Scoop and Dozer System with Lift Arms and Linkage Arrangement for Interchangeable Bucket and U-Blade

A scoop and dozer system, comprising:

• a frame, a bucket, a dump cylinder, right and left tilt cylinders, a blade and right and left pitch cylinders;
• the frame including right and left lift arms, each lift arm including a proximal end, a proximal portion and a hook shaped distal portion, each proximal portion disposed between its respective proximal end and the hook shaped distal portion, each hook shaped distal portion terminating at a distal end, the right and left lift arms being coupled together by a distal cross beam, the proximal ends of the right and left lift arms being coupled to right and left tilt levers respectively, the proximal portions of the right and left lift arms being coupled to right and left cylinder brackets respectively, the right tilt cylinder being coupled to the right tilt lever and the right cylinder bracket, the left tilt cylinder being coupled to the left tilt lever and the left cylinder bracket;
• the bucket comprising right and left sidewalls and a curved wall disposed therebetween, the right sidewall including a right pocket with a rear opening for receiving the distal end and at least part of the distal portion of the right lift arm, the left sidewall including a left pocket with a rear opening for receiving the distal end and at least part of the distal portion of the left lift arm, the distal ends of right and left lift arms being pivotally connectable to the right and left sidewalls respectively while being disposed inside the right and left pockets respectively, the bucket further including a center pocket with a rear opening, the dump cylinder being pivotally connectable to the distal cross beam and the central pocket of the bucket;
• wherein, upon disconnecting the dump cylinder from the distal cross beam and the central pocket and upon disconnecting the distal ends of the right and left lift arms from the right and left sidewalls respectively, the bucket and dump cylinder are disconnected from the frame;
• the blade including a front and a rear, the rear being connectable to the distal cross beam, the right pitch cylinder being connectable to the right cylinder bracket and the rear of the blade, the left pitch cylinder being connectable to the left cylinder bracket and the rear of the blade.

A method for providing a scoop assembly and converting the scoop assembly to a dozer assembly, the method comprising:

• providing a frame, a bucket and a dump cylinder, the frame including right and left lift arms, each lift arm including a proximal end, a proximal portion and a hook shaped distal portion with the proximal portion disposed between its proximal end and its hook shaped distal portion, each hook shaped distal portion terminating at a distal end, the right and left lift arms being further coupled together by a distal cross beam, the bucket including right and left sidewalls;
• detachably connecting the distal ends of right and left lift arms to the right and left sidewalls respectively, detachably connecting the distal cross beam to one end of the dump cylinder and detachably connecting the other end of the dump cylinder to the bucket for form the scoop assembly;
• disconnecting the right and left lift arms from the right and left sidewalls respectively and disconnecting the dump cylinder from the bucket and distal cross beam;
• providing a blade including a front and a rear, and providing right and left pitch cylinders;
• connecting the rear of the blade to the distal cross beam;
• connecting the right pitch cylinder to the right lift arm and to the rear of the blade;
• connecting the left pitch cylinder to the left lift arm and to the rear of the blade to provide the dozer assembly.