Ground-raking, rock-gathering attachments for tractors

In combination, a tractor comprising a pair of bucket support arms, one on each side of the tractor, said support arms being pivotally attached at their rear ends to a frame portion of the tractor;

• a bucket mounted onto the forward ends of the support arms, for pivotal movement about a horizontal axis;
• hydraulic cylinder means interconnected between the rear frame portion of the tractor and an intermediate portion of the support arms, for raising and lowering the support arms and the bucket attached thereto;
• and hydraulic cylinder means interconnected between intermediate portions of the support arms and the bucket, for pivoting the bucket relative to the support arms;
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• a ground-raking and rock-gathering attachment for the tractor bucket comprising a frame;
• means mounting said frame onto the bucket, for pivotal movement about a horizontal axis;
• power driven rake means on said frame, adapted to rake rocks into the bucket when the attachment is down on the ground and the tractor is being backed up;
• and a passive tension member interconnected between an upper portion of said frame and an upper portion of the support arms, said tension member serving to hold the attachment in position relative to the support arms,
• whereby rocks which have been raked into the bucket may be removed from the bucket by the operator operating the hydraulic cylinder means to both elevate the bucket and tip it forwardly relative to the tractor.