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Big Grapple Accumulates And Loads 3 Big Bales At A Time
As a fifth generation hay farmer himself, Maxilator sales manager, Russell Smith, is enthusiastic about the company’s latest new product, the MEGAGrapple. It’s designed to gather and lift three 8-ft. square bales at a time in either direction, making cross stacking easy.
“It lifts over the top to easily set ha
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Big Grapple Accumulates And Loads 3 Big Bales At A Time BALE HANDLING As a fifth generation hay farmer himself Maxilator sales manager Russell Smith is enthusiastic about the company’s latest new product the MEGAGrapple It’s designed to gather and lift three 8-ft square bales at a time in either direction making cross stacking easy “It lifts over the top to easily set hay on a trailer or stack ” Smith says With a telehandler the MEGAGrapple can stack bales as high as 30 ft That’s difficult to do with fork-type stackers that often get stuck between bales The MEGAGrapple is a one-piece unit acting as both an accumulator and a grapple One person can do it all – gather lift load and off-load bales The MEGAGrapple requires enough horsepower to lift up to 2 000 lbs and a set of auxiliary hydraulics to force the hooks into the bales It works on 3 by 3 3 by 4 and 4 by 4 big bales “We build our own hooks for the MEGAGrapple out of 1/2-in plate steel ” Smith says “There aren’t a lot of moving parts to wear out so it should easily last 25 to 30 years It comes with a 5-year warranty ” The U S -made product was introduced last November and sells for about $8 000 Like all Maxilator products the MEGAGrapple is coated with thermoplastic The Maxilator website includes videos of its hay handling equipment and where to find distributors Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Maxilator Hay Handling Equipment 17 Rice Rd Rockmart Ga 30153 ph 678 757-9990; russell@maxilator com; www maxilator com
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