Moving Round Bales of Hay

RS69 · Mar 25, 2018

Greetings,

I have a 1610D with a Bushhog FEL, I wanted to see what folks are doing to move their round bales of hay? I built a quick attachment for the bucket, so I can remove it and was thinking of using a pallet forks. However, after reviewing the weight of the bales 800 to 1300 pounds, this might be too much for it.

So option #2 is a bale spike/forks attachment on the 3 point hitch. Is there one already made that folks are using? I see some on Amazon, but they state they are for a CAT 1 3 point. However, I know that some CAT 1 implements are not a direct fit for some of our Yanmars.

Thanks,

Rick

normde2001 · Mar 25, 2018

You are going to need a much bigger tractor to lift an 800 lb. hay bale.

RS69 · Mar 25, 2018

I have a bigger/older tractor, however, the Yanmar is my utility tractor. The other tractor is a AC D12(no FEL on it). This is my parade tractor and thinking about the 3 pt hitch bale spike option on it if the Yanmar cant support. I have seen a youtube video that someone was using a Ford 1900, and I was thinking this was about the same size/capacity of the 1610d which they used a spike on the 3 pt hitch.

normde2001 · Mar 25, 2018

The Ford 1900 is a lot more tractor, 11 more hp and 1000+ lb. heavier.

RS69 · Mar 25, 2018

Ok, thanks for the follow up. I will look into options for the AC tractor.

Xfaxman · Mar 25, 2018

Pallet forks on a 3 point need a hydraulic toplink to be effective moving round bales.

Here is what I have, it fits SSQA and the 3 point: SpeeCo Products