Bale wagons for square bales

SHALER · Apr 5, 2020

I have a couple metal "kicker bale wagons", "bale thrower racks" or whatever your area of the country calls them. As far as I know, the construction of mine are common.
The rear gate is pinned to both the sides of the wagon so you can either open the gate to the left or the right when unloading bales from the rear. My 'problem"- the
gates do not open all the way to get perpendicular to the sides of the wagon. Instead of opening 180 degrees, maybe they open 150 degrees or some such. The way the
pinned hinges are on rear gate do not allow it to open 180 degrees. I have a sliding door on the side of my barn. In order to unload from rear, the closest you can get to
the barn is about 5 feet( since the bale wagon rear gate wont swing all the way perpendicular to the side of the wagon.> Any suggestions of any easy mods I might make to
allow the rear gate to open more? Hope you get my question and I dont need to consider posting a video......

flying belgian · Apr 5, 2020

I assume you only need it to open one way. Take the pins out and clamp the gate to one side. Now cut the hinge bushings off the gate. Now put the pins in those bushings as well as through the bushings on the rigid side and weld them back on the gate. Make sense?

showcrop · Apr 6, 2020

I think I see what Flying Belgian has posted. Here is my stab at it. install new hinge pin points out to the rear and side 45 degrees looking down from above, from either the rear or side. Approx. three inches out should do it. Then extend new hinge arms from the door to the new side hinge points. This will result in the new hinge side of the door being out maybe two inches to the rear than it was, but it should swing right around.

Farmer Rock · Apr 6, 2020

if I understand correctly,you are pulling up next to a barn to unload from rear?why can't you just open it in the opposite direction so you can get real close?

Rock

dcarp · Apr 7, 2020

If the barrel of the hinges faces away from the wagon remove the hinges and reinstall them with the barrel facing toward the wagon.

showcrop · Apr 7, 2020

(quoted from post at 06:01:12 04/07/20) If the barrel of the hinges faces away from the wagon remove the hinges and reinstall them with the barrel facing toward the wagon.

dcarp, are you familiar with the hinges on these wagons?

dcarp · Apr 7, 2020

Showcrop, I haven?t seen a square bale wagon in over 60 years so I would say no. Actually, haven?t seen a square bale in a very long time either, strictly round bale country here. Was just thinking how most hinges work and offering a different take. How about a picture of some of those hinges.

showcrop · Apr 7, 2020

(quoted from post at 10:44:50 04/07/20) Showcrop, I haven?t seen a square bale wagon in over 60 years so I would say no. Actually, haven?t seen a square bale in a very long time either, strictly round bale country here. Was just thinking how most hinges work and offering a different take. How about a picture of some of those hinges.

dcarp, here is a pic of my wagon. I used to have three but one does the job now. You can see that the hinges, at least on mine are simply tabs welded on with holes where the pins drop in and can be pulled from.

My suggestion where new tabs are welded on at a 45 degree angle out to the side and rear will allow the gate to swing right around 270 degrees right out of the way.

dcarp · Apr 7, 2020

I missed the important word, metal, on the original post. So that suggestion was based on wood. These are pictures of one of the hinges on my cattle trailer. The hinges setup at a angle like Flying B & Showcrop suggested. The gates only open from the middle but they will fold up even with back of the trailer so you can back up flat & flush to a wall. So if they were pinned in those bushings they should open flat. First pic is looking at hinge straight down the side of the trailer, gate on left, trailer frame on the right. 2nd photo is from the top frame on the right, gate on the left.

dcarp · Apr 7, 2020

Showcrop, I like the wagon and the gate. Simple, easy to use, and sturdy. Putting the tabs at an angle will absolutely work the way he wants them to. The pic?s of my cattle trailer hinges, use the same angle setup, just hinges not tabs. Just don?t look at the welding on them unless you want to see some ugly welds.

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