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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 1977
Filed:
Aug. 13, 1975
Douglas F McFarland, Davis City, IA (US);
Farmhand, Inc., Hopkins, MN (US);
Abstract
A trailer includes a tongue which may be pivoted from a center position to either side by operation of one of the brakes on the ground support wheels. A L-shaped loading fork is provided at the forward end pivotal from a position where the forwardly extending legs of the fork move under the bale to a position where they extend upwardly and the other legs extend rearwardly along the trailer frame. A pair of conveyors are provided along the length of the frame for moving the hay from one end to the other and for unloading the hay. An unloading apparatus is provided at the rear end which includes oppositely disposed upstanding posts having vertically pivotal arms to which are connected horizontally disposed stub shafts for engaging the bale at its axial center. The bale is rotated by engagement with a conveyor on its lower side thereby unrolling it as it is rotated.