Patent ID: 7371040

Claim:
In a bale wagon having a load bed, a crossbar movable along the load bed, and a plurality of elongate tines, each tine having first and second opposing ends and a longitudinal axis therebetween; said tines attached to the movable crossbar, the improvement comprising: a plurality of brackets affixed to the crossbar; a plurality of adjustment bolts; a plurality of spaced apart openings in each of the tines spaced generally along a portion of the length of the longitudinal axis and adjacent to the respective first ends; and a plurality of cooperative adjustment apertures in each of said brackets, said adjustment apertures arranged in pairs spaced to cooperate with said openings in each respective tine, each said opening aligning with a coordinated pair of the adjustment apertures in each bracket, whereby a tine is attached to a bracket by inserting one of said bolts in a selected pair of said adjustment apertures and a respective opening, the openings arranged on the tine in a pattern to allow selective adjustment of the tine between a plurality of tilt angles, wherein the tilt angle is measured between the longitudinal axis and the load bed.