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Modified Stacker Works Great For Big Bales
When Garry Brown switched from small square bales to 3 by 3-ft., half-ton bales, he modified his self-propelled small bale stacker wagon to haul and stack up to 10 big bales at a time.
  “I only need one loader in the field. It’s really efficient,” says the Genola, Utah, hay producer. “While one person gathers the bales to one area in the field, the hauler takes the load and unloads them in a stack.”
  Brown modified the wagon by removing the bale pickup. In the field, the stacker bed is raised up so a loader can stack 2 piles of bales 5-high (4-high if he uses a skidsteer). Then the bed is lowered to transport and tipped back up against the stack to unload.
  If he has another loader where he is unloading, he has the option to stack bales on the front table as well.
  Brown adds that a 2-bale, side-by-side stacker wagon can also be modified for 3 by 3 bales by removing the sides.
  “The New Holland stacker has a big motor and is more maneuverable than using a pickup with a gooseneck trailer to pick up bales. It’s much handier, and the stacker was something I already had and could convert,” he says.
  Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Garry Brown 177 N. 400 W., Genola, Utah 84655 (ph 801 754-3403; wilgerbin@aol.com).


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2013 - Volume #37, Issue #6