Product Overview
The Mini Skid Steer Round Bale Lifter is a heavy-duty agricultural attachment designed for compact mini skid steer loaders and mini loaders used on farms, ranches, and rural properties that regularly handle round hay bales, silage bales, and wrapped forage bales. Built for farmers, livestock operators, and agricultural contractors who need a reliable, efficient way to move, stack, and transport large round bales without damaging the bale or its protective wrapping, this attachment transforms your mini skid steer into a capable bale handling machine that saves time, reduces manual labor, and protects the value of your stored feed. Whether you're moving bales from the field to storage, loading them onto trailers, or stacking them in a barn, this bale lifter handles the task safely and efficiently.
The most important design feature of this bale lifter is the generous length and diameter of its lifting tubes, which are specifically engineered to distribute clamping pressure evenly across the full surface area of the bale rather than concentrating force at a single contact point. This even pressure distribution is critical when handling plastic-wrapped silage bales and net-wrapped hay bales, where punctures or tears in the wrapping can lead to spoilage, mold, and significant feed loss. Competing bale handlers with narrow or short tines create pressure hotspots that risk piercing the wrap during handling — this attachment's tube geometry eliminates that risk, protecting the integrity of your wrapped bales and preserving the quality of the feed inside from the moment it's lifted to the moment it's placed.
The bale lifter features an adjustable opening range of 778 mm to 1,152 mm, giving it the flexibility to handle round bales of varying diameters without requiring tool changes or manual adjustments between bales. This range covers the most common round bale sizes used in North American hay and silage production, making this a genuinely versatile attachment for farms that work with multiple bale sizes across different crops and seasons. The adjustable opening also allows the operator to fine-tune the grip width to match the specific bale being handled, ensuring a secure, stable lift every time regardless of whether the bale is freshly wrapped and firm or slightly settled and irregular in shape.
The lifting tubes are designed for fast removal when the attachment needs to be used for bale transport in a different configuration or when switching between tasks. This quick-release tube system means you spend less time on setup and changeover and more time on productive work — a meaningful advantage during busy harvest seasons when every hour of operational efficiency counts. The ability to reconfigure the attachment quickly also extends its versatility beyond standard bale lifting, adapting to different handling requirements without the need for a separate attachment.
Rated to a safe working load of 1,000 kg (approximately 2,200 lbs), this bale lifter is built to handle the weight of full-size round bales safely within the lift capacity of compact mini skid steer loaders. At 118 kg, the attachment weight is appropriate for mini loader specifications while still delivering the structural strength needed for daily farm use. Compatible with the MP600 mount plate system used by leading mini loader brands including Dingo, Kanga, Toro, Viking, and Vermeer, this bale lifter connects quickly and is ready to work without complicated installation or modification.
Details
Features:
· Bale Lifter
· Tubes removable fast for bale transport
Specifications:
|
Type |
SWL/kg |
Dimension(WDH)/mm |
Opening Range(OR)/mm |
Weight/kg |
|
MS-SBH(1100*840-1200)-MP600 |
1000 |
672×1421×682 |
778-1152 |
118 |
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