Grapple Can Rotate Two Round Bales For Upright Stacking

Grapple Can Rotate Two Round Bales For Upright Stacking BALE HANDLING Grabbing lifting and stacking big round bales is easy with the Rotating Bale Fork from Haukaas Manufacturing in Canada The inspiration for the product came from Saskatchewan cattleman Gord Kozroski who was already moving large round bales with a Haukaas big bale cart When Greg Haukaas visited Gord to see how he liked the bale cart Gord mentioned wanting to stack bales stovepipe style rather than in a row Within a month Haukaas had built a prototype rotating grapple for Gord’s loader “It cuts my loading unloading and stacking time in half ” says Gord The heavy-duty grapple grabs 2 bales at a time from the ground and rotates them 90 degrees so they stand perfectly upright Gord says “Stacking bales on end eliminates twine or net wrap freezing to the ground maximizes space in a hay yard and preserves the integrity of the bales ” Haukaas says “I think this tool is something that a lot of ranchers will be interested in ” Haukaas is using 1-in pipes for the grapple fingers on his production machine rather than flat metal “The pipes grab the bales tighter and won’t damage the net wrap ” says Greg “Our main goal is to move and stack the bales without damaging any of the twine or plastic wrap ” Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Greg Haukaas Haukaas Manufacturing Box 8 Mortlach Sask Canada S0H 3E0 ph 888 859-1111 or 306 355-2718; greg@haukaas com; www haukaas com

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