Round bale transport device

A hay bale carrier, comprising,

• a horizontal U-shaped frame having two parallel spaced arms with forward and rearward ends,
• a horizontal cross beam connected to the forward ends of the arms,
• a ground wheel connected to the rearward ends of each of the arms,
• a forwardly extending hollow tongue having forward and rearward ends and being rigidly connected by its rearward end to the cross beam,
• a telescopic tongue member slidably mounted in the tongue and having forward and rearward ends with the forward end protruding from the forward end of the tongue,
• a hitch on the forward end of the tongue member,
• a substantially vertical post structure having upper and lower ends pivotally secured by the lower end to the cross beam and adapted to pivot in a vertical plane passing through the tongue and the tongue member,
• at least one bale penetrating bar secured to the post structure and extending rearwardly therefrom,
• a first pulley on the upper end of the post structure,
• a second pulley on the forward end of the tongue,
• a third pulley on the cross beam,
• an elongated cable having one end secured to the rearward end of the tongue member within the tongue, and thence being threadable around the third, second and first pulleys with a second end being secured to the tongue, whereby the movement of the tongue member outwardly from the tongue will cause the post structure to pivot forwardly from a substantially vertical position to a forwardly inclined position to simultaneously lift the bale penetrating bar from a substantially horizontal position to a rearwardly extending inclined position so as to elevate a bale penetrated by the penetrating bar.