bale unroller

I built one 2 years ago, don’t think anyone has one like this but could be. It has a tri-cycle type chasis with 2 wheels up front and 2 wheels spread 7 feet wide at the rear. A flat bed 7 foot long by 8 foot wide sits between. My son and I opted for and 8 hp Honda powering a hydraulic pump sitting inside the A frame of the tri-cycle front frame work with 2 controls. 1 control handles the closing and 1 handles the rolling forward of the bale roller, enabling 1 bale to be placed on the bed and 1 on the arms. I have raced a tractor, my brother-in-laws, and beat him feeding the cows, believe me I rubbed it in. Obviously it wasn’t a big, new tractor but he could carry 2 bales and I could carry 3 of his sized bales (800 lbs). The bed sits about 16 inches off the ground, easy on and easy off. The frame is built out of used oil field 2 3/8th pipe, with the bed made out of rough sawn 2 x 6 pine with 2 x 2 angles capping both sides of the bed.
We use this wagon as a forecart also, we just roller the bale carrier forward and place a 3x3x 3/8th square tube with a flat bar type hitch point in the middle on the back locked in by the wheels. Disconnect the 2 hydraulic lines to the easiest ones to get at and put on 2 pioneer couplers. We’ve used this to run our 11 wheel V rake with 4 horses.
I’ve tried to place pictures on this site before but to no avail, I’m not smart enough. This unit works great, can’t say that I’ve had many times I’ve cussed it. If you need I can e-mail pictures, maybe you can post them here after you get them.
Mike

Y 4 Ranch i would very interested in seeing your bale unroller , would be good if you would post them here J-L please, sounds brilliant that dose

I sent pic’s to Wes this morning by hotmail, I can’t get them to upload, maybe he can. If you’d like pic’s please send me an e-mail at y4ranch@hotmail.com and I’ll forward them.
Mike