Bale mover

[Neil Dimmock]

Yes I made it to haul two but it didnt work a 100%, it would load it fine and them pick the second up fine but it would not pic the second up off the deck, you had to push it off and then pick it up to unroll it, I made one for a guy and we used electric over Hydraulics with solved this but it was slow on real cold days,
Neil

[Ronnie Tucker]

i was just guessing that the second bale stayed on the arms for transport and only the first one actually rode on the wagon bed would that work i have seen these on a ton truck i would like to try this if i get enough plans and information to build one it could replace a tractor for feeding with a sort of cab it would keep you dry which is more of a problem in tn than the cold looking for more ways to use real horse power or in my case mules

[Neil Dimmock]

Yes the second one stays on the arms. I will draw them up and post them soon.
Neil

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[Ronnie Tucker]

i would still like to have some plans for the hay mover and unroller that neil dimmock picturer on here a while back ronnie tucker paris tn

[Robert MoonShadow]

Ron, try Small Farmers Journal – a quarterly magazine devoted to farming & logging w/ drat animals… recent issues have round bale movers… one is commercially made for hauling 6 bales at once {called the “Bale Master”}, one is home made, similar to the one you’re trying to find info on – ‘cept the arms swing out to accomadate various sizes/widths in bales. I’ve got the spring ’03 issue here, page 61 shows a spear on wheels… back the team ’til the spear’s in, there’s a handwinch to lift the bale/spear… very simple design. Uses the wheels off of an old manure spreader, but home-made axle (the builder says the spreader’s axle wasn’t wide enough. If you can’t get a back copy from SMJ, I can xerox this page & send it to you >>> and the other (swingarm) design, if I can find it. Hold the phone! Just found the article…issue is summer ’06, page 78… has the Bale Master in action & the homemade job hooked to a forecart (moves & unrolls 1 bale). And has one like you first talked of building… that uses the bale itself as a “wheel”. Hope this helps. I’m not usually this long-winded nor pushy… just thought it’d be a help. Take care & Merry Christmas.
~R~

[Ronnie Tucker]

i would appreciate what plans you or anyone else would like to share my address is 3255 jones bend rd paris tn 38242 thanks ronnie tucker

[Kent]

I have moved many bales with this bale mover. I confess I have never unrolled a bale with it (though I had that in mind when I built it) but am sure it would work fine. It may be more work to build than some other designs that would work just as well or better. Ronnie, I could take more detailed pictures and some measurments if it would help you.

Kent

[Rod]

Nice job on the bale mover. Do you release the bale by un cranking the winch? And do the arms that grab the bale pivot at the frame?

[Kent]

Thanks. I may have to take pictures to show how it does work. There are two cranks. The upper winch raises the bale and squeezes it between the arms. Just below that winch is a smaller winch that moves the arms out when the bale is sat down and keeps the arms apart to accept the next bale. The arms will adjust in and out so the would stay parallel with either a 4′ or 5′ wide bale. The arms do pivot in and out at the front corners of the bale mover. It is made out of much heavier material than needed, but that is what was handy when I did it.

[J-L]

Good looking bale mover Kent. Give us the more detailed pictures please. That looks like what most people have been looking for as far as moving and feeding round bales.
My feeder works fine, but doesn’t lift so it’s hard to just move hay or feed partial bales with it. Thanks.

[Kent]

I will take pictures and post them. It may take a day or two.

[Kent]

Here are pictures of the bale mover.

The second picture is a close up of the winches. The top winch squeezes and raises the bale. The bottom winch keeps the arms apart to release the bale after it is set down and keeps the arms apart while backing up the next bale.

The third picture shows the pivot point for the arm. The bolted on collar to right of the pivot can be moved to the left side when a person is moving a 5′ bale. The square tubing poking out to the front of the arm has a small cable that runs through a pulley and is attached to the lower winch.

Picture four shows the upper part of the bale mover. The square tubing that run to back at the top of each of the vertical round tubing are parallel to the bale arms and would be used when unrolling a bale. A person would cinch the back end of the two tubes together to keep the arms from releasing the bale when it is set on the ground since it is the weight of the bale keeping the arms squeezed together otherwise. On the vertical pipe there is a place the quickly tie off a rope that would be used to cinch the arms together. The hitch pin is hanging on it in the photo. I used a chain between the lever arms in the center to attach the strap from the lift winch to. This allow for moving the arms in and out depending on picking up a 4′ or 5′ bale. Also I had to add the lever on the pulley because the strap had a tendency to run off the edge of the pulley. With the lever, I can guide the strap by tipping the pulley one way or the other.

The last photo mostly shows that I used a hub, spindle, and wheel off of an old implement for the spinners. I cut the rim off of the wheel and added pokers.

I will add a few things that I considered before I built this. The used the front hub assembly off of a junked Datsun which have high speed bearings so I take it out behind the pick-up at highway speeds. Having the axel of the bale mover even with the center of the bale adds or takes away very little to the tongue weight and only when going up hill or down. Negative tongue could be very bad when using a forecart.

I am sure that you can improve on this bale mover. If the weather is nice in the next day or two I may go pick up a bale and cinch the arms together and roll it around and I will report back. Also I apologize if none of this makes any sense.

[Kent]

I picked up a bale with my bale mover and roped the arms together using the square tubing above the bale. I lowered the bale back to ground and the bale rolled just like it should.

[Carl Russell]

Anybody in the northeast who builds one like this, I want to see it at 2009 NEAPFD. I don’t move enough round bales myself to make one, but it looks pretty slick. Nice job, Kent.

Carl

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