Three-point hitch attachment with hay mover

An attachment for a three-point hitch of a farm tractor having a pair of horizontally spaced lower lift arms and an upper attachment point spaced vertically above the lift arms with the attachment enabling various devices to be connected to the tractor for performing work operations, said attachment comprising a frame having a pair of lower, outwardly extending pins for pivotal connection with the lower lift arms adjacent outer ends thereof, a stabilizer bar having an inner end pivotally connected to the upper attachment point on the tractor, means pivotally connecting the stabilizer bar to said frame in vertically elevated position above the outwardly extending pins, said stabilizer bar including means connecting a device thereto for movement therewith in a vertical plane when the lower lift arms of the three-point hitch on the tractor are swung in a vertical plane, means enabling longitudinal adjustment of the pivotal connecting means between the stabilizer bar and frame toward and away from the point of connection between the stabilizer bar and the upper attachment point on the tractor to vary the relationship of the stabilizer bar to the frame and vary the relationship of the frame to the lower lift arms during movement of the stabilizer bar, frame and lower lifts arms in a vertical plane, in combination with a device attached to the stabilizer bar in the form of a hay moving and handling device, said device including a generally vertically disposed frame having means thereon for connection with an end of the stabilizer bar remote from the upper attachment point, said device frame connected to the outer end of the stabilizer bar including a plurality of projecting means adapted to engage a round hay bale for lifting and handling the round hay bale by operating the three-point hitch of the tractor, each of said projecting means being in the form of a tine to penetrate into a round hay bale for lifting and handling the hay bale, and means removably connecting each of said tines to the vertically disposed device frame to enable the tines to be removed for shipping, handling and storage of the hay moving and handling device, a set of lifting forks attached to said ventrally disposed device frame when the tines have bee removed, each lifting fork being of generally L-shaped configuration and including a horizontally disposed sleeve rigid with an upper portion of said fork and slidably received on said vertically disposed frame for mounting the lifting forks on the vertically extending frame.

A hay moving attachment for a three-point hitch of a farm tractor having a pair of lower lift arms and an upper attachment joint above the lift arms comprising a frame having a pair of lower ends pivotally connected to the lower lift arms, a stabilizer bar pivotally connected to the upper attachment point, a hay moving device frame disposed generally vertically and connected at an end of the stabilizer bar emote from the upper attachment point, transverse pivotal connecting means interconnecting an upper end of the frame and the stabilizer bar, transverse pivotal connecting means connecting the hay moving device frame to an end of the stabilizer bar and a hydraulic ram connected to the stabilizer bar and the hay moving device frame with pivotal connections at each end of the ram, the pivotal connecting means between the ram and the hay device frame being spaced vertically from the pivotal connecting means between the end of the stabilizer bar and the hay moving device frame to enable the hay moving device frame to be adjusted angularly about the transverse pivotal connecting means between the end of the stabilizer bar and the hay moving device frame, said stabilizer bar including inner and outer telescopic members to enable the effective length of the stabilizer bar to be adjusted with the inner tubular member being connected to the upper attachment point on the tractor and the outer tubular member including the pivotal connecting means with the hay moving device frame and the pivotal connecting means with the frame attached to the lift arms, said outer tubular member also having the ram pivotally connected thereto to vary the angular relation between the stabilizer bar and the frame connected to the lift arms by moving the outer tubular member longitudinally toward and away from the upper attachment point.