Patent ID: 7387316

Claim:
A portable tank apparatus, comprising: a tank body having a front, a rear and sides, an elongate beam member disposed at each side of the tank body to support the tank body on the ground, a transverse member extending between front portions of said beam members, a yoke rotatable relative to the transverse member for movement between a raised position and a lowered towing position, a pair of hingedly connected brace members, one pivotally mounted on the tank and the other hingedly connected therewith and with a yoke for pivotal movement, pivotal actuator means at the front of the tank to raise and lower the yoke by acting on the hinged connection between the brace members to move the yoke between a raised position and a lower position for towing of the tank, a second pair of brace members having a hinged connection therebetween, one pivotally mounted at the upper rear of the tank and the other pivotally mounted to the first and carrying rotatable ground wheels, said braces when aligned maintaining the ground wheels extended and supported on the ground, and at least one actuator pivotally mounted on the tank to act at the hinged connection between said braces to raise the wheels from the ground.