil drying machine, and drying the soil; e. generating the system of air including powering a gas or diesel electric generator mounted on the soil drying machine to generate electricity on the soil drying machine and directing the electricity to an electric blower mounted on the soil drying machine and wherein the electric blower generates the system of air; f. directing the heated system of air from the soil drying machine into contact with the soil including directing the system of heated air from an air outlet on the soil drying machine where the air outlet extends over a substantial width of the soil drying machine, and wherein the air outlet is directed downwardly from the soil drying machine towards the soil being traversed by the soil drying machine such that as the soil drying machine traverses the soil, the system of heated air is exhausted out of the air outlet on the soil drying machine downwardly into contact with the soil; g. engaging the soil with a tilling implement forming a part of the soil drying machine and tilling the soil as the soil drying machine traverses the construction site; h. moving the tilling implement between an elevated and operative position and a lowered soil engaging position; and i. wherein the tilling implement is mounted to a pair of arms that project from the soil drying machine and wherein the method includes pivoting the arms and raising the tilling implement up and down between an inoperative position and a soil engaging position.