Tilt correcting device for a sugar cane harvester

Claim 1

A sugar cane harvester of the type having a main frame on a pair of rear drive wheels and a pair of front wheels, a base cutter assembly mounted vertically adjustably at the front of the main frame and adapted to cut cane as the harvester advances, and an elevator mounted on the rear of the main frame oscillatably about a vertical axis and adapted to elevate and discharge harvested cane to one side or the other of the rear of the main frame; wherein the rear wheels of the main frame are mounted on a common axle located above said main frame and secured to and below a rear axle mount, said rear axle mount being pivotally attached at one end to a longitudinally extending pivot pin carried by brackets secured to and extending upwardly from said main frame, with the other end of said mount being vertically movably guided between standards secured to and extending upwardly from that side of the main frame, and a hydraulic cylinder connected operatively between the main frame and said axle to raise or lower one side of the main frame relative to the corresponding side of said axle.