“Unwinder” Turns Big Bales Into Small

“Unwinder” Turns Big Bales Into Small BALE HANDLING You can convert big round bales into small square bales with this new bale “unwinder” from The St George Company Paris Ontario The Altec DR-160 bale unwinder can handle bales up to 60” wide and 72” in diameter that weigh up to 2200 lbs It can handle bales up to 5 ft wide and 6 ft in diameter that weigh up to 2 200 lbs The bale unwinder is hydraulically operated from the same tractor that’s used to pto-drive the baler A manual control is used to set the speed at which the bale unwinds The finished small square bales can be carried away by a bale elevator for stacking or loading “Round balers do a much faster job in the field and require less labor This machine lets you make small bales when you have more time ” says Peter Quail “It can be used with hay straw or silage bales It doesn’t break up the hay but instead gently unwinds it And when you’re done using the unwinder to make small square bales you use it as a normal bale unwinder to deliver feed into bunks or onto pasture ground ” One customer in Oklahoma says the small square bales he makes from large round bales are fresher than if he just made small square bales in the field He includes that fact in his Craigslist ad and gets a premium for his hay It takes about 7 minutes to unwind a 1 000-lb bale It can also be equipped with axial straw spinners on back allowing you to use the machine to spread straw out up to 22 ft Also available is the larger model DT 120 which can turn large square bales - up to 4 by 4 by 8 ft - into small square bales The DT 120 can also handle 4-ft wide round bales Contact: The St George Company Limited P O Box 430 20 Consolidated Drive Paris Ontario Canada N3L 3T5 ph 800 461-4299; fax 519 442-7191; email: sales@thestgeorgeco com; website: www thestgeorgeco com You can see a video of the Altec bale unwinder at our YouTube channel: “thestgeorgeco”

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