Patent ID: 8505973

Claim:
In combination: an off-road vehicle having a forward end, a rearward end, and an underside; said vehicle including a main frame having a portion thereof exposed at the underside thereof; said main frame including a first longitudinally extending frame member, having a generally longitudinally extending rear frame portion, having forward and rearward ends, an intermediate frame portion, having rearward and forward ends, which extends horizontally forwardly and inwardly from the forward end of said rear frame portion, and a generally longitudinally extending front frame portion, with rearward and forward ends, which extends forwardly from said forward end of said intermediate frame portion; said main frame also including a second longitudinally extending frame member having a generally longitudinally extending rear frame portion, with forward and rearward ends, an intermediate frame portion, having rearward and forward ends, which extends horizontally forwardly and inwardly from the forward end of said rear frame portion, and a generally longitudinally extending front frame portion, with rearward and forward ends, which extends forwardly from said forward end of said intermediate frame portion; said rear frame portions of said first and second frame members being generally parallel to one another; said front frame portions of said first and second frame members being generally parallel to one another; and an elongated forward mount, having first and second ends, selectively detachably secured to said first and second frame members and extending therebetween; said forward mount having a push tube mount at each of its ends for pivotally receiving rearward ends of a push tube assembly.