| 摘要 |
A bale handler includes a body with ground wheels and a bed for supporting two or more round bales end-to-end rotatably supported for rearward tilting movement about a horizontal axis to unload the bales as a vertical stack. A secondary support is provided and supports the bales as the bed is tilted. The bed may be brought to an unloading/reloading position past vertical at which the stack remains stable and the secondary support bears the weight of the rear of the handler. The aforesaid axis is positioned so that the portion of the bed between the secondary support and the axis is sufficient to stabilize the stack during reloading. A bale loading cradle includes a pair of laterally spaced support members which pass under a bale to lift and support it and which define at their forward ends opposed edges which, in a horizontal plane, are mutually forwardly divergent and are configured for centering a bale approached off-center. Each support member is tapered at its forward end to facilitate engagement under a bale. The cradle further has means to restrain the bale respectively to its rear and outer sides. |
