Alberta, Canada | tomosakis - 2/22/2010 13:10
I use 4 tines on 3x3x8 bales and carry 3 bales, it works very good. With 3x4x8 I think that 5 would be a little better to handle the extra weight.
We have 4 tines (49" long) on our square bale forks, carry 3 at a time, (hay straw & SILAGE), never had issues with breaking (our silage bales can be 2,800lbs a piece), would definitely not want 5 tines. Would like to get a couple 3 spear forks for just dry bales though (still handle 3 at a time though) --- we have a hard time backing out of or pushing into bales simply because of how tight they are. Thinking 3 tines would make life easier.
I recommend stabilizing spikes for the upper bales though:
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Big Square Bale Spears?
