Patent ID: 7354067

Claim:
An auxiliary lift system for use with a skid steer vehicle, comprising: first and second auxiliary lift unit assemblies being spaced apart and disposable on respective left and right side margins of the skid steer vehicle and disposable rearward of the rearmost driving element and forward of the rear margin of the skid steer vehicle and projecting laterally from the respective left and right side margins less than the rearmost driving element; each of the first and second auxiliary lift unit assemblies having a respective housing assembly being couplable to the respective left and right side margins of the skid steer vehicle; first and second ram assemblies, a respective ram assembly being operably coupled to a respective one of the first and second auxiliary lift unit assemblies; and first and second caster assemblies, a respective caster assembly being operably coupled to a respective ram assembly such that actuation of the respective ram assembly effects shifting of the caster assembly between an retracted, disengaged disposition and an extended, engaged disposition.