2016 - Volume #40, Issue #3, Page #25
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TiltSpear Speeds Up Bale Retrieval
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“I don’t have to stop, set one bale down, and stab both bales at the same time,” explains the Holstein, Iowa, inventor. The hydraulic tilt on his loader allows him to pick up a bale, drive to the next bale, tilt the bale in the air to lower the other spear and stab a second bale.
“It makes a huge difference. It’s one of those things that is hard to explain how much time it saves you,” he says. “But once someone tries it, they won’t give it up.”
He sells the unit for $3,990. Built with 1/4-in., 4-in. tubing for the frame, the standard size tines are rated at 3,800 lbs. The TiltSpear weighs about 600 lbs. and will accept any style loader coupler.
“Making the front and back frames rotate was a little challenging so that they would tilt and still have support. They needed to be both strong and capable of rotating,” he says.
After working with his invention for a few years, he started marketing it seriously last year through AgVentive, an Iowa company he cofounded that offers innovative equipment solutions. Information and a video is available on the business’s website.
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Kyle Meyer, 5433 130th St., Holstein, Iowa. 51025 (ph 712 830-7448; www.agventive.com; kyle@agventive.com).
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