Tree or post puller apparatus

Claim 1

TREE OR POST PULLER APPARATUS ADAPTED TO BE SELECTIVELY MOUNTED ON SPACED APART VERTICALLY SWINGABLE HYDRAULICALLY ACTUATED PARALLEL BOOM MEMBERS INTERCONNECTED WITH A CENTRAL HYDRAULIC SYSTEM OF A TRACTOR OR THE LIKE, COMPRISING ELONGATED SUPPORT MEANS MOUNTED BETWEEN SPACED APART SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL UPRIGHT PLATE MEMBERS ADAPTED TO BE SELECTIVELY MOUNTED ON RESPECTIVE SPACED APART BOOM MEMBERS, THERE BEING GRIPPING STRUCTURE MOUNTED ON SAID SUPPORT MEANS FOR SIDEWISE SLIDABLE FLOATING RELATION THEREWITH, INCLUDING SPACED APART PARALLEL JAW MEMBERS, A DOUBLE ACTION HYDRAULIC CYLINDER INTERCONNECTING SAID JAW MEMBERS, SAID JAW MEMBERS HAVING OUTWARDLY FLARED END PORTIONS EXTENDING FORWARDLY FROM SAID SUPPORT MEMBER SUBSTANTIALLY PERPENDICULAR THERETO AND BEING HELD THEREBY SUBSTANTIALLY HORIZONTAL TO THE GROUND, WHEREBY SAID GRIPPING STRUCTURE IS FREE TO SLIDABLY FLOAT SIDEWISE ON THE SUPPORT MEANS UPON CONTACT BETWEEN THE FLARED END PORTION OF EITHER JAW MEMBER AND A POST TO BE PULLED, AND SAID HYDRAULIC CYLINDER ADAPTED TO CLOSE THE JAW MEMBERS AT A UNIFORM RATE FOR EQUALIZED GRIPPING OF A SAID POST.