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An implement is described for use in filling wheel tracks (e.g. irrigation sprinkler wheel tracks or ruts) with granular fill material. The implement includes a wheeled frame, a hopper with a bottom opening, and a filling guide suspended below the opening in the hopper for guiding fill material dire

An implement is described for use in filling wheel tracks (e.g. irrigation sprinkler wheel tracks or ruts) with granular fill material. The implement includes a wheeled frame, a hopper with a bottom opening, and a filling guide suspended below the opening in the hopper for guiding fill material directly into the wheel track. Preferably, the filling guide a includes a rear wall which has a concave lower edge to shape or contour the upper surface of the fill material placed in the wheel track.

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1. In combination with a recessed wheel track created by an irrigation sprinkler unit in a field, an implement comprising:(a) a wheeled frame; (b) a hopper carried by said frame for carrying a quantity of fill material; said hopper including a bottom opening and means for selectively opening or clos

1. In combination with a recessed wheel track created by an irrigation sprinkler unit in a field, an implement comprising:(a) a wheeled frame; (b) a hopper carried by said frame for carrying a quantity of fill material; said hopper including a bottom opening and means for selectively opening or closing said opening; (c) filling guide means suspended below said bottom opening; wherein said guide means includes forward and rearward ends; wherein said forward end is pivotably connected to said frame; wherein said guide means includes an open top and open bottom with side walls extending between said open top and open bottom for guiding said fill material into said wheel track; and (d) hydraulic cylinder means supported by said frame for raising and lowering said rearward end of said filling guide means relative to said hopper.