is secured to the bent ends of bars 132 by fasteners 136 an arm 137 is welded to project upwardly from the center of bar 135 and is connected to clevis 123 of arm 114 by a fastener 140 in other respects the structure is as in fig8 and 9 in operation the scoop attachment is connected to the tractor by whichever hitch is provided therefor if that of fig5 and 6 is used an initial selection of bolt holes in plates 103 may be made to give the most favorable orientation of the scoop in the 34 down 34 position of the hitch scoop 16 is held in the position shown in solid lines in fig2 by finger 70 and blade 74 the operator drives the tractor so that the scoop enters a pile of snow dirt or other material to be moved and becomes filled with the material operation of the hitch now lifts the scoop see the broken line position of fig2 and the material is transported to its desired new location a pull on line 40 withdraws latching blade 74 from finger 70 allowing the scoop to dump its load the hitch is lowered to pivot the scoop back to its initial position whereupon latching blade 74 re engages finger 70 so that another load of material may be picked up it is to be particularly noted that any forces exerted by the loading procedure on the back of the scoop are not transmitted to latching blade 74 but are taken directly by flange 24 through surfaces.