A bale handler is a generic term describing a piece of farm implement used to transport hay or straw bales.[1] They are often removable attachments for tractors, skidsteers, telehandlers, loaders, and even pickup trucks with special beds.[2] They come in many different styles and formats. They can pinch, spear, hook and fork the bales, one or several at a time. The type of bale handling attachment will be built to handle the particular size and type of bale.
Bale spears can often move both round and square large bales.[3][4] Bale squeezes are used with bales that are wrapped for silage,[5] large piles of large and small square bales,[6] as well as a special squeeze that can be used to unroll large round bales for winter feeding.[7] Bale handlers with hooks are used to move large and small bales.[8]
When connected to a tractor via the three-point linkage or front-loader.[9]
See also
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edit- ^ "High Lift Linkage Attachment".
- ^ "Parallel Squeeze Bale Bed | DewEze".
- ^ "4 Tine Bale Spear | Tractor Attachments | Westendorf".
- ^ "SS-II-4 | Tractor Attachments | Westendorf".
- ^ "Bale grabber / Round bale grabber | RBG".
- ^ "C3000 Fork Clamp - Clerf Equipment".
- ^ "Round Bale Unroller and Bale Handler from Worksaver".
- ^ "Norden MFG | 615 Grabber".
- ^ "Bales handling on tractors". Archived from the original on 2012-07-18. Retrieved 2011-11-20.
