Hay spear question?

[houser52]

I'm getting a new tractor next week and will need a new quick attach hay spear to move round hay bales. My old tractor has a spear that is a pin on type so I can't use it on my new tractor with the SSQA. That leaves me with having to get a new spear.

My old tractor had 1 long spear and 2 short stabilizers and that's all I've ever used. I have seen the ones with 2 long spears but not used them.

My question is... which type spear do you guys like the best, 1 long spear with 2 shorter stabilizers or 2 long spears? Does one stab the round bales easier than the other?

 

[RedNeckRacin]

I always used one long and two short until I started handling square bales. Now I use two long and haven't went back to the single for quite sometime.. Do the bales you handle have hard or soft cores?

 

[EddieWalker]

My rear, 3 point mounted spear is a single spear and two small stabilizers. If I don't get the spear fairly centered, it does move on me while driving. MY quick attach, front loader has two spears. I like it better. Very stable, it doesn't matter whey I hit the bale, it never moves while getting it out to the pasture. I also like that I can pick up my hay ring with it and place it over the bale. I guess a singe would do that to, but I don't really know for sure.

 

[houser52]

Thanks for the opinions.

My bales are pretty solid and the single spear has no problem penetrating the core. When stacked, the bottom bales don't smash much.

 

[Allan_Cen_Ont]

The easiest thing to do is get a ssqa plate and weld it on your old spear where the pin on part is unless you want to still use it

 

[houser52]

The easiest thing to do is get a ssqa plate and weld it on your old spear where the pin on part is unless you want to still use it

I would do that but the spear is being traded in with the old tractor.

 

[Tx Jim]

On my 1st Kubota FEL I had a single spear then my latest Kubota has 2 spears. I like the 2 spears much better than the 1 spear.

 

[houser52]

On my 1st Kubota FEL I had a single spear then my latest Kubota has 2 spears. I like the 2 spears much better than the 1 spear.

Thanks a lot. Any particular reason that you like the 2 spears better?

 

[powerscol]

I have two titan attachments (front and rear) that I bought mostly for the receiver hitch and GN hitch (both have removable hay spears). You might consider looking at these. Tools that multitask :thumbsup:

Titan 3 Pt Cat 1 Tractor Trailer Receiver Hitch, 49" Hay Spear & 2 Stabilizers
Hay Spear Attachments - Quick Tach Attachments - Tractor Attachments

 

[stuckmotor]

My Brother has a thick round 3pt hitch spear with two stabelizers. I used to borrow it and his tractor as well. When I bought my own tractor I got a double square spear.
The smaller double spears seem to penetrate the bales better. If i have to move more than five bales with my brother's tractor I prefer to switch his single spear for my double. I use the forks on the loader to move an additional bale and would much prefer using a double spear there too.