Self-Propelled Bale Mover Built Out of Old Combine
"We took an old Massey 510 combine that had lots of years on it but not too much use and turned it into a handy self-propelled hauler for moving bales from the field to our storage shed," says Randall Rawls at Auburn University about the oneof-a-kind rig he and colleagues made last winter out of a rusted out combine.
"It's unique because the bales are carried out in 'front of the driver rather than towed behind," explains Rawls, who's superintendent at the Upper Coastal Plains Agricultural Substation at Winfield, Ala.
To convert the combine from rusty junk to a handy bale mover, they removed the header and feeder house, then cut the frame off just behind the engine. All that remained of the original combine after-ward was the engine, cab and big drive wheels.
The men next built a frame 20-ft. long by 10 1/2-ft. wide out of 6 by 6 by 1/2-in. angle iron and welded it to the combine's drive axle. They mounted the original steering axle from the back of the cornbine on the front of the 20-ft. frame. Power steering lines run from a pump on the combine engine up to the front axle.
Cross members made of 4-in channel iron 10-ft. wide with 4 by 4-in. pieces of lumber fitted into them serve as a bale plat-form. A front-mounted rack made from pipe holds bales in place.
"We can set eight 1,100 lb. bales on it," Rawls says. "We moved about 300 bales with it last season and it worked great."
The operator sits up high enough in the cab to see everything in front of him, Rawls notes.
Total investment in the bale hauler was about $500 in materials.
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Randall Rawls, % Upper Coastal Plains Agricultural Substation, P.O. Box 706, Winfield, Ala. 35594 (ph 205-487-2150).
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Self-Propelled Bale Mover Built Out of Old Combine COMBINES Conversions 19-2-39 "We took an old Massey 510 combine that had lots of years on it but not too much use and turned it into a handy self-propelled hauler for moving bales from the field to our storage shed," says Randall Rawls at Auburn University about the oneof-a-kind rig he and colleagues made last winter out of a rusted out combine.
"It's unique because the bales are carried out in 'front of the driver rather than towed behind," explains Rawls, who's superintendent at the Upper Coastal Plains Agricultural Substation at Winfield, Ala.
To convert the combine from rusty junk to a handy bale mover, they removed the header and feeder house, then cut the frame off just behind the engine. All that remained of the original combine after-ward was the engine, cab and big drive wheels.
The men next built a frame 20-ft. long by 10 1/2-ft. wide out of 6 by 6 by 1/2-in. angle iron and welded it to the combine's drive axle. They mounted the original steering axle from the back of the cornbine on the front of the 20-ft. frame. Power steering lines run from a pump on the combine engine up to the front axle.
Cross members made of 4-in channel iron 10-ft. wide with 4 by 4-in. pieces of lumber fitted into them serve as a bale plat-form. A front-mounted rack made from pipe holds bales in place.
"We can set eight 1,100 lb. bales on it," Rawls says. "We moved about 300 bales with it last season and it worked great."
The operator sits up high enough in the cab to see everything in front of him, Rawls notes.
Total investment in the bale hauler was about $500 in materials.
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Randall Rawls, % Upper Coastal Plains Agricultural Substation, P.O. Box 706, Winfield, Ala. 35594 (ph 205-487-2150).
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