Abstract: Bales are transferred to the hopper at the upper end of the device. Each bale trips a gate in the base of the hopper or bale receiving chamber which deposits the bale onto an inclined transfer chute, the base of which consists of a plurality of chute gates covering chutes leading to the bale forks at the base of the device. The first bale slides downwardly over the gates until the lowermost gate is reached. This gate pivots due to the weight of the bale and deposits it into the furthest chute adapted to receive only one bale. This bale holds this particular gate open at right angles to the remaining gates and the next bale strikes this gate whereupon the gate of the next chute opens due to the weight of the bale and the second bale enters the second chute which is adapted to receive two bales. This second bale slides to the bale fork at the base of this second chute and as it has cleared the second gate, this gate returns to the original position by spring means.