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<blockquote data-quote="James T" data-source="post: 1167387" data-attributes="member: 17369"><p>BF, Dun is right......depending on your rig. I have a bale spear that attaches to my bucket (sine '06) and have NEVER had any problems with it bending the bucket. But that's on <u>my</u> rig which is an '05, 64 hp, 2 wheel drive tractor with stock FEL picking up bales no heavier than about 1200 lbs and I have lifted hundreds of those. The other critical consideration is how the bale spear is engineered - how it disperses the weight on your FEl. I bought mine from Northern Tool back in '06 and it cost about $400. Looks kinda like:</p><p><a href="http://www.northerntool.com/shop/tools/product_200612296_200612296" target="_blank">http://www.northerntool.com/shop/tools/ ... _200612296</a> (this one rated for up to 1800 lbs)</p><p></p><p>Regardless of whether you use a clamp on like mine or a quick attach, you will have serious safety considerations - more so with the clamp on type due what Dun said. ALWAYS keep a heavy weight - like another bale - on the back of the tractor when moving a bale with the front end bale spear. Water in the rear wheels isn't enough. Any bale spear has to match up right to the bales weight and lift abilities of your FEL or you can have serious problems.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="James T, post: 1167387, member: 17369"] BF, Dun is right......depending on your rig. I have a bale spear that attaches to my bucket (sine '06) and have NEVER had any problems with it bending the bucket. But that's on [u]my[/u] rig which is an '05, 64 hp, 2 wheel drive tractor with stock FEL picking up bales no heavier than about 1200 lbs and I have lifted hundreds of those. The other critical consideration is how the bale spear is engineered - how it disperses the weight on your FEl. I bought mine from Northern Tool back in '06 and it cost about $400. Looks kinda like: [url=http://www.northerntool.com/shop/tools/product_200612296_200612296]http://www.northerntool.com/shop/tools/ ... _200612296[/url] (this one rated for up to 1800 lbs) Regardless of whether you use a clamp on like mine or a quick attach, you will have serious safety considerations - more so with the clamp on type due what Dun said. ALWAYS keep a heavy weight - like another bale - on the back of the tractor when moving a bale with the front end bale spear. Water in the rear wheels isn't enough. Any bale spear has to match up right to the bales weight and lift abilities of your FEL or you can have serious problems. [/QUOTE]
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