Re: handling round bails

Posted by Bill Smith on February 17, 2004 at 11:37:19 from (63.147.130.32):

In Reply to: handling round bails posted by ray on February 16, 2004 at 16:13:29:

Depending on type of hay, my big bails can weigh as much as 1300 lbs. There can be as much as 500 lbs difference in weight on big bailes depending on just how big they are and what type of hay. 500 lbs difference in weight makes a big difference on the tractor/loader or 3 point hay fork. How many bailes you will be handling, and the distance you will be moveing them is very important in determining just what you need. If you will be transporting bails by way of trailor, you will most certainly need a loader tractor to load and unload. If you will be moving numerous bailes a short distance you will probably want a loader tractor with 3-point bale fork so you can move 2 bales at one time. If just plane moveing a single bail at a time, you will most likely want to carry the bail on rear of tractor instead of on a loader. You really only need a loader on a tractor to move 2 bails at one time, loading bails, or stacking bails. Lighter, smaller tractors can be weighted and what not to handle big bails, but you would be better advised to get a bigger tractor that can deal with the weight. As far as the loader, as long as it is rated to lift the amount of weight of the bails is the only thing on that. Carrying big bails on a loader with a trycicle tractor is bad idea. Other alternatives would be a bail spear on the back of a pick-up. And they do make bail carts. Carts can be made to pull with pick-up or tractor. Avoid carts with hand crank winch system. I move bails with a cart pulled by a tractor that is to small to carry the weight of a bail. It pulls the weight just fine, it just can't carry it. My cart has a hydraulic cylinder that does the work of picking up the bail and dumping it off, best system to have on a cart, but cart won't work on pick-up unless pick-up is equiped with hydraulics.

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