Patent ID: 6854528

Claim:
An apparatus for conditioning livestock bedding comprising; (a) a self-propelled drive vehicle having a front and a back; (b) a frame attached to the drive vehicle; (c) a rotor arm having a top side and a bottom side, the rotor arm extending from the frame; (d) a bearing unit set within the rotor arm; (e) a rotor set within the bearing unit, the rotor comprising a shaft having a first end and a second end, the first and second end defining a longitudinal axis, the first end compromising a bit, the shaft extending through the bearing unit with the first end on the bottom side and the second end on the top side of the rotor arm wherein the rotor further comprises a plurality of gussets attached to the portion of the shaft from the first end to the bottom side of the rotor arm, the gussets aligned parallel to the longitudinal axis of the shaft; and (f) means for rotating the rotor, said means compromising a hydraulic motor attached to the rotor arm, the hydraulic motor rotating a drive belt, the drive belt rotating the shaft of the rotor.