Rock and root picker

A rock picker comprising:

• a. a mobile vehicle;
• b. a fork scoop-like table swingably mounted on said vehicle and projecting forwardly therefrom to skim rocks from a surface on which said vehicle is supported and collect the rocks on such table when said vehicle is moving in a forward direction over said surface;
• c. power means connected to said table to swing the same from a rock collecting position to a raised rock dumping position;
• d. a reel mounted on said vehicle and located at a position forwardly of the leading end of said fork scoop-like table, said reel being mounted for movement in a vertical plane to raise and lower the same and journalled for rotation about an axis transverse to the direction of travel of said vehicle, said reel having a plurality of individual fingers projecting outwardly from said axis at positions spaced circumferentially around and longitudinally therealong;
• e. power means drivingly connected to said reel for rotating the same so as to sweep said fingers rearwardly over said surface to individually engage rocks on said surface and roll said rocks rearwardly onto said fork table;
• f. a rock receiving bucket pivotally mounted on said vehicle and located at a position rearwardly of the scoop-like table to receive rocks discharged therefrom when said table is in its raised dumping position;
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• g. means interconnecting said swingably mounted table and bucket for moving the latter from a normal rock receiving position to a dumping position in response to swinging of said table to its raised position.