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<blockquote data-quote="baleflipper" data-source="post: 884547" data-attributes="member: 16896"><p>Its easy to add weight to a hay bale,just add water! Ten percent moisture by volume can be a lot of weight. Front end on most tractors have 2 tires. the weights for ballast with a 3 point plow are limited to about a ton. When a front loader is installed it adds weight.I would suspect at least a thousand pounds. so if you are lifting a 1500lb bale you are over loading most front tires. They will stand up if you put enough air pressure in them but the life expectancy is shortened. 4 wheel drive tractors have bigger tires etc.They seem to hold up better with a loader. The cost of a bigger tractor is involved.</p><p> All of this is why I use my machine to load bales. As I get older I find climbing up and down from a tractor gets harder. I tend to get tired real fast from walking back to trailer to dump bales. The Ideal way to move hay is let some one else do it! That wont pay my bills,so Im still moving hay.</p><p>My latest machine has from the cab start so I dont have to get out and start loader engine. Best part is the lazy man hook up I came up with. The front section of the attachment rail extends out electricly so I can adjust it to hit the loader arms perfectly. That way I drive into loader ,pull it back against trailer and go bump first bale. I have shortened the cycle time to load a bale down to 45 secs.It takes about 15 seconds to get bale clear of the ground,rest of load time I drive to next bale. Loader unhooks itself after last bale,I kill it with remote. By doing all this I have eliminated lots of walking time. The unload is unchanged I still push a button and all bales dump.</p><p> The fact is there is no easy or free way to move hay,Most of the cost for hay is the labor and equipment to raise it and bale an move it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="baleflipper, post: 884547, member: 16896"] Its easy to add weight to a hay bale,just add water! Ten percent moisture by volume can be a lot of weight. Front end on most tractors have 2 tires. the weights for ballast with a 3 point plow are limited to about a ton. When a front loader is installed it adds weight.I would suspect at least a thousand pounds. so if you are lifting a 1500lb bale you are over loading most front tires. They will stand up if you put enough air pressure in them but the life expectancy is shortened. 4 wheel drive tractors have bigger tires etc.They seem to hold up better with a loader. The cost of a bigger tractor is involved. All of this is why I use my machine to load bales. As I get older I find climbing up and down from a tractor gets harder. I tend to get tired real fast from walking back to trailer to dump bales. The Ideal way to move hay is let some one else do it! That wont pay my bills,so Im still moving hay. My latest machine has from the cab start so I dont have to get out and start loader engine. Best part is the lazy man hook up I came up with. The front section of the attachment rail extends out electricly so I can adjust it to hit the loader arms perfectly. That way I drive into loader ,pull it back against trailer and go bump first bale. I have shortened the cycle time to load a bale down to 45 secs.It takes about 15 seconds to get bale clear of the ground,rest of load time I drive to next bale. Loader unhooks itself after last bale,I kill it with remote. By doing all this I have eliminated lots of walking time. The unload is unchanged I still push a button and all bales dump. The fact is there is no easy or free way to move hay,Most of the cost for hay is the labor and equipment to raise it and bale an move it. [/QUOTE]
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