Abstract: An agricultural vehicle for collecting and transporting hay bales includes a mobile frame having laterally spaced side members each having a plurality of bale lifting and supporting members movably mounted thereon and arranged in longitudinally spaced and laterally opposed pairs. The agricultural vehicle includes power means for moving the bale lifting and supporting members between a depending position and a bale supporting position. The agricultural vehicle may be a trailer and includes a tongue member pivotally connected to a forward end of one of the frame side members and movable between a first position with the vehicle and a prime mover in longitudinal alignment and a second position with the vehicle parallel with and laterally offset from prime mover.

Abstract: A bale handling apparatus for lifting and handling a large round hay bale, such as for loading on trucks, and positioning for storage, wherein the bale handling apparatus includes a frame structure connected to an implement hitch of a prime mover, such as an agricultural tractor, and having a pair of laterally spaced arms swingably mounted on a trailing edge portion of the frame structure and each having a bale engaging and holding member on the trailing end portion thereof and selectively movable into and out of engagement with a respective end of a bale by an extensible member connected to leading end portions of the arms.