Rotating Big Bale Grab

Rotating Big Bale Grab HAY & FORAGE HARVESTING Bale Handling (5) 17-6-18 You can pick up a big bale on its side and set it down on its end with this new rotating bale "grab". Invented and manufactured by Lou Cleghorn of Advance Designs & Mfg., Kamiah, Idaho, the innovative bale handler mounts on any front-end loader (Cleghorn recommends at least a 100 hp. tractor). The bale grab mounts on a 4 by 4-in. mast just above the loader mounting brackets. Opposing bale forks are operated by a pair of hydraulic cylinders. A third cylinder, mounted about halfway up the mast, is used to rotate the bale forks 1/4 turn. It pushes or pulls on a lever at the base of the bale grab forks. "It lets you pick up a bale in any position and lav it down in any position without releasing the bale to reposition the tractor. It's great for picking up bales flat in the field and then stacking them on end," says Cleghorn, noting that the tilt cylinders on the loader are used to tip the bale forks down to the ground and to place bales inside bale feeders. Sells for $2,600. Requires an extra set of remotes and control valves. Cleghorn also makes a non-rotating bale grab with horizontally-mounted bale forks that slide tic and down the mast. Sells for $1,350. He also makes a bale spears, spinner spears pallet forks, and other equipment. Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Advance Designs & Mfg., Rt. 2, Box 131. Kamiah, Idaho 83536 (ph 800 821-6655 of 208 935-0643).

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