An improved carry-type scraper for a skid steer vehicle wherein said vehicle is a steerable motive vehicle having powered front and rear wheels or rubber tracks and hydraulically operated lifting arms pivotally mounted on a chassis, said carry-type scraper comprising:
- a) a scraper frame having a first end and a second end;
- b) a mounting unit for coupling said scraper frame to the lifting arms of the vehicle, wherein said mounting unit pivotally engages the first end of the scraper frame, and has a first and second flange member adapted to be captured by the lifting arms of the vehicle;
- c) a scraper bowl carried by the scraper frame, said scraper bowl having a front end, a rear end, and a bottom surface extending from the front end to the rear end, an elongated cutting edge laterally disposed on the bottom surface at the front end of the scraper bowl and oriented in a direction to cut into the earth when said frame is pushed in a forward direction by the vehicle, the spacer bowl further having space-opposed side walls extending from the front end to the rear end along bottom surface, and a rear wall disposed at the rear end of bowl extending between the space-opposed side walls, said scraper bowl collecting earth as it is cut by the cutting edge;
- d) an gate member pivotally mounted on the scraper bowl wherein when the gate is in a first position it obstructs an opening between the space-opposed side walls at the front end of the scraper bowl so that the earth collected in the bowl is captured in the bowl, and when the gate is in a second position the opening is unobstructed;
- e) an actuation frame assembly for moving the scraper bowl relative to the scraper frame, said actuation assembly having an actuation frame assembly and a hydraulic cylinder assembly, wherein the actuation frame assembly includes first and second linkage arms, each having a first and a second end where the first end of the linkage arms is pivotally coupled to the scraper frame, and first and second bowl attachment arms, each having a first end and a second end said first end of the bowl attachment arms being coupled to the scraper bowl and the second end of the bowl attachment arms being individually coupled to the first and second linkage arms, said actuation assembly further including a hydraulic cylinder assembly operatively coupled to the linkage arms such that the hydraulic cylinder assembly effects movement of linkage arms and thereby moving the scraper bowl from a cutting position to a second position when carrying the scraper bowl from a first site to a second site, to a third position for depositing the contents of the scraper bowl at said second site;
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- f) a caster wheel assembly coupled at the front end of the scraper frame, said caster wheel assembly including an extension arm extending from the front end of the scraper frame, a fulcrum mounted on an end point of the extension arm, a cross-beam having a first end and a second end, said beam being operatively engaged by the fulcrum, a first and second kingpin disposed at the first and second ends of the beam, and a first and second caster wheel brackets carrying caster wheels, said caster wheel brackets being coupled to the first and second kingpins wherein the caster wheel brackets trail the kingpin when the caster wheel assembly is pushed forward by the vehicle.