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| I handle small square bales of hay. I need to handle 15 or 18 bales in a bundle. This would be 5 or 6 bales wide and 3 bales long. The bales will be 32 to 34 inches long. They will weigh 50 to 55 pounds per bale. The grabber will weigh 800 to 900 pounds. The equipment I have now is a Ford 7600 tractor with a Ford 777B loader and a Ford 7000 with a Westendorf TA-26 loader. Both loaders will pick the bundles up fine, but the Ford 777B won't tip the load at all and the Westendorf TA-26 will just barely do it. I am considering changing the bucket cylinders to 3 inches on each loader. The Ford has 2.25 inch cylinders and Westendorf has a 2.5 inch cylinders on the buckets.
Is this big enough?
Will I tear the loaders up adding the bigger cylinders?
What loaders are people using?
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Handling small squares with loader.
