Big Bale Trailer Fitted With Loading Boom

Big Bale Trailer Fitted With Loading Boom BALE HANDLING Bale Handling (31B) 22-6-9 "It's the best way I've ever found for getting bales off the field and once you start using it, you find lots of other uses for it," says Mike Bernecker, Prairie Farm, Wis., about his "Bale Boomer" trailer for big bales that's fitted with a long-reach crane. "It has features not found on any bale trailer ever built. It'll handle mid-size square bales, large square bales, round bales, and plastic-wrapped bales. The trailer tilts back to unload its entire load at once and the bale boom pivots 240 degrees to load bales out to either side. It's also great for transferring bales to trucks for transport," notes Bernecker, who designed the boom trailer for his own use and had it built by a fabrication shop. It worked so well, he decided to put it on the market. You can use the boom trailer to retrieve bales from the field, feed them out to cattle (boom reaches into feeders or over fencelines), load bales from the trailer to a truck, load bales from a stack on the ground to a truck, and you can use the boom to handle equipment or do other lifting chores around the farm when it's not handling hay. The boom is a commercial cargo boom that Bernecker buys and fits to the trailer. He built a special grapple fork for it for handling any size bale. The grapple is fitted with hydraulic-activated smooth lifters for handling wrapped bales without puncturing them. The boom has a 17-ft. reach and can lift bales up to 2,400 lbs. Sells for right at $42,000. So far he's had the most interest from commercial hay producers and large dairy farms. Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Mike Bernecker, Bernecker BYD Tech, 279 10th St., Prairie Farm, Wis. 54762 (ph 715 455-1794).

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