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  • January 28, 2009 at 12:50 pm #40142
    Rod
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    Hi Howie

    Nice photos. What can you tell us about the round bale carrier? Do you have any other photos that shows how it works?

    January 28, 2009 at 6:46 pm #49529
    Howie
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    Hi
    $ for $ the bale hauler is the best equipment that I ever bought. I have had it a long time and the only thing I have had to do to it is to replace the brake cable. Yoder’s make it now and they advertise in the Rural Heritage. The new one has a dog to lock the wheels where mine has brakes. I like the brakes better because they are easier to use coming down a steep hill. It is very simple to use. Just back up to the bale and set the brakes, keep on backing and it will fold in the middle and the grab hook drops down around the bale. When you pull ahead the bale will roll up on the axel, release the brakes and you are on your way. To unload you just reverse the process. When it unloads it picks the bale up off the ground about a foot so you can set them up on or into something.
    I will have Betty Ann post a couple pictures so you will be able to see how it works.

    January 28, 2009 at 9:50 pm #49530
    Howie
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    Rod

    Here are a couple of picures of the hay hauler. One is just the bare hauler and the other one shows how it folds in the center to load and unload the bale.:confused:

    January 28, 2009 at 10:07 pm #49528
    Rod
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    Howie

    If you keep backing up when unloaded it looks like the back will tip down to the ground? Then does the grab arm flip over to hold the bale until the rig is tipped forward? Is the grab arm secured until the bale is tipped up? Are the brakes like an emergence brake with a handle?Does the front axel turn on a fifth wheel or like a car front end setup?

    Thanks for extra pictures, this unit look great and not that hard to build.

    January 29, 2009 at 12:24 am #49531
    Howie
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    Rod:)

    With the wheels locked the back tips to the ground and then the wheels will raise up off the ground. then the grab arm flips down over the bale to pull it up on the wheels when you go forwards. I put a chain on the grab arm so I can prevent it from droping when I unload. It is just a two wheeled outfit so you can pull it with almost anything, tractor, pickup, or forecart. The wheels you see on the front is my $100 forecart.:confused::(
    With the great big round bales the grab arm will flip back upright when the bale comes up on the wheels, it will with the 800 pound bales most of the time. With the 500 pound bales you have to help it, but if you were using it with the little bales a lot you could adjust that.

    Howie

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