Self-propelled endless-track vehicle for traversing wooded rough terrain

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A SELF-PROPELLED VEHICLE FOR REMOVING BODIES FROM BRUSHY RELATIVELY INACESSIBLE LOCATIONS COMPRISING A NARROW ELONGATED RIGID FRAME MEMBER HAVING A HORIZONTALLY EXTENDING REAR SECTION AND A FORWARDLY AND UPWARDLY EXTENDING FORWARD SECTION AND HAVING UPPER AND LOWER LONGITUDINALLY EXTENDING TRACK-BEARING SURFACES, A SINGLE NARROW CRAWLER-TYPE CONTINUOUS TRACK TRAINED AROUND AND REVOLVABLY MOUNTED UPON SAID FRAME MEMBER IN DRIVING AND ENCIRCLING RELATION AND EXTENDING LONGITUDINALLY THEREOF AND AHEAD OF THE REMAINDER OF THE VEHICLE AND BEARING AGAINST SAID SURFACES, A RELATIVELY BROAD CRADLE MEMBER SUPERIMPOSED RELATIVE TO SAID FRAME MEMBER AND EXTENDING LONGITUDINALLY THEREOF IN SUPPORTED RELATION THERETO AND BEING TAPERED OUTWARDLY FROM FRONT TO REAR, SELFCONTAINED POWER MEANS CARRIED BY SAID FRAME AND CONNECTED TO SAID TRACK IN DRIVING RELATION TO CAUSE THE SAME TO REVOLVE ABOUT SAID FRAME MEMBER AND THEREBY PROPEL THE SAME ACROSS TERRAIN, AND HANDLE MEANS CARRIED BY ONE OF SAID MEMBERS ADJACENT THE REAR OF SAID FRAME MEMBER FOR MAINTAINING THE VEHICLE IN UPRIGHT POSITION AND GUIDING THE SAME ACROSS ROUGH AND RELATIVELY INACESSIBLE TERRAIN.