Tractor front end loader - additional forward reach

[jack_c]

Neighbour uses their Massey 5713 to unload lorry loads of straw.

Where he brings the lorry in he has to unload all from 1 side.

His issue arises when he just can't quite reach the far side of the trailer. He has talking to me about having some something to give him that but more reach. I said I'd post it on here for him for some ideas.

He said 18 inches more would be ideal but obviously doesn't want it sitting out 18 inches all the time.

Has anyone on here done similar?

 

[C.J]

Switch to 1200mm wide bales.

What are those D1000 (600x900)

 

[Half Pipe]

Catch the bottom bale and gently drag whole pile across to unloading side

 

[jack_c]

Catch the bottom bale and gently drag whole pile across to unloading side

He's been unloading them for years like that but just would like something that he can lift them at the same time.

 

[Thomas5060]

Some kind of extensions jib between loader and spike?

 

[jack_c]

Some kind of extensions jib between loader and spike?

He saw this hydraulic one at a farm that he was collecting from and thought it was a good idea. However he doesn't need the extra height just the reach so thinking could simplify it.

 

[Will 1594]

Faucheux canybal , Or make your own like i did years ago out of an old back loader
Or base off an old hi tip bucket , Did one with a skid steer bucket on an 825 bobcat

 

[Half Pipe]

Stoll bale stacker h can't find direct link, but if you scroll through this web page

Bale Handling Implements by STOLL - Lynx Engineering

Bale handling implements for round or square bales, wrapped or not, there's a STOLL implement to meet your needs. Check out the range at Lynx Engineering.

lynx-engineering.co.uk

No experience of it though

 

[Mouser]

Be pushing loaders limits to put a heavy duty hydraulic linkage on end and have load 18 inches further out I'd have thought

 

[SMID]

A scissors linkage supported on 2 heavy spikes which would allow them to penetrate the bale allowing the extension to be retracted once the bales are lifted from the far side of the truck ?

 

[jack_c]

A scissors linkage supported on 2 heavy spikes which would allow them to penetrate the bale allowing the extension to be retracted once the bales are lifted from the far side of the truck ?

I'd been thinking like a back frame with bushes welded in, then a front part with rods to go through the bushes and a ram to push it in and out. That way could push it out when needing the reach but pull it all back in when the bales were spiked.

 

[Fendt516profi]

NEW VERTICAL ROUND / SQUARE BALE GRAB ,handler ,Mx, tractor, baler, trailer, | eBay

NEW SPIKED VERTICAL BALE GRABS. CAN HANDLE TWO BALES WITH EASE. IDEAL FOR ROUND OR SQUARE HAY OR STRAW. OPENS TO 1320MM BETWEEN THE END OF EACH OF THE 330MM TINES. ANY OTHER MOUNTS ARE AN OPTION BUT FITTING IS CHARGABLE.

www.ebay.co.uk

 

[SMID]

Aye that would be tidier looking .

I'd been thinking like a back frame with bushes welded in, then a front part with rods to go through the bushes and a ram to push it in and out. That way could push it out when needing the reach but pull it all back in when the bales were spiked.

 

[haybob]

Sods law says he will get rigged up with a fancy spike with extra reach, then baler man will have a upgrade to 1200 baler

 

[Nearly]

Put a gateway into the field at the other side?

 

[fieldfarmer]

How about 18 inch longer bale spikes, for just unloading lorrys ( buckrake tines), with a couple of pallets strapped up against the back plate to bring the tine down to the required length of one bale, cheap, quick and then change tines back for normal use.

 

[fieldfarmer]

Put a gateway into the field at the other side?

Yeah, and get him to park closer to the fence and just flick that run off bales off the side and get them after the lorrys gone.

 

[jondear]

Get a neighbor in with handler .Or wider bales .
Unloading with a tractor is dangerous imo.

 

[Mouser]

Get a neighbor in with handler .Or wider bales .
Unloading with a tractor is dangerous imo.

Is it even worth asking why?

 

[fieldfarmer]

Is it even worth asking why?

Probably not, I have 2 tractor loaders here and a handler, I just use what ever is available to unload with, don't feel the tractor s are dangerous in anyway and have the same headstock on so same attachments.