Wheel loader front mounted ditch cleaning attachment

Abstract

A wheel loader attachment that once attached is designed to clean ditches; this apparatus has a bucket on one end that extends outward to allow the ditch, using the hydraulic system found on all wheel loaders, to be cleaned while the wheel loader stays safely on the roadway, the operator of the wheel loader can clean ditches buy lowering the bucket into the ditch and driving forward slowly, parallel to the ditch until the bucket fills; then lifting the bucket from the ditch, emptying the debris and returning to the ditch to continue to clean the ditch until the entire length of ditch is cleaned, an efficient and effective way to make consistent well functioning roadside ditches.

1 . An apparatus that can be attached to a wheel loader used to clean ditches; this apparatus will have a bucket attached with two arms that extend and retract the bucket to allow for adjustment to reach the ditch running along the side of the loader; this will allow the operator to clean ditches while operating the wheel loader buy lowering the bucket into the ditch and driving forward slowly, parallel to the ditch until the bucket fills; then lifting the bucket from the ditch, emptying the debris and returning to the ditch to continue to clean the ditch until the entire length of ditch is cleaned; this apparatus has a bucket that can be extended or retracted from the cab of the loader using existing hydraulics on the loader.