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Backactor Bale Spike

  • 06-09-2010 12:57pm
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    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,258 ✭✭✭


    Lads,

    Just came across this on Donedeal. Full?id=3922049


    http://www.donedeal.ie/donedeal/classifieds/viewFullPhoto.jsp?cid=3922050&ad=1537031


    Must admit, never saw such a contraption in my life.

    I'm interested in it as an alternative to a front loader for stacking hay bales in the shed, or onto a trailer etc.

    Has any of you folks, used or seen this gizmo used in the past.?
    Could I comfortably get hay bales stacked 3 high?
    On a 80 hp tractor with front weights, would the hay bale get too heavy when extended out from the back of the tractor and upwards to get reach?

    Appreciate any good input here, as don't want to spend the required moola on a front loader I would use for only a few hours in the year.


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 7,401 ✭✭✭reilig


    I know someone with an identical one of these. He draws bales of silage in the winter with a 110hp John Deere and a 30FT Trailer. He can pick up and drop off the trailer without taking it off the tractor. He can load bales 2 high on the trailer and its not at full height. You should have no problem using it for stacking hay 3 high with an 80hp tractor IMO.
    Tora Bora wrote: »
    Lads,

    Just came across this on Donedeal. Full?id=3922049


    http://www.donedeal.ie/donedeal/classifieds/viewFullPhoto.jsp?cid=3922050&ad=1537031


    Must admit, never saw such a contraption in my life.

    I'm interested in it as an alternative to a front loader for stacking hay bales in the shed, or onto a trailer etc.

    Has any of you folks, used or seen this gizmo used in the past.?
    Could I comfortably get hay bales stacked 3 high?
    On a 80 hp tractor with front weights, would the hay bale get too heavy when extended out from the back of the tractor and upwards to get reach?

    Appreciate any good input here, as don't want to spend the required moola on a front loader I would use for only a few hours in the year.


  • Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 12,809 Mod ✭✭✭✭blue5000


    Are these called a 'jackeroo'? If it is a jackeroo they work ok. Not on rough ground though.

    If the seat's wet, sit on yer hat, a cool head is better than a wet ar5e.



  • Closed Accounts Posts: 805 ✭✭✭BeeDI


    blue5000 wrote: »
    Are these called a 'jackeroo'? If it is a jackeroo they work ok. Not on rough ground though.

    I'd be mostly arsing around the yard, and into the shed:pac:


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 338 ✭✭ihatetractors


    Seen somethin similar in profi goin bac, fela had 4 bales on a similar contraption, take ur time and she'd fly it i'd reckon


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,258 ✭✭✭Tora Bora


    Seen somethin similar in profi goin bac, fela had 4 bales on a similar contraption, take ur time and she'd fly it i'd reckon

    Not sure what you mean by "four bales on it". Could you elaborate? This thing is one at a time.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,704 ✭✭✭dar31




  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,258 ✭✭✭Tora Bora


    dar31 wrote: »

    Hmmmmmm, dont see that the unit in this picture is the same as the one on donedeal. What I want from the donedeal version, is capability to stack hay bales minimum three high in the shed. I'm just not sure from looking at the picture, so I guess a trip to Roscommon is on the cards.
    I'm wonering also if it could be modified to take silage bale handler, to possibly stack silage bales 2 high, for storage. I guess that would be asking a lot though!


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 7,401 ✭✭✭reilig


    Tora Bora wrote: »
    I'm just not sure from looking at the picture, so I guess a trip to Roscommon is on the cards.
    !

    Regans are very easy to deal with. I've bought stuff from them in the past. I was in there last week for parts for a sprayer and they have a lot of machinery in stock. Ring them before you drive up there, they'll tell you what it can do.


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