Tipping bale tailer for unloading silage

yellow50HX

I was thinking of making a tipping trailer for bales.

My 1st idea was getting a ordinary 8ft trailer and just letting the bales roll off when I tip it but was worried about the bales dropping.

My second idea was to put in rails and let the bales slide off , kinda like the Americans do with hay. Any one use anything like this?

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=AJH8Y4T6eso

studdlymurphy

What about something like this?. :pac:

yellow50HX

studdlymurphy wrote: »

What about something like this?. :pac:

Would be much use round here, I'd say the undercarriage wouldn't last too long.

What I'm looking for is something cheap for clearing the fields for wrapping. Get a contractor to do the lot so looking a where can save a few bob. Bringing in the bales s one way, I can use the loader to fill the trailer in the field bring them to the yard. If I can unload it quickly and get back to the field I can keep up with wrapper.

reilig

Ours is a low trailer which has a spring loaded rear rack. The pivot point on the trailer is placed so as when it is tipped, the rear of the trailer is almost touching the ground. The bales don't have far to fall. As I said earlier in the week, it's a cashels trailer. If you google them, you might find one. I will try to get pics for you. We share the trailer with a cousin and he has it in his shed at the moment, but as soon as I get it, I'll get you a pic.

yellow50HX

Yeah that's what I have in mind. I have an old trailer stuck in the corner of the yard. The chassis is still in good knic but the timbers are gone, the axel is cracked and I took off the ram a few years ago to fit on another trailer. I reckon instead of putton a new floor i could make up frame for bales and if I extend the frame it should be able to get close to the ground. If I can get an axel with brakes that do.

Had a look at the cashel website and didn't see any bale trailer.

Muckit

It was up on the site there a few months back, but I see they have redesigned the site now. I'd say they didn't sell a lot of them and may have stopped making them.

They are a great idea, but most lads just use the trailer wit arms for less than half the price

pakalasa

I moved silage bales, with no plastic, a few years back with one of these Keltec trailers. You can drop them in an instant but tricky enough to load. Takes a while to get the knack of it. You have to balance the load as you load it, and you have to come in at the bale dead-on square, otherwise you catch it sideways and spin it.

49801

We have a old removable sides trailer that we put 5 bales on... 4 on bottom and one on top. Draw bales into a field next to the yard and just tip up the trailer and dump them.

The bales don't move and don't get strapped down.

Not had any bales fall apart yet but it is something we think about.

Contractor comes and wraps and stacks them to the yard for us.

Works ok... A dedicated trailer would be nice but not worth the expense for us.

yellow50HX

49801 wrote: »

We have a old removable sides trailer that we put 5 bales on... 4 on bottom and one on top. Draw bales into a field next to the yard and just tip up the trailer and dump them.

The bales don't move and don't get strapped down.

Not had any bales fall apart yet but it is something we think about.

Contractor comes and wraps and stacks them to the yard for us.

Works ok... A dedicated trailer would be nice but not worth the expense for us.

Have a 2m wide trailer but its a bit too narrow, it's ok when I have the back board on but I to take it off to tip it up so no saving there.

yellow50HX

pakalasa wrote: »

I moved silage bales, with no plastic, a few years back with one of these Keltec trailers. You can drop them in an instant but tricky enough to load. Takes a while to get the knack of it. You have to balance the load as you load it, and you have to come in at the bale dead-on square, otherwise you catch it sideways and spin it.

They are the job alright and there loads around here. You need a decent sized tractor for it.

redzerologhlen

pakalasa wrote: »

I moved silage bales, with no plastic, a few years back with one of these Keltec trailers. You can drop them in an instant but tricky enough to load. Takes a while to get the knack of it. You have to balance the load as you load it, and you have to come in at the bale dead-on square, otherwise you catch it sideways and spin it.

The contractor I worked for had one of the Malone 4 bale tunnels and there was a bit of a knack to using it but when you get used to it you would pick the bales faster than with a bale handler. Quick way to clear a field, I wouldn't like to bring one of those keltecs into heavy ground.

yellow50HX

redzerologhlen wrote: »

The contractor I worked for had one of the Malone 4 bale tunnels and there was a bit of a knack to using it but when you get used to it you would pick the bales faster than with a bale handler. Quick way to clear a field, I wouldn't like to bring one of those keltecs into heavy ground.

depends on the tyres. neighbour made pure ****e of 2 of his fields last year drawing in bales with a 5610 and small massey. the narrow tyres cut up the fields when the weight was on them with the bales, in the end he called a fella with keltec to clear the last field. That said the lad with the handler is a handy operator and only took 6 bales at a go but very little rooting. a good rule of thumb would be if you can get a big slurry tanker into the same field for slurry then it'll too.

grazeaway

reilig wrote: »

Ours is a low trailer which has a spring loaded rear rack. The pivot point on the trailer is placed so as when it is tipped, the rear of the trailer is almost touching the ground. The bales don't have far to fall. As I said earlier in the week, it's a cashels trailer. If you google them, you might find one. I will try to get pics for you. We share the trailer with a cousin and he has it in his shed at the moment, but as soon as I get it, I'll get you a pic.

reilig

did you dig out this trailer yet for the bales? woul dluv to see a few pics as i'd be intrested in getting soemthing similar, takes too long unloading the bale trailer

Dampintheattic

I cant find a picture on the web, but how many of you folks, remember the old horse drawn hay car?:eek:
Used to carry trams of hay. Solid timber floor. Rope winch in front. Mechanisim to allow the trailer tip. Reverse up to the tram. Young fell stands, on the very back of the bed, to create a bit of ballast. Old man pulls the lever. Trailer tips up. Rope winch unwound. Clasped behind the tram. Two ratchet levers in front, used to operate the winch, and haul the tram up on to the hay car.
As the tram moved up, the bed dropped slowly back into transport position:cool:
Back home to the haggard with the tram, on board.

If you are old enough to remember that, you have the basis of a plan to make something for bales.

reilig

grazeaway wrote: »

reilig

did you dig out this trailer yet for the bales? woul dluv to see a few pics as i'd be intrested in getting soemthing similar, takes too long unloading the bale trailer

Here's the cashel's brochure with a picture of it in the top corner



And here's the trailer itself:



We can load unwrapped bales onto it with the bale spike.

grazeaway

reilig wrote: »

Here's the cashel's brochure with a picture of it in the top corner



And here's the trailer itself:



We can load unwrapped bales onto it with the bale spike.

yeah that was teh kinda yoke i was thinkign about, i assume the rear tailboard is spring loaded or else has a quick release that allows it to open when the trail tips

nashmach

Interesting reilig, so it is just a fancy 16ft bale trailer on very small wheels.

How do those tyres fair out in wet conditions? I presume it is quite low to the ground if God forbid you got stuck:eek: Not recommended to put 3 up top I guess.

Conor556

http://www.donedeal.ie/otherfarmmachinery-for-sale/tipping-bale-trailer/5283738