Patent ID: 8474222

Claim:
Apparatus for transporting and wrapping large bales comprising: a transporter including: a longitudinally extending transporter bed defining a forward end and a rearward end; a bale conveying mechanism associated with said transporter bed to move large bales loaded onto said transporter bed rearwardly; a pick-up apparatus mounted at said forward end to engage large bales on the surface of the ground and elevate said large bales onto said transporter bed; a drive mechanism powering the operation of said bale conveying mechanism and said pick-up apparatus; and a connector located at said rearward end; and a bale wrapper detachably connectable to said rearward end of said transporter in longitudinal alignment with said transporter bed and including: a bale wrapping apparatus operable to receive large bales from said rearward end of said transporter bed and to wrap plastic material around a periphery of said large bales; a driven mechanism to drive the operation of said bale wrapping apparatus; and a connection mechanism engagable with said connector on said transporter to detachably couple said bale wrapper to said rearward end of said transporter.