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Abstract

A round bale carrier which picks up hay bales while moving in a direction perpendicular to a longitudinal end-to-end direction of a bale to be loaded onto the carrier, and a bale pick-up supported by the bale carrier. The bale pick-up comprises an open sided bale cradle including a cradle base located parallel along one side of the carrier when in a pick-up position and swingable in a horizontal plane through 90 degrees to a bale loading position relative to the carrier. First and second bale support arms are secured to the cradle base with the first bale support arm extending out at generally right angles to the cradle base an the second bale support arm being moveable at the cradle base between a bale receiving position generally perpendicular to the first bale support arm and a bale pick-up position generally parallel to the first bale support arm. The bale cradle also is liftable from the bale loading position to a bale delivery position projecting upwardly from the one side of the carrier. A control system is provided for the bale pick-up and this control system includes a first operating member which moves the second bale support arm, a second operating member which swings the cradle base and a third operating member which raises and lowers the cradle. The control system operates such tat after the first operating member moves the second bale support arm to the bales pick-up position, the third operating member raises the cradle sufficiently to elevate a bale int he cradle away form ground level before the second operating member swings the cradle to the bale loading position. The third operating member then continues to raise the cradle to the bale delivery position.

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