round bale unroller

[Anonymous-0]

Any advice on what to get for a round bale unroller. I see some of them have both arms swing out while some of them just one side moves in and out. This would be for 1500lb bales and on a 3 point hitch.

 

[danofarming]

When dad bought his first roll baler he got an unroller I have been using one ever since. The one I have now is shop built both sides swing out on a hinge at the front. I have seen a worksaver that looked ok to me. I would recommend an unroller to anyone.

 

[RickL]

are you just wanting it for feeding or to rebale with. The three point jobs you talking about okay for feeding only and you need a hyd top link for them to really do much good. if you want a unit that acvctually does work better than klook in to a unit called deweze super slicer,there some old units sitting out there. btdt

 

[johns48jdb]

things must have improved over the years on those unrollers. the last one i saw was in pieces. ih had tried to make one and it killed some people and they came to the dealership and cut the ones he had up with a torch and saw that it was loaded on a truck and sent to the scrap yard. i guess that being careful with anything is a good rule.

 

[JMS/.MN]

Some transport the bale with a fork, then use a front mounted unroller on the tractor- a pair of car wheels mounted in front of the radiator, nudging the bale along. Simple and effective.

 

[Anonymous-0]

Looking to carry an extra bale out to the field on the 3 point hitch as I have one on the loader to save trips and to unroll them while out there to help spread out manure. I could just use a fork on the three point hitch to carry a bale but thought a unroller would help spread out feed.

 

[awhtx]

I have seen an unroller that looks just like a 3PH bale spear but it is mounted on a plate that rotates via a hydraulic motor. It unrolls perpendicular to the tractor rather than parallel like the type you mention. I saw a new one sell at auction for $300.
Unroller

 

[JMS/.MN]

Farm Show showed a similar one where someone used a hyd motor to drive a JD final drive with the spear mounted in place of the wheel.

 

[Jerry/MT]

I have a bale spinner that I feed with. It's a long spear that rotates either direction via a hydraulic motor and is controlled by a remote valve. You spear the bale, lift it up with the three point, cut and remove the strings and spin the bale off to feed. It works really well for me and I use bales up to 1500 lbs. I believe it's good for bales to 2000 pounds. I think the original brand was R&W and they were bought out by Worksaver.

 

[Brian Henry]

I have a Worksaver hay unroller. I feed 300+ bales a year. It is the best money I have ever spent. It is the swing out type. The arms are adjustable for 4 or 5 foot bales. I roll out half of my bale and then let my unroller down,pick up the rest and put it over the top of a hay ring. I don't even have to get off the tractor.

 

[Cub n M in OR]

I worked on a ranch feeding cows one spring 12 years ago, fed about 50 round bales a day. Don't remember exactly, but the roller had a hyd cyl that operated the spears. Stabbed the bale from both sides and you'd just let the 3 point down as you drove to unroll it. Had a trailer ball mounted on the frame so I could pick up the GN trailer I hauled bales with. Guessing it was shop made, but there is probably a commercially available model. Pretty efficient operation. Only had to get off the tractor to open the gate to the stack yard.

Ben