Neighbors have one that picks up 12 from the field per trip. Their round baler had a kicker to turn the bale sideways when it rolled out of the baler so the picker could drive up and down the windrows to pick up the bales. Pretty time efficient system.
This is ours. I don’t need to have the bales turned to drive up and down the windrows, the arms on this will spin the bale 90 degrees as it picks the bale up. It carries 14. But it will not haul 7-800 bales a day unless you are only hauling to the edge of the field.
I know a lot of northern people who feed with a pickup and a hydra bed. The majority of northern rancher don't get any where near the snow that you get.
They use them in the Dakotas, Nebraska, Montana, Wyoming, Idaho, Utah, Oregon, and Washington. You know parts of the world that really matter.
You do know that there are places in this world that don't get 20' of snow a year don't you? We feed with a pickup all winter because it's easier and faster than a tractor. We live on gumbo black land mud and get along just fine 90% of the time. I think it'd be better if the ground froze and stayed solid in the winter. Besides feeding we use our balebed trucks like a tractor all year. We hang gates, move feed troughs, move implements, pick up heavy stuff, etc. I would hate not to have one. Bale beds are a bargain when it comes to farm/ranch equipment.
Query regarding rough country logging forwarders... as they were suggested for use as a potential practical bale hauler/feeder in the winter... And followed by a comment regarding "bale beds on pickups" suggesting that they're not of much use up in the North Central regions, because of deep snow.
And there lies your answer @Bob Kinford.
Awesome... just exactly what I've been looking for!
As big a load as that is hauling, I could feed alot more critters than I am...Silver, I don't see a brand on your rig... what is it? I assume you "preferred" the double arm loader to those you see with just a single arm and then they "throw" the bale to the far side kind of, YES? And why? Have you used one of those single loader rigs to offer first-hand observations/comparison? Looks like you're using the smaller diameter bales... very nice and green though (perhaps even silage??? and then headed to an inline wrapper???). Any issues with the loader being able to lift a really heavy bale (i.e.: bale weight maybe starting to approach the limit on the lift, like silage bales maybe)?
It’s a Farmking 2450. I don’t know that I prefer it to a single armed loader because I’ve never used one. I do like the ability to load from either side.
