Narrow drive arrangement for self propelled sprayer
View Patent ↗An agricultural implement for applying a product to an agricultural field. The agricultural implement including a chassis, at least one tank positioned on and carried by the chassis, a plurality of ground engaging devices and a plurality of suspension elements. The plurality of suspension elements are coupled to the chassis. Each of the ground engaging devices are coupled to one of the plurality of suspension elements. The plurality of suspension elements are coupled to an outbound side of the ground engaging devices.
1. An agricultural implement for applying a product to an agricultural field, the agricultural implement comprising:
a chassis;
at least one tank positioned on and carried by said chassis;
a plurality of ground engaging devices; and
a plurality of suspension elements coupled to said chassis, each of said plurality of ground engaging devices being coupled to a corresponding one of said plurality of suspension elements, said plurality of ground engaging devices being coupled to said corresponding one of said plurality of suspension elements on only an outbound side of said ground engaging devices.
2. The agricultural implement of claim 1 , further comprising at least one drive element coupled to one of said plurality of suspension elements on said outbound side of said ground engaging device.
3. The agricultural implement of claim 2 , wherein at least one of said ground engaging devices is one of a wheel and a tracked device.
4. The agricultural implement of claim 2 , wherein at least one of said ground engaging devices is a wheel.
5. The agricultural implement of claim 1 , wherein said plurality of suspension elements are configured to have an adjustability relative to said chassis, said plurality of ground engaging devices including a left ground engaging device located on a left side of the agricultural implement and a right ground engaging device located on a right side of the agricultural implement, said adjustability causing said left ground engaging device and said right ground engaging device to vary in a distance from each other.
6. The agricultural implement of claim 5 , wherein said adjustability causes a portion of at least one of said left ground engaging device and said right ground engaging device to be positioned beneath a portion of said chassis.
7. The agricultural implement of claim 5 , wherein said adjustability configures both said left ground engaging device and said right ground engaging device to be positioned such that neither is directly beneath a portion of said chassis.
8. The agricultural implement of claim 5 , wherein said left ground engaging device is a left wheel and said right ground engaging device is a right wheel, said right wheel and said left wheel being positionable beneath a portion of said chassis.
9. The agricultural implement of claim 8 , wherein a clearance between said right and left wheels and said chassis are such that larger sizes of said wheels are precluded from being used with the agricultural implement.
10. A method of carrying an agricultural implement for applying a product to an agricultural field, the agricultural implement including a chassis, and at least one tank positioned on and carried by the chassis, the method comprising the steps of:
coupling a plurality of suspension elements to the chassis; and
connecting at least one ground engaging device to each of said plurality of suspension elements, said plurality of suspension elements being connected to a corresponding at least one of said ground engaging devices with said suspension elements only receiving support from an outbound side of said ground engaging devices.
11. The method of claim 10 , further comprising the step of coupling at least one drive element to one of said plurality of suspension elements on said outbound side of said ground engaging device.
12. The method of claim 11 , wherein at least one of said ground engaging devices is one of a wheel and a tracked device.
13. The method of claim 11 , wherein at least one of said ground engaging devices is a wheel.
14. The method of claim 10 , wherein said plurality of suspension elements are configured to have an adjustability relative to said chassis, said plurality of ground engaging devices including a left ground engaging device located on a left side of the agricultural implement and a right ground engaging device located on a right side of the agricultural implement, said adjustability causing said left ground engaging device and said right ground engaging device to vary in a distance from each other.
15. The method of claim 14 , wherein said adjustability causes a portion of at least one of said left ground engaging device and said right ground engaging device to be positioned beneath a portion of said chassis.
16. The method of claim 14 , wherein said adjustability allows both said left ground engaging device and said right ground engaging device to be positioned such that neither is directly beneath a portion of said chassis.
17. The method of claim 14 , wherein said left ground engaging device is a left wheel and said right ground engaging device is a right wheel, said right wheel and said left wheel being positionable beneath a portion of said chassis.
18. The method of claim 17 , wherein a clearance between at least one of said right wheel and said left wheel, and said chassis is such that a larger size of said wheels are precluded from being used with the agricultural implement.