Handling and lifting

Bale transport and bale spikes

A farm tractor carries at the rear, on its linkage, a round straw bale threaded on long tines; at the front, its loader holds a second bale on a bale spike, in a harvested field; no one is visible. — One bale in front, one bale behind, a single trip.
Synthetic image.

Spikes that pierce the bale,
or tubes that take it from underneath,
to load it, carry it and stack it.

Other names for this tool: bale spike, bale spear, bale fork, bale carrier, lift extension, linkage loader.

The essentials

Family: Handling and lifting
Hitch: Three-point linkage, Euro hitch, loader or telehandler, depending on the model
Drive: None, or hydraulic for opening, folding and lifting
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 spike drives its tine into the round bale and lifts it. On the right, the bale carrier carries the bale from underneath, without piercing it. Computer-generated image. — **Left:** the bale spike drives its tine into the round bale and lifts it.
**Right:** the bale carrier carries the bale from underneath, without piercing it.
What sets it apart:
the tine enters the bale, the tube carries it from underneath.
Computer-generated image.

**Left:** the bale spike drives its tine into the round bale and lifts it.
**Right:** the bale carrier carries the bale from underneath, without piercing it.
What sets it apart:
the tine enters the bale, the tube carries it from underneath.
Computer-generated image.

The bale spike drives one or more conical tines into the bale and lifts it, the bale transporter slides two tubes under the round bale and carries it without piercing it.
Depending on the model, the tubes open by means of a ram, the tines fold for the road, and a lift extension or a linkage loader gives height to a tractor that has no loader.

It is the tool of haymaking and harvest, of loading trailers and of feeding in the barn.
It carries one or more bales, at the front as at the rear, and frees the loader for the rest of the work.

A bale on the end of long tines is a lever arm. The balance of the tractor is judged with the bale raised, especially with a load behind and nothing in front.
The permissible load depends on the model, not on a generic figure.

02 What we check with you

On which machine?

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

What the tool does

It is used to carry and lift bales.
The working width and its weight: we calculate them with you for your machine.

What is needed on the hydraulic side

Depending on the model, it needs no power, or hydraulics for opening, folding and lifting.
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, the number to carry per trip and the machine that will carry them.
Specify the loading height.

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

04 Choice

What determines the choice

01 — Spike or carry Straw and hay are spiked, the wrapped bale is carried:
a tine that pierces the film spoils the forage.
02 — The number of bales per trip One, two, or more with an extension:
the distance between the field and the storage decides.
03 — The machine and the hitch Front or rear linkage, Euro hitch, loader, telehandler:
depending on the model, the same tool is fitted at the front and at the rear.
04 — The loading height Trailer, stack, hayloft:
without a loader, a lift extension or a linkage loader gives the missing height.

05 Check

What is checked before ordering

The lifting capacity It is checked with the bales loaded and raised, ballast included, not empty.
The tines and their mounting Length, sockets, number of tines:
we check that they suit the bales actually produced.
Driving on the road Tines folded or protected, overall width:
we check what the tool allows before driving loaded.
The hydraulic control None, one or two depending on the model:
we check that the tractor controls all the movements.

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