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<blockquote data-quote="SRBeef" data-source="post: 717659" data-attributes="member: 7509"><p>Thanks for posting the picture - a picture may be worth a thousand words as they say....</p><p></p><p>A bale spear should NEVER fail by breaking as shown in your picture. NEVER!</p><p></p><p>There is something wrong with the steel used in that spear. A spear should fail by bending but hardly ever do that. I'm not sure but think there is a related reason that spear would not esily come out of a bale.</p><p></p><p>I suspect that because it was such poor steel a larger diameter was used than ordinarily necessary.</p><p></p><p>I would STRONGLY suggest you purchase a FORGED, TAPERED spear with tapered receptacle and nut and have someone securely weld the receptacle to your frame and get that POS steel rod off of there. That thing breaking like that is downright dangerous.</p><p></p><p>Here is a link to the type of spear I am talking about. </p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.hayspear.com/c=SCYkBiXVd2Fc1ZcfBHkmSUc62/product/BS48TS/48_inch_Forged_hay_bale_spear_Tapered_Sleeve_Nut__BS48TS.html" target="_blank">http://www.hayspear.com/c=SCYkBiXVd2Fc1ZcfBHkmSUc62/product/BS48TS/48_inch_Forged_hay_bale_spear_Tapered_Sleeve_Nut__BS48TS.html</a></p><p></p><p>Most farm supply stores carry them also. Use a couple short pieces of flat bar to make sure the receptacle is soundly welded to your existing frame. Make sure the welder grinds any paint off of the welded areas before welding.</p><p></p><p>This type of FORGED tapered spear will come out of a bale pretty easily no matter how tight the bale is tied. The problem is not with your bale, it is with the spear. And trying to weld something to that crap steel is going to be dangerous also. jmho.</p><p></p><p>Jim</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SRBeef, post: 717659, member: 7509"] Thanks for posting the picture - a picture may be worth a thousand words as they say.... A bale spear should NEVER fail by breaking as shown in your picture. NEVER! There is something wrong with the steel used in that spear. A spear should fail by bending but hardly ever do that. I'm not sure but think there is a related reason that spear would not esily come out of a bale. I suspect that because it was such poor steel a larger diameter was used than ordinarily necessary. I would STRONGLY suggest you purchase a FORGED, TAPERED spear with tapered receptacle and nut and have someone securely weld the receptacle to your frame and get that POS steel rod off of there. That thing breaking like that is downright dangerous. Here is a link to the type of spear I am talking about. [url]http://www.hayspear.com/c=SCYkBiXVd2Fc1ZcfBHkmSUc62/product/BS48TS/48_inch_Forged_hay_bale_spear_Tapered_Sleeve_Nut__BS48TS.html[/url] Most farm supply stores carry them also. Use a couple short pieces of flat bar to make sure the receptacle is soundly welded to your existing frame. Make sure the welder grinds any paint off of the welded areas before welding. This type of FORGED tapered spear will come out of a bale pretty easily no matter how tight the bale is tied. The problem is not with your bale, it is with the spear. And trying to weld something to that crap steel is going to be dangerous also. jmho. Jim [/QUOTE]
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