buickanddeere
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Anybody here handle whole small square bales of hay or straw with forks. Instead of grasping the bales via the strings by hand?
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Anonymous-0
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The story is that Gene Adler from Revillo,SD used to load trucks all day that way, biggest problem was finding good handles for forks.
Chas. Ont.
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Buikandadeere; When small balers first became popular a lot of farmers cut off the tines on some of their old forks. They were used to forking loose hay. The forks some were retired. The young people who grew up with the small square bales like the strings for the hay toss. I do know two older farmers who still use forks for their hay. A dying breed, I'm afraid.
Chas.
Chas.
Zachary Hoyt
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I don't like to use a fork but I do use a hook on a handle. It makes handling bales easier and it means I can reach a little further.
Zach
Zach
JimB2
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Yes, I used to use a fork on small square bales until we got a thrower and then only used fork to place on elevator. Broke a few handles. One time I was baling for my uncle and the baler threw a loose bale, my uncle proceeded to throw the loose bale into the pickup with a fork, next thing I see chunk of hay and fork going into the pickup. I stepped on clutch but flywheel on baler kept going, the tines of the fork were half way into bale chamber when plunger came back and trimmed the tines to half length. Had 3 nice nicks in the bale knife.
JimB
JimB
Yes, I do it every other day from the main stack, 2 long ways, 4 perpendicular, 3 layers each one you switch that pattern opposite to the one below it, so 18 bales + 4 on top to weight it down, cut ends up on the 3 tiers below, ones on top can be flat. works well enough, 22 bales, on an over size pallet, just longer, and from the stack to the barn, both barns are close together, saves me from carrying from the stack and re-stacking, quick tach pallet forks have saved me all kinds of labor since I got em.
buickanddeere
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Was watching the local Scottish Heavy Games last Saturday. Among other events such as throwing Power Line Poles.They were having a "sheaf" tossing contest using a pitch fork and an adjustable high bar.
With a little practice, somebody might walk in from the farm with their favorite bale fork and do ok.
Trying to book a spot at the Heavy games school this coming August in Fergus.Interesting competition and want to give it a try before getting older and more decrepit.
With a little practice, somebody might walk in from the farm with their favorite bale fork and do ok.
Trying to book a spot at the Heavy games school this coming August in Fergus.Interesting competition and want to give it a try before getting older and more decrepit.
Anonymous-0
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I think it's called a Taber toss where they flip the poles as far as they can. Dave
Anonymous-0
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caber toss
buickanddeere
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According to the rules by the same people who invented the rules for golfing.
The caber/utility pole toss. Is about getting the caber end over end and pointing as close as possible to 12:00 o'clock.
The caber/utility pole toss. Is about getting the caber end over end and pointing as close as possible to 12:00 o'clock.
Anonymous-0
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I use a fork. If anyone handles small squares and never used a fork, you should try it. Takes a little getting used to, but much better reach and leverage for thowing and stacking.
Dave
Dave
The Swanndri Guy
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Like on "Milner reclame 2010" on Youtube? I guess it depends on how well the hay has been baled?TSG.
We had them hanging in the machine shed for those rare occasions when a cousin or someone from the city would come out to help. The regulars never used them and we free dropped the old squares for years and years behind a New Holland 77 Hayliner. Also used a chute when conditions permitted. We baled about 35,000 bales a year.
If you want to be impressed go to the Maxville games at the end of the month, they are the biggest in north america.
That's in my backyard. They get about 30,000 visitors over the two days and have about 60 pipe bands participating. This year there's a bunch of fiddlers coming from Cape Breton and Scotland. Should be a hoot..
That's in my backyard. They get about 30,000 visitors over the two days and have about 60 pipe bands participating. This year there's a bunch of fiddlers coming from Cape Breton and Scotland. Should be a hoot..
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