Baler-Towed Trailer Dumps Two Round Bales Together

Baler-Towed Trailer Dumps Two Round Bales Together HAY & FORAGE HARVESTING Bale Handling (5) 17-3-27 "It cuts the time I spend loading round bales onto my truck in half and saves wear and tear on my tractor and loader," says Frank Urlacher, Dickinson, N. Dak., who built a trailer that he pulls behind his round baler that allows him to dump two 4 by 5-ft. bales off in pairs. Urlacher made the 6-ft. wide, 8-ft. long trailer out of 2-in. dia. oil well pipe and mounted it on the wheels and axle of an old drill transport trailer. The trailer slants to the rear and is only 3 in. off the ground at the back. The first bale ejected rolls to the back of the trailer where a steel "guard" keeps it from falling off. A 3 by 10-in. hydraulic cylinder raises the center section of the trailer up to dump the first bale while the second bale is being tied and then the second bale is dumped. "The end gate on my International 3450 round baler is designed to open straight up so it doesn't interfere with the trailer. I think the same idea would work on big 5 by 6-ft. bales, but the trailer would have to be mounted farther back so that the end gate wouldn't hit it. "The steel guard at the back of the trailer is sloped at a 45? angle so that when I tip the floor up, the guard is level with the ground. "One advantage of the trailer is that if I'm baling in a wet area of the field I can haul two bales to dry ground at once." Urlacher spent $350 to build the trailer. Contact FARM SHOW Followup, Frank Urlacher, 736 20th St. West, Dickinson, N. Dak. 58601 (ph 701225-3207).

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