Horse Drawn Round Bale Movers, Unrollers

Horse drawn round bale movers, unrollers HAY & FORAGE HARVESTING Bale Handling (5) 9-2-23 . . . from South Dakota Two types of horse power are used to move hay on the 10,000 acre sheep spread of Harlan Jacobsen, Castle Rock, S. Dak., rancher who has invented his own round bale mover. He jerried up a hydraulic lift unit that easily picks up the 800 pound round bales he has on the ranch and carries them to his sheep behind two husky Percherons. The unit is powered by a five horse power (the second type of horse power used) Briggs and Stratton engine that runs the two-stage hydraulic pumps. One hydraulic cylinder clamps pincers on each side of the bale and the other lifts it onto the unit for hauling. "I don't use more than a couple of gallons of fuel a week," says Jacobsen. "The engine is run only when the unit is picking up the bales. They're dropped by gravity when we get them where we want them." Aside from the engine, Jacobsen bought the pumps, square tubing and cylinders for the "Pick 'N Roll" unit. He fashioned the rest of the unit from scrap iron he had around the ranch. "It'll handle one round bale at a time now," explains Jacobsen, "but it can be modified to handle two bales. But there might be a problem with two bales, though, as the picking up is done in the rear and it would be hard to see from the driver's seat. I've picked up single bales weighing up to 1,200 lbs. for a neighbor." Jacobsen built his unit last January and now he's made arrangements with K&E Manufacturing Co., Hebron, N. Dak., to put the unit into production. The North Dakota firm has made round bale "Pick 'N Roll" units for the use on the back of pick-ups the past 10 years. It is now making a trailer encompassing Jacobsen's design for the horse-drawn unit. It sells for $2,800. Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Harlan Jacobsen, R.R. 3, Box 59, Newell, S.D. 57760 (ph 605 886-4497). (Reprinted with permission from Tri-State Livestock News, Sturgis, S. Dak.) . . . from Kansas You'll like the price tag on a new round bale mover-unroller from Herr's Welding, of Palmer, Kan. Priced at $495 ù including ties and a hand-operated winch ù it can be pulled by a team of horses, or behind a pickup or tractor. To load, you back up the bale with the unroller arms extended. You then pull a lever which draws the arms in and clamps them tight onto the bale.(The end of each arm is equipped with a pointed spur which bites into the bale.) A hand-operated cable winch is then used to lift the arms which, in turn, lift the bale for transport. Handles regular or soft center big round bales up to 7 ft. in dia., and up to 6 ft. wide. Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Hens Welding, Palmer, Kan. 66962 (913 692-4289, or 4568).

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