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A hand-operated hay bale cart has only two wheels connected in a laterally spaced-apart fashion to a generally rectangular handle frame. The handle frame is generally near the top, or above, the wheels, creating an open space beneath the frame and between the wheels for receiving a bale of animal fe

A hand-operated hay bale cart has only two wheels connected in a laterally spaced-apart fashion to a generally rectangular handle frame. The handle frame is generally near the top, or above, the wheels, creating an open space beneath the frame and between the wheels for receiving a bale of animal feed. Pivotally supported by the handle frame is a securement rack that swings freely on a horizontal axis and includes a set of curved hooks at or near both the front and back of the securement rack. A hook handle operates the hooks to rotate relative to the rack to impale the hay bale. The securement rack, if it is allowed to rotate freely, including when it has impaled and secured a bale of hay, may balance the lifted bale of hay between the two wheels for convenient transport.

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1. A bale-carrying cart comprising: a frame having a generally rectangular front portion and a rearwardly-extending handle portion, the front portion having a horizontal axle near its front end;wheels supporting the frame above the ground;a securement rack pivotally connected to the horizontal axle

1. A bale-carrying cart comprising: a frame having a generally rectangular front portion and a rearwardly-extending handle portion, the front portion having a horizontal axle near its front end;wheels supporting the frame above the ground;a securement rack pivotally connected to the horizontal axle on the front portion of the frame, the rack comprising a front set of hooks and a rear set of hooks, said front and rear sets of hooks being curved, pointed in the forward direction, and pivotal on said securement rack; anda handle system connected to said front and rear sets of hooks to actuate the sets of hooks to rotate downwardly and in the forward direction for impaling a bale of feed;wherein said securement rack comprises a rectangular rack frame with front member, rear member, two side members, a front rotating collar encircling said front member to which said front set of hooks is fixed, a rear rotating collar encircling said rear member to which said rear set of hooks is fixed, and a linking rod between said front rotating collar and said rear rotating collar, wherein said handle system comprises a rack-handle extending from the rear rotating collar, so that pulling the rack-handle rotates both the front rotating collar and the rear rotating collar for rotating the sets of hooks to impale a bale. 2. A bale-carrying cart as in claim 1, wherein the wheels consist of only two wheels being connected to the frame in laterally spaced-apart positions under the frame. 3. A bale-carrying cart as in claim 1, wherein the securement rack is freely-pivotal on said horizontal axle and said front set of hooks is spaced forward of said horizontal axle and said rear set of hooks is spaced rearward of said horizontal axle. 4. A bale-carrying cart as in claim 1, wherein the frame is at or above the tops of the wheels. 5. A bale-carrying cart as in claim 1, wherein the rearwardly-extending handle portion of the frame extends rearward from the front portion of the frame at an angle in the range of 30-50 degrees. 6. A bale-carrying cart as in claim 1, wherein each hook of said sets of hooks curves on a radius of at least 180 degrees. 7. A bale-carrying cart as in claim 1, wherein each hook of said sets of hooks curves on a radius in the range of 170-220 degrees. 8. A cart as in claim 1, wherein each of at least one front hook and at least one rear hook curves an amount in the range of 170-220 degrees. 9. A cart for carrying a rectangular-prism-shaped bale, the cart comprising: a frame having a generally rectangular main body having a front and a rear and a rearwardly-extending handle, the main body being supported up off the ground by two wheels laterally-spaced-apart to be located at a right side and a left side of the main body;a rack freely rotating around a horizontal axle at or near the front of the main body, the rack comprising a generally rectangular rack frame with at least one front hook at or near a front end of the rack, and at least one rear hook at or near a rear end of the rack, said at least one front hook and at least one rear hook being curved, pointed in a forward direction, and pivotal on said rack to impale the bale received below the frame and between the wheels; anda rack-handle connected to said at least one front hook and said at least one rear hook to actuate the hooks to rotate downwardly and in the forward direction for impaling the bale;wherein said generally rectangular rack frame comprises a front member, rear member, two side members, a front rotating collar encircling said front member to which said at least one front hook is fixed, a rear rotating collar encircling said rear member to which said at least one rear hook is fixed, and a linking rod between said front rotating collar and said rear rotating collar, wherein said rack-handle extends from the rear rotating collar, so that pulling the rack-handle rotates both the front rotating collar and the rear rotating collar for rotating the at least one front hook and at least one rear hook at the same time to impale a top surface of the bale. 10. A cart as in claim 9, wherein the wheels consist of only two wheels being connected to the frame in laterally spaced-apart positions under the frame. 11. A bale-carrying cart as in claim 9, wherein the rack is freely-pivotal on said horizontal axle and said rack is pivotal to remain in a horizontal position when the cart is tipped forward to place the frame in a generally horizontal position. 12. A cart as in claim 9, wherein the frame is at or above the uppermost surface of the wheels. 13. A cart as in claim 9, wherein the handle of the frame extends rearward from the main body of the frame at an angle in the range of 30-50 degrees. 14. A cart as in claim 9, wherein each of at least one front hook and at least one rear hook curves at least 180 degrees.