Which square bale handler?

[Danvd]

I'm looking to get a handler to do wrapped square bales of haylage, so just wondering what's out there, best types, recommendations e.t.c?!

 

[puntabrava]

Mchale

 

[Danvd]

Is that the one that acts like a pair of hands each side of the bale, or the over the top one? My dealer says they don't do the over the top one anymore??

 

[An Gof]

It's been done several times before. Just put Quadrogrip in the TFF search tool.

 

[jack6480]

Ajp

 

[sleepy]

I just bought elephant style one to mount on a forklift truck for stacking on pallets, the Broadwater ones are best but very expensive

 

[mrscottishfarmer]

I'm looking to get a handler to do wrapped square bales of haylage, so just wondering what's out there, best types, recommendations e.t.c?!

I asked a similar question a few days ago.(http://thefarmingforum.co.uk/index.php?threads/best-type-of-square-bale-silage-grab.23159/).
Going to order a f450 from albutt.

 

[sleepy]

I asked a similar question a few days ago.(http://thefarmingforum.co.uk/index.php?threads/best-type-of-square-bale-silage-grab.23159/).
Going to order a f450 from albutt.

The F450 looks good never seen one if them before? How much are they??

 

[Danvd]

I quite like the look of the quadrogrip, but at 418 kilo am I going to have to stick a weight on the back?! I don't really want to do that as will be unhitching and hitching trailer between collecting loads. It will be on a jdeere 6125R.

 

[sleepy]

I quite like the look of the quadrogrip, but at 418 kilo am I going to have to stick a weight on the back?! I don't really want to do that as will be unhitching and hitching trailer between collecting loads. It will be on a jdeere 6125R.

I would take a very close look at the Albutt F450

 

[Danvd]

I would take a very close look at the Albutt F450

The albutt looks good, width changes with the expansion of the side clamps so handy for smaller spaces, if I understand it right?

 

[sleepy]

The albutt looks good, width changes with the expansion of the side clamps so handy for smaller spaces, if I understand it right?

Yes. And the price sounds way more attractive than the crazy priced Broadwater. It looks almost like they just copied a broadwater one.

http://www.albutt.com/documents/F450.pdf

 

[Danvd]

Has anyone seen the handler from SGM engineering.? Or got one? Has paddles each end that slide over spikes, so can be used for both. Looks like there would be quite a lot of weight/pressure acting on the base point of the spike?

 

[sleepy]

I've just ordered one of these Albutt F450 grabs, I will let you lot know whether it is any good or not in a few days time

 

[DieselRob]

Has anyone seen the handler from SGM engineering.? Or got one? Has paddles each end that slide over spikes, so can be used for both. Looks like there would be quite a lot of weight/pressure acting on the base point of the spike?

I've got 1 here, really like it, we make 5.5ft haylage mini hestons and the arms open just wider than the bales, I think there is another set of holes for the ram to make it open wider but haven't looked too hard. Came in very handy when I broke my bale spike as you just undo a collar and slide the tubes off, it can nip tight enough to carry 2 bales of haylage if needed as well

 

[Simon Chiles]

I quite like the look of the quadrogrip, but at 418 kilo am I going to have to stick a weight on the back?! I don't really want to do that as will be unhitching and hitching trailer between collecting loads. It will be on a jdeere 6125R.

I had a Quadrogrip on both a JD 2850 and a 6400. Both of them shared a 640 loader ( quite a big loader on a 2850 ) and neither needed a weight on the back.

 

[smet61]

SGM grab will do the job and does round bales and straw. A lot cheaper, lighter, and easier to use than a Quadrogrip et al. It does not compress the bales breaking the plastic wrap seal, instead it wedges them like an archway keystone because the arms pivot and self adjust sideways to fit snug against the sloping ends of a bale.

www.sgmeng.co.uk/index.php/3/

 

[Danvd]

if your stacking unwrapped round straw/hay bales with the f450 or quadrogrip type squeeze, what stops the netwrap being damaged when you stick one bale next to the other and reverse out? or does this not happen?

 

[sleepy]

if your stacking unwrapped round straw/hay bales with the f450 or quadrogrip type squeeze, what stops the netwrap being damaged when you stick one bale next to the other and reverse out? or does this not happen?

Why would the netwrap get damaged?

 

[Danvd]

I just thought if you had 2 bales in close as you pull the machine out wouldn't the arms scratch against the net wrap? If your using spikes the bales are placed, no damage as spike in middle of bale.