Quickie top grip bale handler

[Chips]

Anyone using or got views on these bale handlers https://quicke.nu/products/implement/topgrip/
I have bought a telehandler and so want a bale handler to unload wrapped round bales , currently I have a McHale twin roller handler which is great at loading bales but when it comes to unloading it can be difficult unloading bales on the top row of the load as there is little gap to get the rollers into especially with short leafy crops , not a problem with long high DM bales. And so thought an elephant trunk type handler would be good for this , the dealer who sold me the handler does either Quickie or Cherry products , thus it's either one of the above or one of these https://www.cherryproducts.co.uk/bale-handling/over-arm-bale-grab . The main difference being the quickie has a parallel linkage on the arm which I guess means you don't need such a gap between bales on the bottom row or is it just a gimmick ?

 

[DrDunc]

Quicke easier to slip hydraulic arm into stacked bales, but cherry x form is in a different league for better build quality and strength.

For years I've used the roller type grab to load wrapped bales in field and stack at yard. Same problem with top row bales harder get rollers into the gap. A solid centre Krone baler made things a lot easier, however.....

Borrowed a soft hands this summer and stacked them on their ends. Bales of better quality leaf silage have held their shape in the stack, and cartinf and stacking them was a joy, much faster and easier. You don't need to be straight onto the trailer each time, like with rollers and with the over the top arm type.

If it's only for round bales, I'd recommend a soft hands handler instead of the over the top type.

 

[tr250]

We have a cherry one and it’s good but you need to leave a good gap between them on the trailer but it’s easy to stack them up tight by crowding back and letting the far side fall into place. We’ve only used it for squares but I’m sure it would do rounds well enough.

 

[Bullring]

I looked a one last summer and will probably do something before this year. I have a roller type and last year I had a friend in to help with an elephant style, he was doing 5 trailer loads to my 3.5 both working in the same field as he didn’t need to worry about ripping them as much.

 

[neilo]

Quicke easier to slip hydraulic arm into stacked bales, but cherry x form is in a different league for better build quality and strength.

For years I've used the roller type grab to load wrapped bales in field and stack at yard. Same problem with top row bales harder get rollers into the gap. A solid centre Krone baler made things a lot easier, however.....

Borrowed a soft hands this summer and stacked them on their ends. Bales of better quality leaf silage have held their shape in the stack, and cartinf and stacking them was a joy, much faster and easier. You don't need to be straight onto the trailer each time, like with rollers and with the over the top arm type.

If it's only for round bales, I'd recommend a soft hands handler instead of the over the top type.

I have a McHale ‘soft hands’ handler and I stack my haylage bales in a pyramid. They are baled & wrapped in the field (contractor with Fusion), so I haul them wrapped too. I load them 2 high on the trailer, unload them to stack 3 or 4 high, and I only damaged 1 bale out of 440 this year.
Those bales I sell (most of them) are taken from the stack & loaded in lorries/trailers with the ‘soft hands’ as well, and very rare to damage one then either.

 

[Muddyroads]

Of the 2, I’d go for the Quickie. Been using 1 for years and get on very well with it. The main benefit over the Cherry is
that the arm falls between the bales once you get the technique, whereas the Cherry is rigid on the ram from what I can see and therefore has to be pushed between them. My reason for not having the soft hands is that the Quickie can handle squares as well. If you’re never going to need to do this, then the soft hands may well be worth a look.

 

[Chips]

I would lose three bales per load if I went with the soft hands due to length of trailer ,plus doesn't the science now say quality is better with them stacked on there round side not flat side due to them all sealing against each other, safer too wity kids around I have a sloping rear ripple that allows a bale to over hang IYSWIM.
Sounds like the quickie would suit me better then as I would want to leave the gap as small as possible due to very narrow lanes and gateways .

 

[Spencer]

One for sale here, hardly used if interested..