Horse-Powered Hay Mover Uses Hand-Pumped Hydraulics

Horse-Powered Hay Mover Uses Hand-Pumped Hydraulics BALE HANDLING Mark Hoover says he’s seen a lot of ideas for moving big bales without tractor-powered equipment but none of them were quite what he wanted So the Leitchfield Ky farmer came up with the idea of using hand-pumped hydraulic cylinders that can lift several thousand pounds high enough to load even the biggest bales into bale feeders or onto trailers The key he says was finding a hand pump that raises the lift boom fairly fast He built the first one to move big bales but then also made a set of pallet forks to fit it for loading everything from bins of produce to bales of tobacco “My brother uses one I built to lift and drag logs out of the woods He says the only problem with it is that I should have built one for him years ago ” says Hoover Comes standard with a bale spear stabilizer prongs and steerable wheels up front that are turned with a lever by the driver Sells for $2 800 Pallet forks are sold separately Hoover says he’s also made units without the steering front wheels costs $150 less so it can be towed behind a pickup ATV or a small tractor with no need for hydraulics Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Mark Hoover 7220 Brandenburg Road Leitchfield Ky 42754

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