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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 2002
Filed:
Jul. 20, 2001
Melanie W. Harkcom, New Holland, PA (US);
Terry A. Young, Lititz, PA (US);
New Holland North America, Inc., New Holland, PA (US);
Abstract
A transporter for use in transporting a harvesting machine having a laterally movable tongue is disclosed wherein the transporter has transversely extending loading ramps pivotally connected to the main frame of the transporter to permit the harvester to be elevated from the ground onto the transporter. The force of the loading tractor, acting through the wheels of the implement, causes each ramp to move to the transport position. As the wheels of the implement reach a platform, separate from the ramp, and engage a cross bar on each ramp, they exert a generally horizontal force on the cross bar that causes the ramp to pivot upwardly to the transport position.