Round bale handling apparatus

A round bale carrier for handling a plurality of bales and adapted to be mounted on a tractor having a pair of rear drive wheels and three generally triangularly spaced members forming a three-point hitch intermediate the rear wheels comprising an elongate frame member, a first vertical center post on said frame member at substantially the mid-point thereof, coupling means on said elongate frame member substantially equidistant on each side of said first vertical center post for engaging two members of said three-point hitch, a coupling means on the first vertical center post spaced from the elongate member for engaging the third member of said three-point hitch on the tractor whereby the elongate frame is mounted on said tractor, behind the drive wheels and transverse to the length of the tractor, a plurality of elongate spear like tines carrying anti-rotation means pivoted on said elongate frame member at spaced points, each spaced apart substantially the diameter of a bale to be handled and extending generally parallel to the direction of travel of said tractor, a vertical tine post on said elongate frame at each tine pivot point, and drive means pivotally connecting each tine at a point spaced from the elongate member to the adjacent vertical tine post for separately and independently rotating each tine.