Handling and lifting

Bale unroller

An agricultural tractor moves along a feed table with no animals; at the rear, a round bale of hay turns on an unroller and settles in an even strip; nobody is visible. — The bale turns, the forage settles in an even strip.
Synthetic image.

A round bale that turns or moves forward.
It unrolls or is shredded,
and falls into the trough or onto the bedding, without a fork.

Other names for this tool: bale unwinder, bale feeder, bale distributor, bale shredder.

The essentials

Family: Handling and lifting
Hitch: Three-point linkage, Euro hitch, loader or telehandler, depending on the model
Drive: Hydraulic, or power take-off for the rotor, depending on the model
Carrier machine: A tractor, a farm loader or a telehandler, not an excavator

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01 Use

What it is for

On the left, the bale turns behind the tractor and the forage falls in a strip along the trough. On the right, moving-floor version, where a roller teases out the bale and meters the output. Computer-generated image. — **Left:** the bale turns behind the tractor and the forage falls in a strip along the trough.
**Right:** moving-floor version, where a roller teases out the bale and meters the output.
What sets it apart:
the bale is unrolled or milled on the spot, and the forage falls in an even strip along the trough.
Computer-generated image.

**Left:** the bale turns behind the tractor and the forage falls in a strip along the trough.
**Right:** moving-floor version, where a roller teases out the bale and meters the output.
What sets it apart:
the bale is unrolled or milled on the spot, and the forage falls in an even strip along the trough.
Computer-generated image.

The simplest unroller spears the round bale on tines and turns it with a hydraulic motor: the forage unrolls on the ground, to the right or to the left.
Others place the bale on a moving floor that pushes it against a shredding roller or a rotor, and a guide comb meters the forage at the outlet.

This is the tool for feeding in the barn, bedding the lying areas and distributing in the pasture.
A single person picks up the bale, carries it and distributes it, without a fork.

A turning shredding roller or rotor does not forgive. Net and film are removed with the drive stopped, and nobody approaches the outlet during distribution.
The bale size accepted depends on the model, not on a generic figure.

02 What we check with you

On which machine?

It fits on a tractor, a farm loader or a telehandler, not on an excavator.
Depending on the model, it is hitched to the three-point linkage, to a Euro hitch, or to a loader or telehandler.
The tractor power, the hitch category, the loader hitch and the lifting capacity: we calculate them with you for your machine.

What the tool does

It unrolls bales; depending on the model, it also has a milling rotor.
The working width and the weight of the unroller: we calculate them with you for your machine.

What is needed on the hydraulic side

Depending on the model, it is driven hydraulically, or by the power take-off for the rotor.
The power take-off speed, the spool valves and the third function on the loader: we calculate them with you for your machine.

Your study sets the exact value for your machine.

Don't have these figures?
A photo of the machine is enough to start.

03 Your study

Have your equipment checked.

Describe your bales, what they contain, and the machine that will distribute them.
Specify whether the forage goes to the trough or onto the bedding.

What we need to answer you

On a tractor Its power in hp, and the power take-off speed: 540 or 1000 rpm.
The tractor hitch The three-point linkage category, and the spool valves available.
On a loader Its hitch, Euro or another, and its lifting capacity.
The 3rd function Present or not.
The work The use.

Without these details, the study still begins: we will ask you for them.

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Book an appointment with the specialist

Or call 01 84 16 55 49 · our lines are open 7 days a week, from 7h to 22h.

Written study within 3 working days, once the file is complete.

04 Choice

What determines the choice

01 — Unroll or shred Speared bale that turns, or bale pushed against a roller or a rotor:
fine metering and dense silage call for a shredder.
02 — The forage and the use Grass silage, hay, straw, for the trough or for bedding:
the knives and the comb are chosen with what is distributed.
03 — The distribution side Right, left, or both sides:
the direction of the alleys and the position of the trough decide.
04 — The machine and the hitch Three-point linkage, Euro hitch, loader, telehandler, trailed chassis:
a heavy unroller is better rolling on its own wheels than weighing on the linkage.

05 Check

What is checked before ordering

The lifting capacity It is checked with the heaviest bale loaded and raised, not empty.
The hydraulics Oil flow, double-acting spool valves, flow limiter:
we check that the machine turns the moving floor and the roller at the intended speed.
Passage through the building Alley width, door height:
we check that the equipped machine can move along the trough.
The guards Cover, shaft guard, distribution stop:
we check that they are in place before each use.

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