Wheel lift assist frame for strip tilling
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1. A wheel lift-assist frame for a combined tillage and planter machine, comprising:
- first and second support beams attachable to a tillage machine at first ends thereof, said first and second support beams each including a means for coupling with a frame of a planter;
a cross beam coupled with second ends of said first and second support beams, forming a support frame;
first and second wheel assemblies respectively coupled with said first and second support beams at said second ends, said first and second wheel assemblies extending away from said first and second support beams in a direction parallel to said first and second supports beams; and
at least one additional wheel assembly coupled with said cross beam at a point between said first and second support beams and extending away from said first and second support beams in a direction parallel to said first and second supports beams;
wherein each said wheel assembly is positioned to run between rows created by said tillage machine.
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Abstract
A wheel lift-assist frame comprises a pair of support beams, which may be coupled with a tillage machine at first ends, each beam to the left or right of the center of the tillage machine respective and running rearward of the tillage machine. The support beams may also be coupled with a planter. A cross beam is coupled with the support beams at second ends thereof. A plurality of wheel assemblies are fixed to the cross beam at points such that the wheels run between rows created by the tillage machine.
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1. A wheel lift-assist frame for a combined tillage and planter machine, comprising:
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first and second support beams attachable to a tillage machine at first ends thereof, said first and second support beams each including a means for coupling with a frame of a planter;
a cross beam coupled with second ends of said first and second support beams, forming a support frame;
first and second wheel assemblies respectively coupled with said first and second support beams at said second ends, said first and second wheel assemblies extending away from said first and second support beams in a direction parallel to said first and second supports beams; and
at least one additional wheel assembly coupled with said cross beam at a point between said first and second support beams and extending away from said first and second support beams in a direction parallel to said first and second supports beams;
wherein each said wheel assembly is positioned to run between rows created by said tillage machine. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A combined strip tillage and planter machine, comprising:
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a strip tillage machine;
a planter;
at least two support beams attached at first ends of said beams to a frame of said strip tillage machine and extending rearward of said strip tillage machine, each of said support beams also being attached to a frame of said planter at a point to the right or left of a centerline of said planter such that said planter trails said tillage machine in use;
a cross beam coupled with second ends of said at least two support beams to form a support frame therewith; and
at least three wheel assemblies coupled with said cross beam and extending rearward of said cross beam, said at least three wheel assemblies being coupled at points along said cross beam such that the wheels of the wheel assemblies run between rows created by said strip tillage machine. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. A wheel lift support frame for coupling a strip tillage machine with a planter, comprising:
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a U-shaped support frame having first and second sides and a bottom section, said support frame mountable onto a frame of the planter at midpoints on the first and second sides of the frame and attachable to a rear-frame of the tillage machine at endpoints of first and second sides of the support frame; and
a plurality of lift wheels attached to the bottom section of the support frame and spaced from one another along the bottom section to run between rows created by the tillage machine. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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37. A method for combining a tillage machine and a planter, comprising steps of:
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providing first and second support beams each having first and second ends;
attaching first ends of the first and second support beams to a rear frame of a tillage machine such that the first and second support beams are aligned perpendicular to and rearward of said rear frame;
attaching said first and second support beams to a top frame of a planter, said planter being aligned to trail said tillage machine and being attached at a point between said first and second ends of each support beam, such that said first and second support beams being attached left and right of a centerline of said planter respectively and that said second ends of said first and second support beam extend past the rearward end of the planter;
attaching said second ends of said first and second support beams with a third support beam;
attaching a plurality of wheel lift assemblies to said third support beam such that said wheel lift assemblies extend rearward of said third support beam and will run between rows created by said tillage machine. - View Dependent Claims (38, 39, 40, 41)
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