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Versatile Tractor Hitch Doubles As Bale Spear
"Our new quick-tach hitch system for tractors can be used to tow gooseneck trailers, bumper trailers, and pin hitch equipment. You can also slip in two bale spears and use it to haul big bales," says Paul Winkel, Winkel Mfg., Glen Elder, Kan.
The hitch has a gooseneck ball hitch on top and a square receiver tube
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Versatile Tractor Hitch Doubles As Bale Spear BALE HANDLING Bale Handling (31B) 21-4-12 "Our new quick-tach hitch system for tractors can be used to tow gooseneck trailers, bumper trailers, and pin hitch equipment. You can also slip in two bale spears and use it to haul big bales," says Paul Winkel, Winkel Mfg., Glen Elder, Kan.
The hitch has a gooseneck ball hitch on top and a square receiver tube at the bottom. To move bales you slip the main spear into a bracket just below the gooseneck hitch and mount a short spear in the receiver tube. When you want to tow equipment, you re-move both spears and insert a hitch that's fitted with two different sizes of ball hitches (2 and 2 5/16 in. dia.). Each hitch mounts on a different side of the tubing so to switch balls you simply turn the hitch tube.
"The bale spear is a 1 3/4-in. dia., four-sided forged steel shaft that has a capacity of 2,200 lbs. The four sides taper down to a point which makes it easy to release the bale from the spear, says Winkel."
Sells for $325 plus S&H.
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Paul Winkel, Winkel Mfg. Co., Rt. 1, Box 122, Glen Elder, Kan. 67446 (ph 913 545-3606).
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