Tilt Device for a Material Handling Machine

[0016]A material handling machine according to the preferred teachings of the present invention is shown in the drawings and generally designated A. Machine A can be utilized to handle materials including but not limited to fell and handle trees. Generally, machine A includes a longitudinally extending frame 16 having a front end 502, a rear end 504, and a compartment 506 between front and rear ends 502 and 504. In the preferred form shown, frame 16 includes two parallel, spaced lateral walls 508 parallel to the longitudinal direction of frame 16 between front and rear ends 502 and 504 and defining the compartment 506. Lateral walls 508 include aligned pin holes 510 in front portions thereof adjacent to front end 502.

[0017]Two plates 520 are mounted in the compartment 506 on a bottom plate 532 and parallel to and spaced from lateral walls 508 by spacings 540. Plates 520 include pin holes 522 aligned with pin holes 510 of lateral walls 508. Two aligned grooves 530 are defined in a rear