Hay accumulator from a long back some 50 yrs. ago

Anonymous-0

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I help a farmer some 50 years ago that had a machine that pickup hay off the ground that hooked on the side of a hay wagon one bale at a time it pick the hay up brought it up to you on the wagon for you to stack. What was this machine called. thank you.
 
Bale loader.
Look like this?
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A bale picker upper????LOL Don't know what they are called. But saw one at a sale last summer, if it had not been 100 degress out and looking like it would be six hours b-4 they got to it, I would have tried to bring it home. I have seen drawings of homemade units on Iowa State Univ. website I think. I believe they used a model A or T rearend to power it. gobble
 
We had one in the early fifties. It was ground driven by its own wheels. Was hooked to the front bumper of truck and worked good. We custom stacked alfalfa bales in 4000 small bale stacks. Got ten percent of bales for our work.
 
Ive got one thats back in the 40s/50s. It has a 10ft dia wheel, metal, that is set at a 45# angle. It is ground drivin. The hay comes into the chute and against the wheel which, with rods on it around 3in above the main frame, pick up the hay and take it 1/2 way around the wheel. At the top there is a diverter that lays the bale on a table where it is picked off by the hay loader person.
 
The one we worked with was a Henrey bale loader. Tempermental, but sure saved a lot of jumping down off the wagon and tractor.
 
My uncle had a Henry, green, somewhere between JD and O. Dad bought it at his estate sale in 65. Dads bales was so light that they would buckle up in the chamber. That bent the front side tin piece. Dad had a couple 2 X 2s put on it which helped.
he also bought a hay trailer that was made out of an old bus or truck. One axle. The maker had bent and bolted onto the wood floor 2 pieces of strap iron over each wheel, with 3 cross pieces to make it ridgid over each wheel. It made it a pain, as the wheels were inset into the floor. AND, When stacking hay, They wernt at the right place to space a bale between the front of the guard, and the bale in front of it. ALSO, The tire was around 1/2 the thickness of a bale high, so that when we was doing the second tier, the bale couldnt lay on the guard as it was lower by 1/2 than the 1st tier. That was near 50yrs ago.
 
Dad built two bale loaders in the 50s-----for use behind an AC Roto-Baler. First one was mounted on a WC, pto driven, loaded the towed wagon. Turned the left drive wheel out, bale went under the rear axle. Second one, pull-type, straightened the bales to be picked up, was ground driven with Ford transmission. I posted pics a couple years ago, but PhotoBucket changed format, don"t know If I can re-post them. His second idea was way better- no mounting involved, just hook up and go for a load or two...We didn"t have a welder or drill press then- just a forge. He bought a Craftsman half inch drill to build it- big purchase in the late 50s!
 
Google Wrenn Hay loader. It sounds like what you are describing. It will work a good man to death if not carefull. It hooks into the front standard on the trailer or truck you are loading. It is ground driven up an incline to the top. You can adjust the height for higher trucks.
 
Maybe look at New Holland number 46 bale loader, picked one up, saved one from scrap, this one is suposed to be set up for AC roto balers and have not seen it in action, but am trying to get it back in service. The date on manual is 1952. Looks like it would be better than handling from the ground. As long as the bales are consistant and in line.
 

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