hydraulic hay unroller

[scf84]

anyone ever built there own hydraulic hay unroller? the 3pt type that turns the bale and slings it off to the side. gonna to build one this yr and wondering if yall have built any and would like to see some pictures and ideas of what yall used to make them. any idea what rpms i should be aiming for?

 

[dun]

I had one, hated it. Unless the bales are perfectly balanced the bale as it turns will dam near beat you to death with the shaking. Rpms are most easily controlled with a reducer in the hydraulic connection from the hdraulic motor on the unroller. The actaul speed you control by how much you move the controls. Probably the biggest irritant is that you can;t get all of the bale to come off that way. The core will be wedged pretty tight on the apikes that hold onto the bale. I had to sue a second tractor and bucket to strip the cores off of the unroller.

 

[dun]

This is the one I had but mine was set up for a 3pt vs a skidsteer
http://worksaver.com/product/SpinOff.html

 

[hurleyjd]

anyone ever built there own hydraulic hay unroller? the 3pt type that turns the bale and slings it off to the side. gonna to build one this yr and wondering if yall have built any and would like to see some pictures and ideas of what yall used to make them. any idea what rpms i should be aiming for?

Do you have a front end loader with forks. It needs to be two forks mounted low. If you do then this is how I put out hay. I remove the string or net set the roll down and back up and spear the bale about 12 inches from the top lift the bale you may have to shake it a bit the hay will peel of to either side. Then pick up the bale and back up shaking the bale as you go. If the hay is pretty sorry then the cows will not clean it up. Good quality and the cows will eat everything but the hay that was on the bottom of the bale that had rotted.

 

[John SD]

http://talk.newagtalk.com/forums/thread ... 1#M1397338

 

[scf84]

i do not have a front end loader, wish i did

 

[John SD]

i do not have a front end loader, wish i did

You really don't need a loader if you have a big enough tractor with a Cat II 3pt hitch. Depending on the size of your bales, I'd say 50-60HP minimum. If the tractor is borderline, a loader up front would help hold the front end down on a smaller tractor.

I used a 3pt bale fork on a Ford Major with 5x5 bales for years and got by. 800 lb bales were easy. 1300 lb bales were a bit too much. Rolled bales out downhill by pushing them with the front tractor tire. Worked good until snow got too deep.

Had to go in reverse when I had a heavy bale on because if I drove forward the tractor did wheelies and I lost the bale :lol: :lol: :lol: