Abstract:
A powered ditch router for clearing the overgrowth from road side drainage ditches is disclosed. The router includes a power shaft, a plurality of discs attached to the shaft for rotation therewith, and a number of cutting teeth are spaced about the periphery and sides of the discs for cutting the overgrowth. The router is mountable to a tractor for operation through a ditch. The overgrowth, when cut, can be deposited along side one edge of the ditch for subsequent pickup and disposal.
Abstract:
A ditch swather comprises a transverse beam attached to single point hitch for drawing the beam forwardly in a direction transverse to its length with the beam support at either end by a pair of ground wheels. A swather section is pivotally mounted at one end of the frame and movable between a position inclined downwardly at 45.degree. to a position vertically upwardly by operation of a hydraulic cylinder. A gauge wheel at the end of the swather section remote from the frame controls the position of the swather section relative to the ground. The ground wheels at the end of the beam adjacent the swather section are mounted on a walking beam. The reel sickle knife and draper of the swather are hydraulically driven.
Abstract:
Outrigger is longitudinally hinged at inner edge to tractor and at outer edge to ground-supported cutter unit. Outrigger positions cutter as far to side of tractor as tractor wheels or beyond. Outrigger hydraulic cylinder connects outrigger to tractor to swing outrigger up and down, about inner hinge axis, thereby to raise and lower outer hinge axis to adapt cutter to terrain. Cutter hydraulic cylinder connects cutter to tractor at inner hinge axis to swing cutter up and down about outer hinge axis without preventing independent operation of outrigger cylinder. Cutter can be swung up to near vertical position with cutter cylinder and then hook on cutter can be dropped into eye on tractor by lowering outrigger with outrigger cylinder, thereby mechanically locking cutter in elevated position. Cutter is of flail type and is powered from front end of tractor crankshaft through a drive train. Inner end of flail shaft is above inner hinge axis by radial distance from shaft to cutter at end of flail, thereby to maintain inner edge of swath cut by cutter unit fixed at outer edge of outrigger regardless of angle of cutter to horizontal.