[AT] I spent $300 at a yard sale yesterday

[Ralph Goff]

Co-incidentally I am in the market for a round bale handler myself having 
just bought a used 847 NH round baler. I'm leaning toward a spear that can 
be attached to the front end loader bucket of my Massey Super 90 as it 
should be easy to remove or install whenever I need to. But I"m wondering 
how well it will work such as will the Massey be heavy enough to drive the 
spear through the centre of these round bales? They seem like a pretty hard 
core bale even though not as big diameter as some other balers make. (These 
bales are about 4 foot diameter).
Are the double spear handlers better than a single spear?
The trailer model in the link looks good but I would think if a person had 
many bales to pick up in a day the front end loader type would be faster.

Ralph in Sask.
http://lgoff.sasktelwebsite.net/

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Indiana Robinson" <robinson at svs.net>
To: <100AcreFarming at yahoogroups.com>; <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Sunday, October 30, 2005 9:11 AM
Subject: [AT] I spent $300 at a yard sale yesterday


> Diana was looking at a yard sale ad Friday and said they
> had a bale mover listed. I was looking for a second 3 point
> bale spear to adapt to my loader bucket so I can haul a
> bound bale on the three point and a second on the loader.
> When we got there it was a trailer type and he wanted $350
> for it. My reaction was kind of luke warm at first so we
> left. As the day went on I got to thinking more about it
> and after lunch we went back and I bought it for $300. It
> is much like this one:
> http://www.tractorshed.com/gallery/iphotos/i1029.jpg
> except it is almost 8 1/2 feet wide and framed like it was
> made to haul all the gold in Fort Knox in one trip. It has
> very large floatation wagon tires on it. The PO said he had
> used it to transport 2,000 pound bales on the road.
> He had replaced it with an Amish built big bale wagon that
> hauls about 8 bales at once. He loads that wagon with a
> large IHC tractor and loader.
> I decided I wanted this one for a couple of reasons.
> Mostly, I can use it behind anything, even without
> hydraulics.
>
>
>
>
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