Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus for lifting, handling, transporting and unrolling large round hay bales. Preferably said apparatus is employed on the bed of a pickup or truck and includes a frame mounted on the pickup bed with a beam pivotally mounted thereon and with arms slidably mounted on the beam. The arms have bale penetrating members rotatably mounted or fixed thereon. First power actuated means operably pivot said beam in an arc about the rear end of the pickup toward and away from the ground. Second power actuated means slide the arms and penetrating members along said beam toward each other in such fashion as to squeeze a bale sufficiently to allow the first power means to lift the bale from the ground, and away from each other to release the bale. The bale penetrating members are rotatably or fixedly mounted on the arms to allow a bale to be unrolled to facilitate feeding the hay of the bale to animals.

Abstract: An apparatus for cutting hay baler twine comprised of a fixed blade and twine guide members secured to the baler frame by a blade and guide support. The blade, guide members and support are positioned in proximity to the path of a twine directing member so that as material is dispensed via the directing member as it moves along a path in the vicinity of a formed bale yet within the machine, the twine will be directed against the blade with the aid of twine guide members and thus severed from the twine supply.