Xfaxman
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- Guthrie, OK
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- Toolcat 5610 G - Bobcat V417 - TORO+Loader
I can vouch for how handy the UltraFork is. It should work fine for the 4" bales.Hi Everyone.
I would be the "My son" the OP mentioned. Thanks for the replies thus far.
To address some questions / concerns voiced thus far:
The tires are loaded and we are in the process of building a ballast box as well.
Bale size will mostly be 4x4 (maybe a 4x5). We are "hobby farmers" and will most likely only be moving 2-3 bales a season at most and not for very long distances. We don't really need to lift for a lot of height to stack / unstack but being able to unload a roll from a truck/trailer would be nice. I'll just push/drag it off and then pick it up w/ the 3pt if I have to.
The reason he said "forks" vs spear is that being such low use we're looking to use multipurpose attachments instead of buying a lot of different "job specific" ones.
Right now this one (SpeeCo Ultra Fork) is my leading choice as we can use either the loader or the 3pt as the size/weight dictates for bale movement, still have limited pallet fork capabilities, and also use the forks to move some brush / debris.
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Thanks again for the advice and info. Please keep it coming.
I had to add a longer spear for the 1400 pound, 5x6 bales that we use.
I added angle brackets for picking up the 2000 pound feed bags, a light duty receiver hitch for moving bumper pull trailers and a heavy duty receiver hitch for gooseneck trailers.