Soft hands bale handler

GrasstoMilk

st1979 wrote: »

It weighs 220kg for tr3 according to there website. Is it that the bale is further forward than a normal handler.
I was not convinced about them before. But now I am and will buy one. Only negative i see is the normal handler is handy to use to move pallets when you remove rollers plus great yoke for loading 2 bales of straw at a time.
My McHale is probably ready for retirement and will be used for those jobs but I think the tr3 looks great.

One of those is on the wish list here too. Have the McHale roller type one for 16 years now and still going well, but have a second loader tractor and it means borrowing a stacker to have 2 tractors drawing and stacking. Dont like borrowing things more than a few times.
Maybe next year!

White Clover

st1979 wrote: »

It weighs 220kg for tr3 according to there website. Is it that the bale is further forward than a normal handler.
I was not convinced about them before. But now I am and will buy one. Only negative i see is the normal handler is handy to use to move pallets when you remove rollers plus great yoke for loading 2 bales of straw at a time.
My McHale is probably ready for retirement and will be used for those jobs but I think the tr3 looks great.

Would the trunk damage the plastic on bales of soft short grass? Would you have to squeeze the bale too much?

mr.stonewall

White Clover wrote: »

Would the trunk damage the plastic on bales of soft short grass? Would you have to squeeze the bale too much?

You're grabbing the bale where there is the most plastic on the ends of the barrel. There is usually 20 layers of plastic here. With the pipes or the soft paws, you have have 4 or 6 layersof plastic. Baled some surplus Monday. (Pancake wet bales) had one left in field as it was uneven number for the trailer runs. Between the hops and trots, only picked it up on Thursday. No damage moving it to yard with the handler. Would have used 3 rolls of tape with any other handler.

Find that weight of bale is closer to tractor. You would want approx 110hp. Like with all bales and loaders, counterweight of some form

davidk1394

RobinBanks wrote: »

Good timing that this thread was resurrected.

I am in the market for a bale handler for the font loader. I have a JX90 with a Quickie Q10 loader. Some points that would effect my decision on the type to buy.

I draw home the bales wrapped, are some types better suited to carrying wrapped bales or is it all down to the driver.

My tractor struggle to lift bales 2 high onto normal flatbed trailer using the standard pipe bale handler. Would soft hands be even more difficult because its a higher lift for the loader.


I want to buy pallet forks for the front loader but thought the standard bale handle where you can remove the pipes would do the same job.

There is allot more pro's and cons for all types but what are peoples experiences and what is the preferred type?

Have the standard bale handler and soft hands, both are rossmore. Soft hands used the whole time even for feeding. The other one is only used for loading hay or straw.

Soft hands will hold the bale out further. Best thing that came into the yard. You can handle any type of bale. Load or stack them anyway you want.

Mooooo

Just on the bale handler where you can remove the rollers, they aren't suitable as pallet forks unless it's a light load as the prongs would bend under a heavy load on a pallet.

Panch18

GrasstoMilk wrote: »

One of those is on the wish list here too. Have the McHale roller type one for 16 years now and still going well, but have a second loader tractor and it means borrowing a stacker to have 2 tractors drawing and stacking. Dont like borrowing things more than a few times.
Maybe next year!

Are ye still doing all yer own bales Grass or is contractor doing most of it now?

adne

RobinBanks wrote: »

Ya just wrapped. Other that that it's fine. They are well built. Poster above said Rossmore but if ya want heavy duty then prodig is the strongest.

Have to consider what tractor handler will go on. TR3 great for big 6 cylinder tractor but for the lighter farmyard tractor it is a bit much in my opinion.

How does quicke compare to rossmore and prodig in cost.

I thought quicke/alo was the strongest build

mycro2013

adne wrote: »

How does quicke compare to rossmore and prodig in cost.

I thought quicke/alo was the strongest build

There all in around the same price. 1300 Inc vat +/- 100.

GrasstoMilk

Panch18 wrote: »

Are ye still doing all yer own bales Grass or is contractor doing most of it now?

Doing about 500 bales and 70 ish acres in the pit for the dry period.
Contractor doing a good bit of the work now. I convinced dad this year to let the contractor do the big baling jobs and he could do the few surplus pddks and straw ourselves.