Round straw grab

[Massey Ferguson 6480]

Thanks for the replies everyone, few more brands to look at. Hoping a grab will speed up unloading trailers as i think with a twin spike there is too much time wasted tipping them off on there ends and stabbing them again to put into stack.

 

[e3120]

For tipping bales over onto their sides on trailers, and especially getting the 2nd layer back off again, look out for the brackets not being parallel to the bales. If you have to crowd back to get them vertical it gives a better chance of catching the far bale at height. The MX above has this. We added a link into our old grays where it pins together - big reduction in missed/torn/bust bales.

 

[RhysT]

We’ve got the big MX. Use it for unloading lorry loads of rounds on our Matbro
We offload 3 rounds at a time. You can fly offloading 70 bales off a lorry.
We usually keep the lower spikes off it as you can pick up 4 stringers as well without the spikes but need to put them on to handle 6 stringers.

 

[Jackov Altraids]

2021 MX DUAL BALE HANDLER/GRAB

2021 MX DUAL BALE HANDLER GRAB - As New, Never Used - Euro 8 Brackets - Vertical Stacking - C/w Manual - This Lot Is Part Of A Small Dispersal Sale With The Vendor Making A Change In Business Policy. Viewing & Inspection Are Welcomed

machineryauctions.stags.co.uk

 

[Jon 3085]

Get an old Grays grab if you can find one ,handles round bales easily.

 

[Dave6170]

Sometimes with the longer tines like on a ritchie type grab the tines dont come out of the bale when opening. They pull the bale with them, the shorter tines don't do this

 

[simmy_bull]

We’ve an mx one at work without the bottom tines it’s well built and grips much netter than the old grays ones I’ve used before.

height shouldn’t be an issue if you always stack in twos?

for example if I have a column of three or five always out a single down first and then doubles and you can stack right up to the roof.

 

[ollie989898]

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I've got one of these, G M Agri handlers, well made great thing

These look near substantial enough to lift big bales no problem and more importantly don't have any fixed horizontal tines so placing bales on a stack is easy. Bit like the heath grab, absolute weapon of a thing.

 

[Sandy]

Murray Machinery

The Murray Square Bale Stacker is designed to stack square bales up to 1200mm x 1200mm x 2500mm. The stacker consists of a central rigid box section frame with hinged gates at either side. The gates have curved tines bolted into sockets that are welded to the outer edge of the gates and are...

www.murraymachinery.com

Ive one of these great for square and round bales it will pick up hesstons to d1010 size, 6 4&4 rounds no problem even off the flat I can load a wagon and drag in 15 minutes with rounds

 

[Highland Mule]

View attachment 1029708Get an old Grays grab if you can find one ,handles round bales easily.

Ooft! You’d be loading in a hurry with the sky that black.

 

[Massey Ferguson 6480]

Thought i would update incase anyone was interested. Bought the 8 tine grab in the link at the start of the thread. Handles 2 bales with ease and even 4 rounds at a time if you really want to. Speeds up the loading of trailers out of a shed and wouldnt go back to a spike

 

[Still Farming]

MX Manubal V500 *UNUSED* Bale Handler (ST12742) | RJ and KD McLean Ltd – Tractors and Plant