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Home-Built 3-pt. Round Bale Mover
My home-built 3-pt. round bale mover can lift round bales up to 12 ft. high. Lets me stack bales three high inside my buildings.
The unit is equipped with two 4 by 24-in. cylinders that raise or lower the load and a 3 by 18-in. tilt cylinder that levels it. The lift arm is fitted with two spikes at the bottom an
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Home-Built 3-pt. Round Bale Mover BALE HANDLING Bale Handling (31B) 22-4-36 My home-built 3-pt. round bale mover can lift round bales up to 12 ft. high. Lets me stack bales three high inside my buildings.
The unit is equipped with two 4 by 24-in. cylinders that raise or lower the load and a 3 by 18-in. tilt cylinder that levels it. The lift arm is fitted with two spikes at the bottom and two smaller spikes on top. I used 3 by 4-in. steel tubing to build the main frame and spent a total of about $700. Similar commercial models sell for $3,000 or more and aren't built as well as mine. The lower lift arms on my bale mover remain in the resting position when-ever the bale is lowered and whenever I'm going to or from the field. Most of the weight is directly on the 3-pt.'s upper link. There isn't much weight on the lower cylinders which results in less stress on the lower lift arms.
(Larry Morn, N6513 Biggs Rd., Argyle, Wis.
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