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<blockquote data-quote="jcummins" data-source="post: 717568" data-attributes="member: 2587"><p>This is happening when trying to put bales on a trailer. I think the trailer surface itself is aiding in not holding the bale, when you draw the tractor back. Drawing the fork out of the bale when it is on the ground isn't as much of an issue. </p><p></p><p>Bez with as many persons eyeballing the spear and the bale when it broke…I don't think we missed having everything lined up as to the bale and the spear. The first stuck bale using the original fork before it broke, I was on the trailer next to the bail. There were several guys there eye balling how level the bale and the hay fork etc, and was trying to give input. Nothing we did seem to work. The person operating the tractor tried putting a lot of pressure down on the bail, trying to make the bale hold on the trailer, and that is when it broke. On this last loading, another person was on the ground giving feedback on the alignment of the bale and the spear…I was working the tractor. I got everything loaded….but was fighting them not wanting to easily come off the spear. The bales in both instances were baled with a very old Vermeer baler that my son-in-law used…and others commented they have never seen a baler bale so tight. It will not be used again, since this was a one off baling deal they used my tractor, I used their baler kind of deal. Also I'm done moving hay with the trailer for this year, so I doubt I have any more problems this year. If I do when feeding, I'm going to have to change something. BTW…this last problem I had, I moved the point of the spear from dead center to half way been center and the top of the bale…that help, but still the bales did not want to come off easily. </p><p></p><p> <img src="http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g27/jcummins42/Misc/0821091807.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>The replacement spear is slightly smaller in diameter than this and is no more than a round solid steel rod, with the tip ground to a point. In this last process of having the same problem I notice I've now bent this spear slightly upward. That probably needs to be bent back, since it could be part of the problem on this last loading. </p><p></p><p>I'm nowhere near as experience with this as many on this board, but the problem occurred with several guys watching, and no one really understood the why to it. I see some much smaller spears on the internet….are these better?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jcummins, post: 717568, member: 2587"] This is happening when trying to put bales on a trailer. I think the trailer surface itself is aiding in not holding the bale, when you draw the tractor back. Drawing the fork out of the bale when it is on the ground isn’t as much of an issue. Bez with as many persons eyeballing the spear and the bale when it broke…I don’t think we missed having everything lined up as to the bale and the spear. The first stuck bale using the original fork before it broke, I was on the trailer next to the bail. There were several guys there eye balling how level the bale and the hay fork etc, and was trying to give input. Nothing we did seem to work. The person operating the tractor tried putting a lot of pressure down on the bail, trying to make the bale hold on the trailer, and that is when it broke. On this last loading, another person was on the ground giving feedback on the alignment of the bale and the spear…I was working the tractor. I got everything loaded….but was fighting them not wanting to easily come off the spear. The bales in both instances were baled with a very old Vermeer baler that my son-in-law used…and others commented they have never seen a baler bale so tight. It will not be used again, since this was a one off baling deal they used my tractor, I used their baler kind of deal. Also I’m done moving hay with the trailer for this year, so I doubt I have any more problems this year. If I do when feeding, I’m going to have to change something. BTW…this last problem I had, I moved the point of the spear from dead center to half way been center and the top of the bale…that help, but still the bales did not want to come off easily. [img]http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g27/jcummins42/Misc/0821091807.jpg[/img] The replacement spear is slightly smaller in diameter than this and is no more than a round solid steel rod, with the tip ground to a point. In this last process of having the same problem I notice I’ve now bent this spear slightly upward. That probably needs to be bent back, since it could be part of the problem on this last loading. I’m nowhere near as experience with this as many on this board, but the problem occurred with several guys watching, and no one really understood the why to it. I see some much smaller spears on the internet….are these better? [/QUOTE]
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