Sugar-cane loader and ditcher combination

Claim 1

FOR USE IN A CONVERTIBLE DIGGER AND LOADER FOR SUGAR CANE CULTIVATION OF THE TYPE INCLUDING A VERTICAL MAST AND A BOOM PIVOTED THERETO, SAID MAST BEING MOUNTED AT ITS LOWER END FOR TURNING ABOUT A VERTICAL AXIS UPON A WHEELED VEHICLE FRAME INTERMEDIATE THE ENDS AND AT ONE SIDE OF THE LATTER, SAID MAST HAVING LATERALLY PROJECTING AND VERTICALLY SPACED BRACKETS THEREON, A SINGLE FLUID PRESSURE ACTUATED CYLINDER AND PISTON UNIT DETACHABLY CONNECTED TO SAID MAST AT ONE OF SAID BRACKETS AND TO SAID BOOM FOR PIVOTALLY RAISING AND LOWERING THE LATTER; A CONVERSION BOOM HAVING A FIRST PIVOT CONNECTION AT ONE END FOR INTERCHANGEABLY RECEIVING AND SUPPORTING SELECTIVELY A COMPLETE DIGGER ASSEMBLY AND COMPLETE LOADER ASSEMBLY, A SECOND PIVOT CONNECTION AT THE OTHER CONVERSION BOOM END FOR SELECTIVE MOUNTING UPON ONE OF A PAIR OF SAID MAST BRACKETS WHEREBY TO PIVOTALLY MOUNT SAID CONVERSION BOOM ON SAID MAST AT VERTICALLY SPACED POSITIONS FOR SELECTIVE DIGGING AND LOADING OPERATIONS, SAID CONVERSION BOOM FURTHER INCLUDING A PAIR OF INTERMEDIATE PIVOT CONNECTIONS BETWEEN ITS ENDS FOR INTERCHANGEABLE CONNECTION OF SAID SINGLE FLUID PRESSURE ACTUATED CYLINDER AND PISTON UNIT WHEN THE LATTER IS CONNECTED TO SAID DIGGER ASSEMBLY AND FOR CONNECTION TO A SECOND FLUID PRESSURE ACTUATED CYLINDER AND PISTON UNIT WHEN THE LATTER IS CONNECTED TO ONE OF SAID MAST BRACKETS.