Round bales on front linkage

[hally]

I was hoping to put the Fleming bale lifter on the front of a tractor with front linkage on for leading bales. However when it lifts it doesn't lift parallel but more tips forward as it goes up due to the geometry of the linkage
Can anybody think of a solution.TIA

 

[ollie989898]

I was hoping to put the Fleming bale lifter on the front of a tractor with front linkage on for leading bales. However when it lifts it doesn't lift parallel but more tips forward as it goes up due to the geometry of the linkage
Can anybody think of a solution.TIA

Hydraulic top link?

 

[Jameshenry]

Hydraulic top link an option ? If not you're going to have to make some alterations to correct the geometry

 

[Sharpy]

I was hoping to put the Fleming bale lifter on the front of a tractor with front linkage on for leading bales. However when it lifts it doesn't lift parallel but more tips forward as it goes up due to the geometry of the linkage
Can anybody think of a solution.TIA

Try using the bottom lower linkage holes and the higher top link hole on the lifter. Should cure it.

 

[Boohoo]

There should be 2 pairs of holes for the lower links, have you tried both? Failing that if you've got front and back double lifters just tip them with the one on the back. You'll need 2 spools piped to the front for a hydraulic top link.

Edit
2 on the front and 2 on the back is a quick way to clear bales a short distance, you just need a bit of space to manoeuvre because they feel wider than a 10ft mower on the road

 

[hally]

Only one set of holes , as it lifts it just tios the bale off forwards

 

[Boohoo]

Only one set of holes , as it lifts it just tios the bale off forwardsView attachment 787462

Sorry, I somehow got double lifter into my head. Hydraulic top link is the answer

 

[Scribus]

There should be 2 pairs of holes for the lower links, have you tried both? Failing that if you've got front and back double lifters just tip them with the one on the back. You'll need 2 spools piped to the front for a hydraulic top link.

Edit
2 on the front and 2 on the back is a quick way to clear bales a short distance, you just need a bit of space to manoeuvre because they feel wider than a 10ft mower on the road
View attachment 787454

Probably worth another thread but I've never seen any figures indicating at what distance the various methods of bale haulage become the most efficient. Ranging from one at a time on a fore end loader to 18 on a flatbed (for instance) via bale handlers and self loading trailers there must be approximate distances beyond which it's worth moving up to the next method. It's the 1,001 variables involved that make it hard to pin down I know, but anybody any ideas?

 

[Boohoo]

Probably worth another thread but I've never seen any figures indicating at what distance the various methods of bale haulage become the most efficient. Ranging from one at a time on a fore end loader to 18 on a flatbed (for instance) via bale handlers and self loading trailers there must be approximate distances beyond which it's worth moving up to the next method. It's the 1,001 variables involved that make it hard to pin down I know, but anybody any ideas?

There are too many variables to work it out. Distance, space at the stack, how level of not the field is, how wet it is, width of gates into rented land, stacking like sausage rolls or tins of beans......

 

[KennyO]

Only one set of holes , as it lifts it just tios the bale off forwardsView attachment 787462

What about at the tractor end, are there different holes there for top link?

 

[puppet]

Try a length of chain as a top link round the pin and then anchored back down to a lower point on the tractor linkage. As you lift it will tip the point up as it shortens. Bit trial and error to get it right.

 

[Johnny Deere]

I made bracket to put the top link point on the handlers higher because of this easiest way to figure it out is put on your handler on the front and drop it down on a flat surface.
You will then know the distance you need to bring the top link on the handler up.
If you make it level with the tractors front link mounting point then it will start tilting backwards as soon as you start lifting

 

[jonny]

I made bracket to put the top link point on the handlers higher because of this easiest way to figure it out is put on your handler on the front and drop it down on a flat surface.
You will then know the distance you need to bring the top link on the handler up.
If you make it level with the tractors front link mounting point then it will start tilting backwards as soon as you start lifting

Just a pity that the manufacturers couldn’t do that and leave the top link point 6” higher, much easier than resetting hydraulic top link every time you back into a bale.

 

[e3120]

Extend the top link point higher, either with a bracket off existing or with welder, to have more like 'buckrake' geometry. I use the remains of a wylie for shifting straw and it goes from level to 30 degrees back.

 

[Sharpy]

Extend the top link point higher, either with a bracket off existing or with welder, to have more like 'buckrake' geometry. I use the remains of a wylie for shifting straw and it goes from level to 30 degrees back.

This. We also have a single Fleming lifter and it does just as you say @hally . Other option is a lower top link point on the tractor.

 

[hally]

Thanks for that I'll get the welder out'

 

[fermerboy]

Be careful extending the top link mounting on the lifter. I seen more than one bonnet bashed in by the top link.

 

[Pennine Ploughing]

Try a length of chain as a top link round the pin and then anchored back down to a lower point on the tractor linkage. As you lift it will tip the point up as it shortens. Bit trial and error to get it right.

no no no don't try this, as it might tip backwards and damage the bonnet

 

[Bobthebuilder]

yes like others have said extend toplink point on lifter 6-8", have you anything else that you use on front that works ok that you can measure distance between top n bottom points

 

[hally]

yes like others have said extend toplink point on lifter 6-8", have you anything else that you use on front that works ok that you can measure distance between top n bottom points

Not really but it sounds a cheap and simple fix