Load skidding vehicle with weight transferring grapple
CA 1062667 A · Owner: Caterpillar Tractor Co. · Inventors: Poplawski, Eugene M.; Timmons, Kenneth W.; Muntjanoff, John R.
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A load skidding vehicle including a vehicle frame and front and rear wheels on the frame. A grapple mechanism is mounted on the frame and includes a grapple outside of the periphery of the frame for partially lifting a load to be skidded across the ground. A force applying member is carried by the frame for applying a force having a substantial downward component to a load grasped by the grapple at a point spaced from the point of engagement of the load with the grapple and remote from the frame to thereby provide a reactive force tending to equalize the weight distribution on the wheels of the vehicle. - 1 -
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- Granted September 18, 1979. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended September 18, 1996.
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