Bale Spear - Front or Rear??

[Bison]

here is my bale feeding setup,4 at the time with an 32 yr old 80 hp belarus

 

[RPW]

Boy talk about driving blind.... You would have to have two people one to drive and one to spot just to move that many bales at a time. I would be fun to watch though.

 

[bigbull338]

you need front an rear forks both.an with your small tractor always pick up the back bale 1st,an then pick up the front bale.with your tractor all id want to lift is 4x4 4x5 or 4x6s.

 

[Bison]

Boy talk about driving blind.... You would have to have two people one to drive and one to spot just to move that many bales at a time. I would be fun to watch though.

Typicly from a guy that has never done it and don't know what he is talking about

 

[CompactTractorFan]

i find i can operate in awkward positions if the price is right.

:thumbsup:

 

[F250DSLPWR]

I have both a FEL loader spear and a 3pt spear. Moving two bales at once is a whole lot better than moving one at a time and having to make more trips. I don't recommend a "bucket" bale spear for the FEL. Hopefully you have a quick attach on your FEL, if so get a quick attach front bale spear. I built mine and love it. The bucket spear I didn't like at all.

 

[Grateful11]

We only use a spear on the front with our L3940. We have loaded rear tries and our bales are 4' wide and usually about 4' in dia. We have no trouble at all moving them and bales are moved here daily. No weight box, no box scrape, but we know the limits and safety always comes first.

Bison I'm not trying to be a smartarse or anything and you've probably been doing this for many, many years but it's got to be a bit tough to see where you're going. We can put our small bale down low enough to see over it. Maybe with that size tractor with a loader you are able to see up and over the bales and where you're going.

 

[blueriver]

Let me help you spend some money and give a plug to Everything Attachments. Here is a combo 3PH/FEL bale spear. You can put it either on the front or rear. Buy this and use the money you've saved to buy a set of pallet forks too. Just for insurance, take your wife to dinner and buy her some flowers before it's all delivered.:thumbsup:

Good one ... or Hay spear and Pallet Forks Combo ... I like mine. Same frame uses either the forks or the spear.

 

[slowzuki]

I put up rounds with just forks for a few years with my L5030 Kubota. Sucks getting the stab right. It easily handles 2x 4x4 dry rounds without counterweight.

Used the neighbours front spear the next couple of years, then went back to squares. I was given a chain on bucket spear and have been feeding out a few of the old rounds in the back of the shed with it. Works ok.

I didn't use a rear spear as one tractor would run the wagon around while I loaded, never had to drive far with the bales.

 

[Bison]

We only use a spear on the front with our L3940. We have loaded rear tries and our bales are 4' wide and usually about 4' in dia. We have no trouble at all moving them and bales are moved here daily. No weight box, no box scrape, but we know the limits and safety always comes first.

Bison I'm not trying to be a smartarse or anything and you've probably been doing this for many, many years but it's got to be a bit tough to see where you're going. We can put our small bale down low enough to see over it. Maybe with that size tractor with a loader you are able to see up and over the bales and where you're going.

Gratefull,i know the layout of my trails and gates so I know where i'm going,and when i lift the loader i can see under the bales far enough ahead to stay on track,the rest is experience.Besides that,there ain't much to run into on a open pasture is there.
When i feed in a corral i take only 2 bales with me,1 up front 1 behind.