Rock and material loading apparatus

A rock picker, diverse material loader and excavating attachment for a scoop comprising:

• a laterally extending support bar having a major surface thereof laterally extending;
• a longitudinally extending generally cylindrical tooth;
• a tooth receiver into which said tooth is mounted and from which said tooth may be removed non-destructively, said tooth having a first end received within said tooth receiver and a second end distal thereof;
• a longitudinally extending tooth receiver support attached at a first end to said support bar and at a second end to said tooth receiver;
• a laterally extending debris catcher having a major surface thereof generally perpendicular to said support;
• a means for fastening said attachment to said scoop while still allowing rotation therebetween, said fastening means having an axis of rotation laterally extending;
• a means for pivoting said tooth receiver support, said tooth, said support bar and said debris catcher about said axis of rotation relative to said scoop and a surface when said scoop is raised or lowered relative to said surface, said tooth being raised when said scoop is lowered.

A material loader attachment movably mounted to a load bucket for loading material from a surface or within a conglomeration, comprising:

• a support bar adjacent said loader bucket and movably attached thereto;
• a leading edge distal to said loader bucket, said leading edge first engaging said material during picking;
• a material support between said leading edge and said support bar where said material is temporarily supported after picking and prior to bucket loading;
• a pivot between said bucket and said material support about which said material support is raised and tilted by lowering said bucket relative to said surface or said conglomeration;
• a debris catcher for retaining debris in said bucket during material loading, said debris catcher moved, by raising or lowering said bucket relative to said surface or said conglomeration, between a retaining position and an unloading position.