Articulated tractor attachment with roller

A roller attachment for articulated attachment to a tractor of the type having a vertically positionable three point hitch, said attachment comprising,

• a bracket including an upright frame, said bracket adapted for pivotal attachment to the trailing ends of the tractor's three point hitch components, said bracket having upper and lower rearwardly directed parallel plates,
• a roller frame and roller carried by said bracket and normally extending transversely of the path of tractor travel, said roller frame including a box beam disposed for a portion of its length between said parallel plates and against which portion vertically orientated forces may be imparted to the roller frame by said bracket,
• pivot means carried by said bracket coupling said box beam to said bracket between said plates to permit box beam swinging movement about said pivot means and relative to said bracket during turning of the tractor whereby swinging of the roller frame and roller in a direction opposite to the tractor turning direction is avoided, and
• said roller frame additionally including extensible members positionable and lockable axially of the box beam, side members affixed to the outer ends of the extensible members, coupling means intermediate the ends of said roller and each of said side members to permit convenient roller removal and substitution of a roller of different length subsequent to axial adjustment of said extensible members.