Looking for a quick attach bale spear to put on a kioti tractor that it has quick connect bucket. any suggestions on brand and where to find one at a decent price?
I've been getting replacement spears from Washburn Supply in MO. The 48" Big Bertha spear is about $100, haven't snapped one just by moving a bale, but on Christmas Eve night I snapped another one trying to be lazy and trying to spear some bale plastic while on the move. The Aground was hard and the speed was great....Google away there are all sorts of them but some are good and some are junk.I got one for a replacment and it broke on the first bale
I use that length spear with 4' bales regularly. Doesn't get annoying until I buy some 3x3s.Does anyone need a big long spear? I have just the spear (no frame ) in my shop from when I had a 5.5 ft wide baler...I don't need it anymore with a 4 ft wide baler..Its got the taper shank with the nut on the back like the one shown on the bottom of the page below...
http://cropcareequipment.com/haytools_foammarkers/bale-movers.php
I would like to find it a new home...
I agree. Most of the time you can get one built locally and save some coins.Im going to go a little off the reservation here and suggest you look for a local welding/fabricating shop.
I have an excellent ag/contractor Amish welding shop that builds top notch attachments cheaper than most of the junk you see on line from China.
Frozen tracks...all I gotta say...been there...Hey I appreciate this information as well. I was going to fabricate one up myself for my bulldozer.
Hey you guys know me, why use a tractor when I can put my bulldozer to good use moving hay? I will say, it doesn't even know anythings in front of it, and never gets stuck.
I know what frozen skid steer tracks are like, can't imagine sizer tracks are any more fun than that!Frozen tracks...all I gotta say...been there...
Yea they're all over the Denton area. What I was told most of these guys worked together at one time and they fell out with each other and went into business for themselves. There's like 4 CID attachments here, very well made stuff.Shoot they are all over it seems, at least in Denton, NC. I have stuff from CID and Loflin. Loflin makes stuff for competitors and a lot of guys have factory rejects they resale at discounts (not necessarily anything wrong with them).
My bale spear is a CID, has replaceable long spear and 2 short stabilizer spears. I want to say I paid $250.
I grew up on bulldozers so I was always taught what to do in that respect. I typically back over a log on my back of my tracks, then lift the front of the dozer with the blade to get the tracks off the ground. Incidentally with blocking on the back hitch, you can get a dozer several feet of the ground using this method. That is handy when you need to work on the tracks or split them.Froze a D6 to the ground just once. After that found better parking spots, on a couple logs, stumps, etc..
Hmmm... I would like to see that. Or better yet, try it out myself!Hey I appreciate this information as well. I was going to fabricate one up myself for my bulldozer.
Hey you guys know me, why use a tractor when I can put my bulldozer to good use moving hay? I will say, it doesn't even know anythings in front of it, and never gets stuck.
I find it interesting that you mention snirt. Dad always tells me about the snirt storm ND had in the 70s. Wasn't much snow that hear and everyone had fallow land that was worked black. A brutal storm with lots of wind came up and caused the dirt to mix with what little snow there was a blow so bad there was zero visibility. Stories of cattle that broke out and walked with the wind for miles till they dropped dead from either exhaustion or froze to death.I grew up on bulldozers so I was always taught what to do in that respect. I typically back over a log on my back of my tracks, then lift the front of the dozer with the blade to get the tracks off the ground. Incidentally with blocking on the back hitch, you can get a dozer several feet of the ground using this method. That is handy when you need to work on the tracks or split them.
Having to shovel out the snow/mud/snirt (that is snow/dirt) is part of the deal from October to May too.
I would like to say I never got a dozer stuck, but I have far too many times. Sure glad my bride (literally) was around for the last dozer stuck as without the Kubota I would have never walked that 850 John Deere out of there.