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The device includes a bed which is pivotally attached to a transverse axle supported by a pair of wheels. The bed is pivotable on the axle for lowering either end to a position proximate the supporting, ground surface. The bed contains a pair of parallel beams, the free ends of which are attached to

The device includes a bed which is pivotally attached to a transverse axle supported by a pair of wheels. The bed is pivotable on the axle for lowering either end to a position proximate the supporting, ground surface. The bed contains a pair of parallel beams, the free ends of which are attached to laterally diverging bale guides for surrounding a bale to be lifted onto the beams. The beams also contain downwardly converging bale contacting surfaces each of which includes a recessed conveyor chain having protruding spikes for engaging the bale. The beams are spaced so as to cradle the bale between them while the spikes slide the bale upwardly along the beams. A pivotal tongue is attached to the transverse axle for towing the device directly behind a tow vehicle or towing the device behind and laterally to one side of the tow vehicle.

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A round foliage bale handling apparatus for picking up and transporting a bale of foliage, said apparatus comprising in combination: an axle having a pair of support wheels attached thereto; a longitudinally extending bed having a pair of longitudinally spaced ends and connected along the longitudin

A round foliage bale handling apparatus for picking up and transporting a bale of foliage, said apparatus comprising in combination: an axle having a pair of support wheels attached thereto; a longitudinally extending bed having a pair of longitudinally spaced ends and connected along the longitudinal middle thereof to said axle, said bed being disposed for pivotal motion about said axle for causing either of said ends to assume a position immediately adjacent a support surface for said wheels; said bed including a pair of laterally spaced, parallel beam members, each beam member including a slanted bale contacting face running for substantially the entire extent of each beam, said faces being disposed in a downwardly converging arrangement for cradling a bale therebetween; and power actuated conveyor means attached to each of said beams for causing bale movement along said faces, said power actuated conveyor means including a separate endless conveyor chain disposed longitudinally of each of said beams; and further wherein each of said beams includes a longitudinally extending recess in its respective bale contacting face, one portion of each of said conveyor chains being partially disposed respectivley in each of said recesses for causing the weight of a bale to be borne by said faces rather than said chains; spike means distributed along said conveyor chains for extending upwardly from said recesses for engaging said bales to move said bales along said faces; and idler means disposed on each end of each beam for supporting the ends of said conveyor chains, each of said idler means including a walker disk means comprising a disk element having a smooth outer periphery for contacting and providing lift to a bale as it is transported over the ends of said conveyor chains without gouging or biting into the bale.