Round Bale Mover for MF135

Hi all,

Personally I have no idea on machinery so please treat me as an idiot.

My in-laws had 4ac baled about 10 days ago. Unfortunately the weather window curtailed the drying time and rather than small bale hay they normally have it was baled and wrapped as big bale haulage.

We now have 11 bales which we have no way of moving. The contactors tractor can't fit into the bale storage area and we only have a Massey 135 of our own.

Is there an inexpensive rear linkage attachment that the 135 can cope with that will be able to move the bales without damaging them. I tripped over a bale spike in the undergrowth but we'd have to patch the bales if we used that.

TIA George
 

Bobthebuilder

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Mixed Farmer
Location
northumberland
Is there not a local farmer that can shift them with a small forklift with bale squeezer for a few beer tokens, if not then your bale spike should do fine just buy a role of patches from local ag merchants and patch the holes
 

1594mac

Member
Location
Northern Ireland
Morning I have to ask if they have been sitting in the field for 10/11 days? as they may have they settled and this would leave them difficult to move unless you have soft hands to shift them. I couldn't leave a bale wrapped and unattended for 30 minutes before the crows would have them pecked to pieces! I have two single lifters a standard duty and heavy duty which I'm going to move on but I think your a bit far unfortunately.
 
Morning I have to ask if they have been sitting in the field for 10/11 days? as they may have they settled and this would leave them difficult to move unless you have soft hands to shift them. I couldn't leave a bale wrapped and unattended for 30 minutes before the crows would have them pecked to pieces! I have two single lifters a standard duty and heavy duty which I'm going to move on but I think your a bit far unfortunately.
Afraid so.
There is very little bird activity in the fields and the bales don't seem to have sunk at all. Obviously they need moving asap but I am just the ideas guy, got to get my in-laws to actually do something!
 

Dry Rot

Member
Livestock Farmer
A couple of years ago I loaded a 16 foot trailer for a client with haylage bales (just one layer as it was behind a pick up) that had been in a stack for three years. They were all loaded with the muck fork with all but two tines removed. The holes were sealed with parcel tape. No problems.
 

1594mac

Member
Location
Northern Ireland
I'm not the fully educated in the process but I think the issue will be the fermentation process will have started in the bales if they are them spiked then the process is damaged, they will stand more handling later after the fermentation has completed. If it was my call and mine only seeing you don't have the crow problem could they stay in where they are at the moment and get hauled later in the year? Its too costly to end up with poor bales. Hopefully someone will give you a better steer than me.
 

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