Close-coupled articulated vehicle

Claim 1

IN AN ARTICULATED FRONT END LOADER, A BEARING HOUSING HAVING A HORIZONTAL BORE THERETHROUGH, A FIRST COUNTERBORE AT ONE END THEREOF, AND A SECOND COUNTERBORE AT THE OTHER END THEREOF, A FIRST THRUST BEARING MOUNTED IN THE FIRST COUNTERBORE, A SECOND THRUST BEARING MOUNTED IN THE SECOND COUNTERBORE, A SPINDLE HAVING A SHOULDERED END ENGAGING THE FIRST THRUST BEARING AND A SHANK EXTENDING THROUGH THE THRUST BEARINGS AND HAVING A THREADED END PORTION EXTENDING BEYOND THE SECOND THRUST BEARING, BUT MEANS SCREWED ONTO THE THREADED PORTION OF THE SHANK AND PRESSING AGAINST THE SECOND BEARING, A PAIR OF FRAMES, MEANS SECURING THE SHOULDERED END OF THE SPINDLE TO ONE OF THE FRAMES IN A POSITION IN WHICH THE SPINDLE EXTENDS HORIZONTALLY FROM ONE OF THE FRAMES AND LONGITUDINALLY OF THAT FRAME, PIVOT MEANS HAVING A VERTICAL PIVOT AXIS CARRIED BY THE OTHER FRAME, AND MEANS EXTENDING LATERALLY FROM THE SIDES OF THE BEARING HOUSING AND MOUNTING THE BEARING HOUSING PIVOTALLY TO THE PIVOT MEANS FOR PIVOTAL MOVEMENT OF THE BEARING HOUSING ABOUT SAID VERTICAL PIVOT AXIS.