Loading Bales - MacDon 1000 Operator's & Parts Manual

LOADING BALES

DANGER: Make sure area is
clear before lowering BALE LIFT
ARMS. Failure to do so could
result in serious injury or death.
The bale lift arm is used to load bales onto
the right side of the carrier.
NOTE: Before loading bale the PUSHER
must be positioned at the FRONT of the
carrier deck.
Driving direction and position, relative to the
bale depends on which type of loading arm is
used,
1. Standard Pick Up arm requires the
operator to drive at 90° to the baling
direction. The bales are loaded "End on"
(the bale is loaded onto the carrier deck
by operating the hydraulic lever until the
bale rolls off pick up arm and onto
CARRIER BEAMS).
2. Bale deflector attached to standard pick
up arm.
Allows the bales to be picked up from
either "End on" or "Side on" (same
direction as baler traveled).
When picking up bales in "Side on"
direction, the bale deflector rotates the
bale 90° before it is lifted up onto the
carrier. Forward travel is used to rotate
the bale.
Approach the bale so that the outer end of
the bale rides up on the bale deflector as
the loading arm moves under the bale.
NOTE: The bale should be contacted
about 12" (30 cm) from its outer end.
Contacting the bale further to the inside
may result in damage to the deflector
and/or bale lift arm.
STANDARD PICKUP ARM LOADING
BALE DEFLECTOR
BUMP BALE
HERE
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LOADING BALE "SIDE ON"