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A forklift type assembly for impaling, lifting and carrying a large round bale of hay. The assembly has a backframe with adjustable means for mounting it on the lift mechanism of a small farm tractor. A tubular sheath with a brace on its underside projects from the front of the frame. The rear end o

A forklift type assembly for impaling, lifting and carrying a large round bale of hay. The assembly has a backframe with adjustable means for mounting it on the lift mechanism of a small farm tractor. A tubular sheath with a brace on its underside projects from the front of the frame. The rear end of a bale spike, made of a high tensile strength steel rod having a pointed tip, is removably mounted in the sheath. Also mounted on the frame below the sheath and on each side thereof are two forwardly projecting auxiliary bale spikes of reduced length.

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A bale spike support assembly comprising: a frame having a beam member and at least one laterally disposed pillar member connected to a central portion of said beam member, said frame having a front side and a rear side, a pair of auxiliary bale spikes projecting forwardly from said front side, said

A bale spike support assembly comprising: a frame having a beam member and at least one laterally disposed pillar member connected to a central portion of said beam member, said frame having a front side and a rear side, a pair of auxiliary bale spikes projecting forwardly from said front side, said spikes being mounted on said beam member at locations equidistant from said pillar member, a tubular sheath projecting forwardly from said front side a distance that is greater than the projected length of said auxiliary bale spikes, an elongated triangular gusset having one edge rigidly connected along the beam side of said sheath with another edge rigidly connected to said pillar member, and a means for removably anchoring a main bale spike in said sheath.