Bale wagon having improved rolling rack tines
AssigneeCNH America LLC
InventorStephen Jacobs
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Abstract
A bale wagon is disclosed having rolling rack tines that pivot, by only a few degrees, so as to reduce the angle between said rolling rack tines and the bale wagons loading bed surface at several preset positions, allows improved control over the lean angle of the unloaded bales.
Claims8
An improved bale wagon comprising a movable rack of tines, the improvement consisting essentially of the tines being pivotally adjustable at a tine tilt angle measured relative to the bale wagons load bed.
A method for unloading tiers of stacked bales from a loaded bale wagon, said method comprising, unloading a first load of bales to lean at an angle corresponding to a first tilt angle less than 90°, and then, against said, first tilt angle, unloading a second load bales from the same wagon at a different tilt angle derived from pivotally adjusting tines on said bale wagon.
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