Combo Bale Spear Attachment - Haugen Attachments

📘 Overview

The Haugen combo bale spear (MCBS) is a skid steer bale spear handling round and square bales on one frame without changing attachments. A single 49" Conus 2 tine takes round bales through the centre; three 32.4" Conus 1 tines below handle squares and stabilise rounds. 225 lbs, universal skid steer quick attach.

If your season runs round bales at one end and squares at the other, this is the spear that covers both.

📊 Combo Bale Spear At a Glance

Specification Value Mount Universal Skid Steer Quick Attach Machine class Skid Steer Models available 1 variant Weight 225 lbs Manufacturer Marv Haugen Enterprises Inc., Casselton ND

⚙ Key Features of the Haugen Combo Bale Spear

• One 49" Conus 2 tine for round bales
• Three 32.4" Conus 1 tines — a bale spear with stabilizers for rounds, and a square pattern too
• Handles both bale shapes on one frame
• Universal skid steer quick attach
• Replaceable forged Conus tines
• 225 lbs

📊 Combo Bale Spear Specifications (MCBS-C2)

Model Main tine Lower tines Weight MCBS-C2 One 49" Conus 2 Three 32.4" Conus 1 225 lbs

🌾 One Spear, Both Bale Shapes

Most operations that handle hay handle both shapes at some point, and the usual answer is two spears and a coupler change every time. The combo puts both patterns on one frame.

• Round bales. The single 49" Conus 2 goes through the centre, with the three lower tines stopping the bale rotating around it — the same principle as a dedicated round spear.
• Square bales. The three 32.4" Conus 1 tines enter across the face and hold the bale flat, as a dedicated square spear would.

At 225 lbs it is 50 lbs heavier than a dedicated round spear and 20 lbs heavier than a square — the cost of carrying both patterns. For an operation that switches regularly, that is a good trade against the time and the second attachment.

🔩 Conus Tines — What They Are and Why They Matter

Haugen fits forged German Conus tines rather than cold-rolled bar, and the difference shows up in the field.

• Forged, not rolled. A Conus tine is forged to a taper, so the section is thickest at the base where bending load is highest and slimmest at the tip where it has to enter the bale. Cold-rolled bar is the same section end to end.
• The taper is the point. A tapered tine slides into a dense bale with less force and releases it without dragging, which is what stops you shaking a bale off the spear.
• Two classes. Conus 1 tines are lighter — the 32.4" weighs 9.5 lbs. Conus 2 are heavier duty: the 39" is 18 lbs and the 49" is 21 lbs.
• Replaceable. Tines are the wear and damage item and swap individually. Conus sleeves are available separately.

Cold-rolled tines are also available on some models where a straight parallel section suits the job — they are a different tool, not a lesser one.

🚜 Skid Steer Compatibility

Universal skid steer quick attach, fitting any skid steer or compact track loader with the standard SSQA interface.

225 lbs before the bale. The bale itself is the governing load — check your machine's rated operating capacity against the heaviest bale you handle.

❓ Combo Bale Spear FAQs