Tie-Grabber Holds Bale Blocks Stable

Tie-Grabber Holds Bale Blocks Stable HAY & FORAGE HARVESTING Bale Handling 5 Kuhns Mfg ’s Tie-Grabber keeps bales from falling off a flatbed wagon or off a stack As bales are grabbed and carried to the wagon twine is wrapped around the compacted bales and tied “One of our customers had the idea and asked us to develop it ” says Glendon Kuhns “He had been paying boys 50 cents for every bundle they tied up He said the bales stayed on the load better ” Kuhns developed a machine brought it to market and has been refining it for the past few years He says customers using accumulators and grabbers appreciate the added stability “Hand-stacked bale loads alternate the bale pattern but accumulators lay them all the same way ” notes Kuhns “The Tie-Grabber keeps them in place for faster transport and greater storage stability ” The Tie-Grabber places one strand of regular baler twine around a grabbed group of bales One hydraulic remote runs the squeeze arms and hooks to hold the bales together while a second remote runs the twine arm The Kuhns Tie-Grabber uses a Rasspe knotter made in Germany “It’s known for its trouble-free operation ” says Kuhns The Tie-Grabber is available in 8-bale through 18-bale models and ranges in price from $8 150 to $9 195 You can check out a video of the Tie-Grabber at www farmshow com Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Kuhns Mfg 4210 Kinsman Rd N W North Bloomfield Ohio 44450 ph 440 693-4630; toll free 877 296-5851; sales@kuhnsmfg com; www kuhnsmfg com

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