Abstract: The invention provides an automatic bale wagon comprising a bale loader, a receiving table in a bale-receiving relationship with the bale loader, and a cross conveyor associated with the receiving table, and operable to convey bales along the receiving table, the conveyor being connected to the loader so as to be pivotable therewith.

Abstract: The invention comprises improvements to an automatic bale wagon of the type having a transfer table and a load bed, the transfer table being arranged for receiving a tier of bales thereon and being pivotable between a bale-receiving position and a bale-unloading position in which latter position a tier of bales loaded thereon is transferred to the loadbed to form a stack of bales thereon comprising a plurality of tiers of bales. The invention enables the use of such a bale wagon in hillside conditions, and more especially on downward inclines in the longitudinal direction of the bale wagon without bales on the loadbed becoming disarranged.