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"Baby Carriage" Bale Hauler
Bale haulers come in all shapes and sizes but we’ve never seen one made from a baby carriage, until Michael Friedman sent in a photo of one he made from an old 1950’s- style baby carriage.
“I use it to haul small square bales to my goats. It was a low-cost way to make a bale cart,” says Friedman.
He sta
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Baby Carriage Bale Hauler BALE HANDLING Bale haulers come in all shapes and sizes but we’ve never seen one made from a baby carriage until Michael Friedman sent in a photo of one he made from an old 1950’s- style baby carriage “I use it to haul small square bales to my goats It was a low-cost way to make a bale cart ” says Friedman He started with an old bassinet-style baby carriage with a convertible top that can be slipped up or down “Some parts had rotted out ” says Friedman He stripped the carriage down to the frame and metal wheels and then used 2 by 4-in welded wire fence to make a basket that he attached to the carriage frame “I use it to make 2 trips a day going about 400 ft from my hay shelter to my goat pens so over the years I’ve put a lot of miles on it ” says Friedman “I can’t use it in deep snow Some day I’ll probably replace the metal wheels with balloon tires which would make the carriage easier to push ” Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Michael Friedman 231 Baker Rd Shutesbury Mass 01072 ph 413 259-1110; mfriedman@oit umass edu
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