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8160783 Digging control system  
A digging control system for use with a machine having a work implement is disclosed. The digging control system may have a sensing system configured to generate a signal indicative of a loading of...
8113295 Conservation tillage implement, system and method  
A conservation tillage implement having three or more rows of individual coulter wheel assemblies laterally spaced apart and removably mounted on a cultivator frame, a coulter wheel assembly in a...
8100192 Adjustable packer wheel seeding system and method  
In one embodiment, a seeding implement includes a frame configured to couple to a tool bar, a parallel linkage coupled to the frame, and a ground engaging tool extending from a shank, wherein the...
7921930 Method and apparatus for installing a shank within a ripper assembly of a tractor/crawler involving a rotating shank installer  
An apparatus and method of installing a shank onto a ripper assembly of a tractor or crawler. A rotating shank installer (RSI) is welded onto a front face of a ripper assembly of a tractor, e.g.,...
7899598 Method for controlling a surface-modifying machine  
The invention relates to a method for controlling a surface-modifying machine, wherein information on the desired condition and on the actual condition of ground to be prepared is provided and is...
7743841 Aeration device  
A soil aeration device may include a plurality of arcuate blades mounted to an assembly adapted to rotate and translate the blades proximate a ground surface, thereby forming aeration pockets in...
7640994 Arcuate aeration tine  
A soil aeration device may include a plurality of arcuate blades mounted to an assembly adapted to rotate and translate the blades proximate a ground surface, thereby forming aeration pockets in...
7581597 System for and method of moving an agricultural implement between a folded, inoperative position and an extended, operative position  
A method of and system for moving an agricultural implement between a folded, inoperative system for transport and an extended, field position is provided. The method includes the steps of...
7549483 Furrow/ditch cleaner apparatus  
A furrow/ditch cleaner has a rotating wheel with elongate blades that contact the obstructing matter in the eye of the furrow and move the obstruction to the side of a field row. The blades are...
7520337 Method and system for shaping furrows in soil  
A method of shaping furrows in soil includes the steps of: determining existing elevation profiles for a plurality of existing furrows in a geographic unit; establishing a target elevation profile...
7481278 System and method for a disc opener with gauge wheel depth adjustment assembly  
A disc opener system for attachment to an agricultural vehicle for opening a seed trench. The system includes a main arm, a disc opener mounted to the main arm, a gauge wheel mounted about a pivot...
7469648 Front fold planter lift and fold hydraulic control system  
A hydraulic control system for use with a front fold planter is configured to move the tool bar of the planter between a first height corresponding to a planting position, a second height...
7458428 Towed scraper blade control method  
A towed scraper control system automatically lowers the scraper blade to a working position at the start of a scraping operation according to a certain method. The method includes sensing a ground...
7324880 Method for detecting an abnormal lifting cycle and work machine using same  
An abnormal lifting cycle of a work machine lift component can be indicative of operator error and/or a fault within a lift component coupler. The present disclosure includes a method of detecting...
7308946 Method of cleaning hole diggers and spot cultivators and hole digger cleaning device  
A travelling rolling digger (1) for sequential hole drilling or for producing sequential cultivated spots in soil. The travelling rolling digger (1) includes at least one drilling shaft which is...
7178605 Agricultural toolbar float system  
A ground engaging agricultural toolbar for accommodating uneven terrain. The toolbar is provided with a plurality of long arms with multiple articulations, actuated and controlled by hydraulic...
7066276 Method and apparatus for excavating earth to a desired depth  
A system and method of facilitating excavating a below grade opening at a construction site in a parcel of land includes a first vehicle having a motor operably connected to at least a pair of...
7021393 Landscape tiller  
An implement and method of assembly, wherein the implement comprises a housing having a first-side portion and a second-side portion, at least one element having a weight, the element being...
6996507 Computer-implemented method and system for designing transportation routes  
A computer-implemented method and system for designing transportation routes, wherein design criteria to be met in respect of at least one of said transportation routes are supplied and route...
6983806 Aeration device  
A soil aeration tine having a nose or apex end for soil penetration with a set of soil fracture faces carried thereon to fracture a portion of the soil in engagement with the soil aeration tine and...
6736216 Laser-guided construction equipment  
A construction apparatus (12) and method of controlling a construction apparatus from a laser source (38) made up of a substantially non-rotating beam (56). The construction apparatus includes a...
6691791 Soil aeration tine  
A soil aeration tine having a nose or apex end for soil penetration with a set of soil fracture faces carried thereon to fracture a portion of the soil in engagement with the soil aeration tine and...
6666279 Method and apparatus for controlling a tractor/implement combination  
A method of controlling the combination of a tractor and an attached implement includes the calibration of a tractor/implement combination to allow for variations in prevailing slip-pull data at...
6533044 Lift control valve and feedback system  
A control valve and feedback system has three operating states including a lifting state, a neutral state, and a lowering state. The feedback control system comprises a cylinder, a pump, a...
6516894 Levee builder  
A process for and a machine which builds levees in gumbo with moldboards which have knives welded to a blade which makes strips and then lumps of a sheet of gumbo. The machine is attached to a...
6371214 Methods for automating work machine functions  
A control system implements several methods for automating work functions of a machine. Single activation of an operator switch generates a command to automatically perform a desired work function....
6364028 Control and method for positioning a tool of a construction apparatus  
A control system for establishing grade and elevation control for a tool of a construction apparatus for maintaining the vertical position of the tool relative to a reference includes a first...
6296063 Sod harvester  
A method and an automatic sod harvester for on-the-go cutting, rolling and storing of sod with the sod harvester including a sod cutter for freeing a section of sod from a sod field, a sod roller...
6223830 Method of harvesting sod  
A method of harvesting sod using a sod harvester involves the formation of a series of defined slabs of sod that are positioned end-to-end, and conveyed up a conveyor that is driven at ground speed...
6164384 Method for producing a plurality of cultivated spots for planting of trees and a rolling spot cultivator  
A method and apparatus for producing a plurality of spaced apart cultivated spots in soil. A spot cultivator (1) is moved across the soil in a direction in which the spaced apart cultivated spots...
6152237 Method for automatically controlling the articulation angle of a motor grader  
A method for automatically rotating a motor grader to a predetermined articulation angle. The method includes the steps of: providing an electronic controller, a displacement sensor, articulation...
6028270 Noninvasive mass determination stockpiled materials  
The mass of stockpiled materials is determined from detailed measurements of the elevation of the pile surface at many points and the measurement of the gravitational field along several profile...
5984017 Multi-function tillage apparatus and method  
In a tillage device having first and second plow assemblies mounted in parallel relation on a main frame to thereby cut furrows in the soil creating soil strips in so doing and depositing the soil...
5896929 Method and apparatus for displaying information along compliant ground  
Method and apparatus for displaying information along an extended area of compliant ground, such as along a sandy beach, the method and apparatus temporarily displaying a series of repetitive...
5464066 Method and a machine for repairing a ground area planted with grass for example a turfed racecourse or equestrian training ground  
A method and apparatus for filling holes which have been made in the ground, by causing a machine which includes a rotary rake at its extreme front end to pass over the ground. In the case in which...
5449254 Compost aeration tool  
A cylindrical bit is made from an elongated shaft with a spiral blunt pointed cutting element secured to one end by welding or molding. The upper end of the shaft is held in the chuck of a...
5316292 Method of installing putting hole liner and collar  
A simple, brightly colored, plastic collar is disclosed for greatly enhancing the visibility of the golf hole for players, spectator and televised golf events. The collar has a diameter essentially...
5287818 Method for killing soil pathogens with micro-wave energy  
A method of killing soil pathogens to improve the agricultural production of a field comprises the steps of moving a plurality of agricultural tools through the soil and during this movement...
5271470 Plow apparatus and method using acoustics  
The plow apparatus has plow blades to break up the soil in the plowed field. The broken up soil is scooped up with scooper blades by the forward motion of the plow apparatus and then conveyed to...
5259327 Process for killing soil pathogens  
A process for killing soil pathogens to improve agricultural production includes the steps of treating a field with a soil conditioning agent to reduce the clods in the soil to microaggregates. Hot...
5215150 Winged subsoil plow  
A subsoil plowing implement having winged subsoil plows that break and lift the soil thereby loosening said soil. The plows are mounted so that an upper surface of the wing of the plow may be...
5141059 Method and apparatus for controlling agricultural pests in soil  
A method and apparatus for controlling agricultural pests in soil by the use of microwave energy. By using an agricultural-type implement for the controlled application of microwave energy to the...
5107932 Method and apparatus for controlling the blade of a motorgrader  
A method and apparatus are disclosed for controlling the cross slope angle cut by the blade of an articulated frame motorgrader being steered through a turn, operated in a straight frame mode, in a...
5094299 Tool, tool assembly, and methods  
Equipment for attachment to a vehicle having a three-point hitch. The disclosure discloses a novel implement, and an interface adapted to be interposed between the implement and the hitch. The...
5078214 Method of amelioration of soil for tree planting  
A method of preparing land for tree planting includes the step of ameliorating small zones of the land required for planting. These zones may be between the rows of stumps after tree felling and...
5063999 Moldboard plow apparatus for switching soil strips from one furrow to another  
A moldboard plow apparatus having alternate and cooperating moldboards or so-called "scoops". The first of the moldboards digs out and lifts a first soil section from a ground surface thereby...
5062488 Small terrace generating machine with lateral dammers  
An apparatus is disclosed to perform a method of tilling the soil on a crop field that: will hold rainwater where it falls, increase the percolation rate of this water into the soil, and provide...
5054560 Transporting caster wheels  
Lift arms on a gang of implements support transport wheels which are movable from a raised field-working position to a lowered endwise towing position. Several of the wheels at the forward and aft...
5048615 Weed and grass trimmer  
An apparatus for trimming weeds and grass employs a prime mover to power a rotating cutting head. Three wheels are used to support the weight of the trimmer, and the prime mover is uniquely mounted...
5044446 Constant pressure regulation of grader blades  
By providing the work blade of a grader with a hydraulic regulation system where pressure limiting valves (14, 15, 16, 17) guide pressure reducing valves (10, 11, 12, 13) a constant pressure...
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