CK 30 moving heavy bale

[montyhp]

Wow, I'm jealous. My Mahindra 33 horse is limited to 500 lbs on the bale spear. The curl cylinders stall out with a round bale on. Didn't look to seriously at Kioti because the service department is 1.5 hours away through traffic.

Montyhp

 

[jimmyj]

Wow, I'm jealous. My Mahindra 33 horse is limited to 500 lbs on the bale spear. The curl cylinders stall out with a round bale on. Didn't look to seriously at Kioti because the service department is 1.5 hours away through traffic.

Montyhp

Little bales are no issue, but the monsters do stall the curl. It's a bit at the limit with these biggies, and they're fresh so the moisture content is still a bit higher.

But,.....dang it's fun.:thumbsup:

 

[jimmyj]

Now that I have the 3ph bale spear I'm off to the races! These bales are REALLY heavy and the spear is awesome. The front loader is barely able to lift them.

310 hours so far and she's still earning her keep. :thumbsup::tractor:

 

[lakngulf]

Now that I have the 3ph bale spear I'm off to the races! These bales are REALLY heavy and the spear is awesome.

That is a load for the CK30. My dad and brother used to move bales like that often with a BIG JD, but again I am not sure I could tackle it with my CK30. Good luck with it and "be peticular" (as my poppa used to say).

 

[dfkrug]

The tires are empty, no loading although if I did it again I'd get them loaded.

Impressive pix, JIMMY, esp the one with bales on the front and rear.

As you found, a backhoe is a great (and removable) ballast. I have the
older Kl130 loader, but I can still lift a rear wheel off the ground with the
hoe mounted. I don't fill the tires.

I tried some experiements and found I could lift over 1200# with the FEL
with no ballast at all, though I do not recommend it. Specs for FELs
never tell you what you can lift if you only need to lift the load an inch
off the ground.