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A bale loader for use with a truck having a generally flat truck bed, the bale loader having first and second lifting arms each pivoted at its inner end adjacent opposite rear edges of the truck bed and the outer ends being pivotal towards and away from each other, the outer ends each having a bale

A bale loader for use with a truck having a generally flat truck bed, the bale loader having first and second lifting arms each pivoted at its inner end adjacent opposite rear edges of the truck bed and the outer ends being pivotal towards and away from each other, the outer ends each having a bale spike for engaging a hay bale, the arms being pivotal by hydraulic action in a common plane whereby a bale may be lifted onto or off of the truck bed and a hydraulic cylinder/piston system is provided for moving the arms each into a stowed position wherein they extend along either side of the truck bed to leave the truck bed surface unobstructed.

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Apparatus for lifting an object onto or off of the bed of a truck, the truck having a source of hydraulic fluid pressure, the truck bed having a top surface, a rearward end and opposed first and second exterior sides, comprising: a first and a second lifting arm, each lifting arm has an inner end an

Apparatus for lifting an object onto or off of the bed of a truck, the truck having a source of hydraulic fluid pressure, the truck bed having a top surface, a rearward end and opposed first and second exterior sides, comprising: a first and a second lifting arm, each lifting arm has an inner end and an outer end; means for pivotally securing said first lifting arm inner end adjacent to said truck bed rearward end and said first exterior side and means for pivotally securing said second lifting arm inner end adjacent to said truck bed rearward end and said second exterior side; an object engaging means adjacent said outer end of each of said first and second lifting arm; means responsive to said hydraulic fluid pressure source for pivoting said lifting arms to move said outer ends towards and away from each other to grasp or release an object therebetween; means responsive to said hydraulic fluid pressure source to pivot said arms in a common plane whereby an object may be lifted onto or off said truck bed; and means responsive to said hydraulic fluid pressure source to simultaneously pivot said arms into stowed positions paralleled to and exteriorly of said truck bed opposed first and second exterior sides whereby said inner ends of said lifting arms are stowed against said truck bed\s first and second exterior sides completely removed from said truck bed\s top surface.