Typically, a row unit or ground engaging tool would be mounted or attached on each side of the hinge or pivot location of the wing to achieve a narrow gap. When a narrower gap between adjacent row units or ground engaging tools is desired, adjacent row units or ground engaging tools may be attached proximate to a hinge connecting the center toolbar to the wing, or at pivot point along the wing. For example, row units may be attached to provide a fifteen (15″) inch gap, or alternatively may be attached to provide a thirty (30″) inch gap between adjacent row units. Agronomics, or other climate and/or growing conditions, may dictate the gap between row units on a planter. Row units and ground engaging tools are generally attached or mounted to the frame member of the planter or agricultural implement at predetermined locations based on a desired gap or spacing between adjacent row unit or ground engaging tool. Traditionally, the center toolbar and the wing sections of an agricultural planter or similar agricultural implement have been comprised of a square or rectangular frame member, and the ground engaging tools or row units have been attached to the center toolbar and wing sections via a U-bolt that encircles the frame member. Longer wing sections generally require one or more pivot points along the wing that provide angular rotation of a first wing section relative to an adjacent wing section. The increased operating widths may be achieved by lengthening the center toolbar and/or the wing sections of the agricultural planter. For example, a forward folding agricultural planter is capable of great operating widths. The folding functions of such planters have, to varying degrees, operating limitations due to their design and the environment in which they operate. This has required the incorporation of telescoping hitch assemblies and specific folding functions to accommodate planter wings of increased length. However, as the size of planters has increased, planter wings are generally folded in a forward direction to accommodate longer planter wings or wing sections. Early planters pivotally displaced the wings vertically to reduce planter width and to provide clearance for transport through narrow spaces. The pivoting wing connections allow the wings to fold relative to the main frame for transport and storage of the planter. Large planters generally include a main frame having a forward hitch assembly for drawing by a tractor and left and right wing sections pivotally attached to a portion of the main frame. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTIONĪs the power of tractors and agricultural efficiency has increased, agricultural implements, such as planters have increased in span, or width, to accommodate larger numbers of individual row units. Even more specifically, but not exclusively, the invention relates to the mounting of a ground engaging tool proximate to a flex point of an agricultural implement frame. More specifically, but not exclusively, the invention relates to a forward folding agricultural implement frame. The invention relates generally to a forward folding agricultural implement. 1, 2015, herein incorporated by reference in their entirety. 30, 2016, which claims priority under 35 U.S.C. This application is a continuation of PCT/US2016/054797, filed Sep.
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