Quick-Tach Bucket-Mounted Bale Spear

Quick-Tach Bucket-Mounted Bale Spear HAY & FORAGE HARVESTING Bale Handling (5) 21-1-11 You've never seen a bale spear like this oneof-a-kind "quick-tach" double spear made by Bill Kurtz, St. Croix Falls, Wis. It consists of two 4-ft. long spears welded to the bottom of a rectangular frame made from 4-in. channel iron. A pair of short steel hooks are welded to the top of the frame and fit inside slots cut into the back side of the bucket. An angle iron guide is welded to the left side of the frame. To mount the spears Kurtz lines the left edge of the bucket up with the guide and tips the bucket forward onto the ground, then drives ahead and raises the bucket at the same time until the hooks go through the slots. He then tips the bucket back until the bottom of the frame rests against the bottom of the bucket. To remove the spears he simply tips the bucket forward and lowers it to the ground, then backs away. "It works quick and I never have to get off the tractor," says Kurtz. "I can switch quickly between the bucket, for loading silage out of my bunk, to the spears for handling big bales." Kurtz used 1 1/2-in. wide, 5/8 in. thick flat iron to make the hooks and 2-in. dia. manure spreader axles to make the spears. Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Bill Kurtz, 2187 State Rd. 87, St. Croix Falls, Wis. 54024 (ph 715 483-3866).

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