Bellcrank activated wheel caster

A support arrangement for a wing section of an agricultural planter, said wing section being operable to rotate forward about a vertical hinge to a transport configuration and to rotate outward about said vertical hinge to a working configuration, comprising:

• a caster assembly attached to a strut, said strut pivotable between a raised position forward of said wing section and a lowered position beneath said wing section about a strut pivot point attached to said wing section;
• at least one wing section lift cylinder located above and horizontally rearward of said wing section, said at least one wing section lift cylinder being connected to said wing section using a rearward extending wing section lift cylinder mounting bracket;
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• at least one bell crank and at least one drop link, said at least one wing section lift cylinder further connected to said at least one bell crank, said at least one bell crank being further connected to said at least one drop link, and said at least one drop link being further connected to said strut.

A method of providing an agricultural planter reconfigurable between a working configuration and a transport configuration, the method comprising the steps of:

• providing at least one wing section being operable to rotate forward about a vertical hinge to said transport configuration and to rotate outward about said vertical hinge to said working configuration;
• providing a caster assembly attached to a strut, said strut pivotable about a strut pivot point attached to said at least one wing section between a raised position forward of said at least one wing section when in said working configuration and a lowered position beneath said at least one wing section when in said transport configuration;
• providing at least one wing section lift cylinder located above and horizontally rearward of said at least one wing section, said at least one wing section lift cylinder being connected to said at least one wing section using a rearward extending wing section lift cylinder mounting bracket;
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• providing at least one bell crank and at least one drop link, said at least one wing section lift cylinder further connected to said at least one bell crank, said at least one bell crank being further connected to said at least one drop link, and said at least one drop link being further connected to said strut.