Top Link Bracket Moves Big Bale Feeders
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Stanley Carpenter, Lewisville, Ohio, got tired of trying to wrestle hay feeder racks from one place to another. He solved the problem by mounting an 18-in. (more or less) length of 2 1/2 by 2 1/2-in. angle iron on the top link pin of his bale fork.
One end of the angle iron already had a hole in it just the right size to fit the top link pin. He cut a notch in the angle iron at the other end so it would fit down over the top rail on his hay racks.
"I use forks instead of a prong to move big bales. To pick up a rack and move it, I just back up until the forks are tight against the bottom of the rack. Then I reach back from the tractor seat and flip the angle iron over the top of the rack. I use a hydraulic cylinder for a top link with the fork, so I can adjust it to make sure the notch catches on the rack. Then I just raise the 3-point and pick up the rack. I can either pick it up and set it over a new bale, or haul it to another pasture or lot," Carpenter says.
"It was really simple to make and it's saved me a lot of work," he adds.
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Stanley Carpenter, Route #2, Box 136, Lewisville, Ohio 43754 (ph 740 567-3469; E-mail: src3824@1st.net).
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Top Link Bracket Moves Big Bale Feeders BALE HANDLING Bale Handling (31B) 25-6-7 Stanley Carpenter, Lewisville, Ohio, got tired of trying to wrestle hay feeder racks from one place to another. He solved the problem by mounting an 18-in. (more or less) length of 2 1/2 by 2 1/2-in. angle iron on the top link pin of his bale fork.
One end of the angle iron already had a hole in it just the right size to fit the top link pin. He cut a notch in the angle iron at the other end so it would fit down over the top rail on his hay racks.
"I use forks instead of a prong to move big bales. To pick up a rack and move it, I just back up until the forks are tight against the bottom of the rack. Then I reach back from the tractor seat and flip the angle iron over the top of the rack. I use a hydraulic cylinder for a top link with the fork, so I can adjust it to make sure the notch catches on the rack. Then I just raise the 3-point and pick up the rack. I can either pick it up and set it over a new bale, or haul it to another pasture or lot," Carpenter says.
"It was really simple to make and it's saved me a lot of work," he adds.
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Stanley Carpenter, Route #2, Box 136, Lewisville, Ohio 43754 (ph 740 567-3469; E-mail: src3824@1st.net).
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