Abstract: A device for attachment to the three point hitch of a tractor to handle large cylindrical hay bales. The device includes a pair of tines for piercing one side of the bale and an elevated pivot arm which extends over the bale and has a hook on one end for piercing the opposite side of the bale. A tension spring urges the arm in a direction to pinch the bale between the tines and the hooked end of the arm. The bale is raised for transport when the lift arms of the three point tractor hitch are raised.