Posted by robert major on January 26, 2016 at 09:47:34 from (216.81.13.182):
In Reply to: Bale spear material posted by MNfarmboy83 on January 26, 2016 at 06:43:54:
Hi I fix tractors here for a living I have seen most creations known to man for bale spikes, on tractors that come here. Like Tims has said go buy proper spikes with good quality steel. There are some cheap ones that are junk. on our farm we have a genuine quickie dual spike that's 16 years old. Dad broke 1 tine doing something stupid He admitted that so it was, "stupid"! the other tine is original but has a slight bend from the same accident, I think they are Kvernland tines. The other tractor has a 4 year old HLA twin spike on it, haven't damaged a tine yet on that one only tightened them when they bedded into the cups.
We run hard core straw bales here for bedding. I can push that spike right in the ends of the bale or clean through the sides of any bale even one thats part frozen. With those tines being designed the way they are the bales slide off nice to. I have heard guys say with big 2" spikes"AkA truck axles" the can sometimes push the middles out of soft cores!, these wont. If you spend the money on the proper good tines, I think you will wish you had never seen the spikes you have used and bent, and wont need the 2 short tines to stop the bale turning if you space the other 2 wide enough apart. with a few of the tractors that came here I have had to put a bale on the spikes to pull the loaders. lots of them would wreck the bale, be no use to me and to get the loaders off I have had to use the bale fork like pallet tines and slide them under the bale. it's your money and time, but tine cups and proper bale fork tines is where I'd be going from my experience. Regards Robert
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