The Bale Wizard, a large two-bale handler, is able to haul loads without risk of colliding with gates or machinery. The Bale Wizard was designed to hold two large bales in tandem such that the width of the bale handler is approximately the width of a single large bale, and the length is approximately the length of two large bales. Further, the design of the Bale Wizard affords the operator more maneuverability and ease of use than other such bale-moving equipment.

Because the Bale Wizard can move two larges bales at a time, a rancher or farmer will spend much less time hauling bales from place to place. Further, whereas side-by-side bale forks typically are 12 to 13 feet wide, measuring across the width of the bales, the Bale Wizard is only half that wide (i.e., the width of one bale). In fact, the Bale Wizard is narrower than the width of a tractor, giving the operator more maneuverability and easy passage through gates and narrow corridors. The Bale Wizard easily can pass through virtually any gate as long as the tractor itself can pass through the gate, and the operator has fewer concerns about hitting objects with the sides of the bales being carried.

Another advantage of the Bale Wizard is that loading and unloading is easier and faster to accomplish than with other bale handlers because the bales are loaded on center instead of off-center as with side-by-side bale forks. With a side-by-side bale fork, the operator must estimate the correct amount of offset required for each bale and often must engage in extra steps, such as pre-positioning the two bales together as is often required with side-to-side forks, to load the bales. With the Bale Wizard, the operator simply backs up to the first bale to load it and then backs up to load the second bale.

Moreover, the loading process is made quicker and easier by the fact that the Bale Wizard does not dig into the ground, possibly bending the loader and digging up the field because the Bale Wizard tines lie parallel with the ground as they slip underneath the bale.

The Bale Wizard is also easier to unload than a side-by-side fork. While side-by-side bale forks require that bales be unloaded together, the Bale Wizard allows two large bales to be unloaded at different locations. Not only can the Bale Wizard unload bales in tight formation, other variations for unloading the two large bales are also possible. For example, the two bales can be unloaded next to one another but with a small gap between the bales. This configuration works especially well for long-term storage of large bales because the gap between the bales prevents snow or ice formation, which causes spoilage.

When time is of the essence for getting the bales bee lined or stacked to the edge of the field to make way for a new crop, the Bale Wizard is the answer because it moves the bales and lays them in a line faster and easier than any side-by-side. Since weather is so often a factor in hay making, this time-savings factor can mean a huge difference in the bottom line.

The design of the equipment allows for safer operation of the equipment, so the operator can load and unload using just the tractor mirrors, rather than twisting the neck and back to look backward while driving forward. This ease of operation results in field time saved and in less physical exhaustion for the operator.

Finally, the smooth design of the tines facilitates loading and unloading by smoothly sliding beneath the bales without snagging on the twine or net wrap that wraps the bales, and the placement of the tine supports along the main tines minimizes sliding friction both between the bale fork and the ground.

The Bale Wizard also adapts itself to other farm and ranch uses to make it a year-round machine, instead of strictly a hayfield attachment. For example, it easily hauls feed bunks, even concrete ones, two at a time, as well as moving feeders, panels, garden sheds, and many more heavy items. It will even pick up and haul away your old junk car (see photograph).