Hauling round bales

SVcummins

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Receiver hitch bale spike
 
I always wanted to mount a bale spear to the flatbed but never did. I think if you had an old truck with leaf springs on the front you could make it work
 
Think I saw an ad for a bale spear that went in the hitch receiver and had an electric winch in the bed of the truck to tilt the bale forward would only work on a flatbed probably.A lot of people have the flatbed mounted bale lifts here that will also unroll the bale if you want.Most cattle farmers in my area unroll the round hay bales out in the field for cows.
 
(quoted from post at 06:24:16 02/20/21) I always wanted to mount a bale spear to the flatbed but never did. I think if you had an old truck with leaf springs on the front you could make it work

Truck in SV's photo is too Preppy for my use plus it sits too high off the ground for a disabled person such as I!

I've owned/utilized a flat bed with hyd bale spears on the rear for over 20 yrs. If you ever utilize bale spears on a truck you'll wonder why it took you so long to get a spike bed.

I've utilized my spears as a jack to raise frt of tractor/rake to change/air up flat tires,pull T posts,carry gates/panels crossways on spears requiring very limited manual labor.

Plus in my old age flatbed doesn't bend as easily when I accidently back in to objects due to my stiff neck!!! :roll:
 
I lived in Oklahoma in the late '90s. It was pretty common to see a pickup with flatbed, flatbed had an arm along each side, pivot pin at the rear; mounted vertically on other end of arm was a spiked disc, pointing inward. Back up to a bale, arms fold out, spiked discs grab the ends of the bale, pick up and put on the truck. Depending on the size of flatbed and bale, you could potentially have 2 bales on the bed and carry a 3rd on the extended lift arms. Never seen one here in south central Michigan, wonder why not, sure seems handy. Maybe someone should become a dealer?
Also frequently wondered why some farmer hasn't re-engineered their snowplow mount setup to haul round bales. Again, sure seems handy but I don't know the forces, hydraulic requirements, etc that would be involved.
 
The reason they are not used up here I. The north is simple. First, most cattle are fed in lots in the winter as apposed to out in the field. Second, half of the year the snow is too deep to get around with a truck in. Third, half of the rest of the year is too muddy to get around with a pickup. And fourth, the rest of the year we don't need to feed hay except those in cattle lots. Since you need a tractor for most of the year something like that on a truck wouldn't be very useful.
 
I am most probably in that small percentage that just doesn't understand how any so called rancher could play with a round bail while the cows in the snowy pasture are laying down due to weakness. I stopped watching because it was way to silly. I thought farming/ranching was serious business if one wanted to make a profit. Wingnut
 
Thats how it is here except we feed cattle in the field but the snow is usually too deep for trucks
 
Cattle lay down when they are content not weak . That kid makes all these videos doing the stupidest things he can think of . He bought this truck with money from making videos . I used to watch quite a bit but really not my thing after you watch a few they are all the same
 

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