Stabilizer foot for backhoes and the like

A foot for the ground engaging end of a stabilizing support arm as employed with earth working construction equipment such as a backhoe comprising:

• a pad having a plurality of ground engaging faces, each such face forming one side of said pad and each face having a different ground engaging configuration to accommodate different terrain conditions;
• removable attaching means for connecting said pad to the stabilizing support arm in a selected one of a plurality of different orientations where in each of said orientations only one ground engaging face of said pad is retained to be engageable with the ground surface, said removable attaching means including a removable pin means forming an axis to pivotally connect said pad to the stabilizing support arm and permit limited pivoting of said pad relative to the support arm for said pad to align itself with the ground surface it engages and thereby afford optimal ground contact between the surface of the pad and the engaged ground surface;
• means on said pad limiting the degree of pivoting of the pad relative to the stabilizing support arm such that in each orientation of said pad only one of said plurality of ground engaging faces is retained in oriented position to engage the ground surface;
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• said pin means having retaining means thereon to restrict removal of said pin, removal of said pin being required to detach said pad from the stabilizing support arm and enable orientation of said pad to a different selected orientation position whereat said pin means is reinserted and another of said ground engaging faces is pivotally retained to align with the ground surface it engages.