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Self-Unloading Big Bale Hauler, Feeder
"It works great and is about the simplest self-unload round bale trailer ever built," says Karl Palmer, inventor and manufacturer of a new bale-haul trailer that self-unloads and also doubles as a round bale feeder when fitted with removable sides.
Palmer, who runs a farm machinery re-pair business near Hamilton,
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Self-Unloading Big Bale Hauler, Feeder HAY & FORAGE HARVESTING Bale Handling (5) 14-5-27 "It works great and is about the simplest self-unload round bale trailer ever built," says Karl Palmer, inventor and manufacturer of a new bale-haul trailer that self-unloads and also doubles as a round bale feeder when fitted with removable sides.
Palmer, who runs a farm machinery re-pair business near Hamilton, N.Y., came up with the bale hauler for use on his brother's farm. It worked so well he decided to get a patent and put it on the market.
The bale hauler-feeder mounts on a standard wide-frame 4-wheel wagon gear. A sheet-metal A-frame runs down the middle. It's raised and lowered by two 3 by 16-in. cylinders mounted vertically underneath the A-frame, anchored to the trailer frame. Sides of the trailer tip inward toward the center A-frame so that bales stay in place when loaded onto the sides of the trailer.
Palmer sets bales onto the trailer from the rear, sliding all the bales ahead as each new bale is added. The 20-ft. long bale hauler handles five 4-ft. dia. bales per side (a total of 10), four 5-ft. dia. bales (total of 8), or three 6-ft. bales (total of 6).
To unload the 7 1/2-ft. wide bale hauler, you simply use hydraulics to raise up the center A-frame, which pushes bales off either side of wagon. The A-frame raises up 16 in., lifting evenly along its length thanks tc an equalizer valve plumbed in between the two lift cylinders.
If you want to feed bales out, or use the bale trailer to feed loose silage, you just slip in steel tube feeder panels on either side. Two men can quickly attach the panels, which extend out about a foot from the sides of the wagon.
"It's at just the right height both for young stock and for full-grown cattle. If ii gets muddy around the feeder, you just pull it ahead to a new location," says Palmer, adding that farmers who've seen the new bale trailer are impressed with its simplicity. "The most complicated thing on the trailer is the hydraulic equalizer valve, and that can be replaced for $100. Everything else is made out of heavy-gauge metal that's easy to fix or replace, if damaged."
Sells for $4,100 with running gear (car be mounted on your own wagon gear).
For more information, contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Karl Palmer, Palmer Equipment, RD2, Route 12B, Hamilton N.Y. 13346 (ph 315 824-2626 or 2525).
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