Mini Clamp Fits Small Tractors

Mini Clamp Fits Small Tractors TRACTORS Accessories 26-5-26 Whenever he has to handle hay bales by hand, Albert Peugh's allergies flare up. Fortunately his father, Dean, is president of Messenger Manufacturing Inc., Klamath Falls, Oregon. To help his son, Dean designed a mini hydraulic bale clamp for utility tractors. The design is based on a full-sized hay clamp the company has been making for nearly four decades. The original machine, designed by Vern Peugh, Dean's father, also mounts on a front-end loader and can move 8-ft. square stacks of small square bales. Over the years, Dean improved on the design, but the size remains the same. The new clamp, named the Mighty Mini Clamp, comes in two sizes. The smaller has 36-in. arms that open to a 70-in. width. It clamps down to 30 in. wide which allows it to handle from one to six small square bales at once. The larger one has 48-in. arms that open fully to 72 in. and clamp down to 32 in. It can handle from 2 to 12 little square bales. Albert Peugh says the Mighty Mini Clamp will handle a lot more than hay. It can be used for other baled materials, like cotton, paper and cardboard. One clamp went to a strawberry nursery where it's mounted on an 80 hp tractor and used to handle bales of sheet plastic. The Peugh's designed the Mighty Mini so both front forks can be moved hydraulically. That lets them clamp from either direction or both. It can also be fitted with a barrel handling attachment for picking up round items. The Mighty Mini is designed to fit front-end loaders on 18 hp and larger utility tractors. It sells for about $3,200. Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Dean or Albert Peugh, Messenger Manufacturing Inc., 5156 Harlan Drive, Klamath Falls, Ore. 97603 (ph 541 883-3434; fax 541 884-9162; E-mail: c2hyd@cvc.net).

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