One Attachment, Every Bale — Sibom’s skid steer bale handler Turns CAT, Bobcat and Kubota Loaders Into All-Season Material-Moving Pros

Rolling hay fields, cotton gins, recycling depots, dairy barns, municipal green-waste centers, distribution docks—each of these sites depends on fast, damage-free bale handling. Forks puncture wrap, chains chew corners, and pallet clamps slip on plastic film. Sibom’s new skid steer bale grapple ends the struggle by giving your compact loader a purpose-built hydraulic embrace that cradles everything from fluffy alfalfa to dense rag bales with the same gentle, unbreakable squeeze. Clip it to any universal plate—CAT, Bobcat, Kubota, or the mix of legacy machines on a rental lot—and turn loose horsepower into safe, precise, labor-saving grip.

Universal Mount, Quick Attach, No Drama

Nothing slows daily routines like hunting an adapter plate. Every Sibom bale handler attachment ships with ISO-latched ears, a reinforced quick-tach back frame, and ½-inch flat-face couplers that snap into high-flow CAT lines, mid-range Bobcat hydraulics, or economical Kubota circuits without tools. The result is a truly universal mount bale grapple: one attachment shared by mixed fleets, cooperative neighbors, or municipal yards that run both wheeled and track loaders.

Hook-up time? Raise, curl, click, connect—then roll to the stack. No coding, no extra remotes. An in-line check valve locks pressure so the hydraulic bale handler never drifts open on bumps.

Dual-Arm Precision, Single-Circuit Simplicity

Inside the main spine, twin cushioned cylinders transmit even force to left and right clamp rails. Differential ports equalize oil so the synchronized bale grab closes straight even when one arm meets a bale first. Crews running older low-GPM Bobcats appreciate the option to order a single circuit bale handler that piggybacks both cylinders on one line; high-output CAT and Kubota owners can spec the true parallel flow kit for lightning-fast cycle times.

Because rural operations never know tomorrow’s bale style, Sibom engineered a floating cross-tube and sliding linkage. Tap the detent and the adjustable grappling distance expands for wide rounds, contracts for tight rectangles, or narrows to squeeze two stacked mini-bales. Limit blocks provide repeat stops so the operator returns to perfect spacing without exiting the cab—pure time saving bale grapple convenience.

No More Torn Film or Crushed Flakes

Conventional fork tines puncture costly stretch-wrap and bleed forage nutrients. Sibom’s non-damage bale clamp uses polished, high-grade steel side panels with rounded noses so plastic slides, not tears. A low-profile side squeeze bale grab cup distributes force along the mid-rib of a round or square; a bale rides snug without flattened ends that invite spoilage. Want extra forgiveness? Specify rubber-backed pressure pads to turn the grapple into a soft clamp bale handler for delicate haylage or premium alfalfa.

On cotton modules and rag bundles, aggressive serration could rip ties. The Sibom answer is a bolt-on UHMW face—swap pads in minutes and turn a dairy-feed specialist into a cotton bale handler or paper bale handler for recycling yards.

Strength You Can Hear in the Boom—and Forget About Later

The backbone of every heavy duty bale handler is a one-piece press-formed channel embracing a full-length web. No stitch-plates. No corner cutouts. This reinforced bale arms core squares the force path down to the loader pins, giving the attachment near-zero torsion on off-center lifts. Gussets double the wall at hinge points, and bronze bushings with spiral grease channels keep pivot wear invisible for season after muddy season. The result? A long service life grapple that shrugs at silage acidity, cotton dust, and daily jet-washdowns.

Cylinder rods wear industrial hardchrome. Hoses route through abrasion sleeves under bolt-on guards. Every fastener is zinc-nickel coated to resist the fertilizer fog that floats through dairy barns. It is a rugged bale grapple built for dawn-to-dusk round-the-clock feeding schedules.

One Attachment, Endless Loads

Agriculture

• Lift 1-ton round alfalfa with the round hay bale handler setting, clamp tight, and shuttle across muddy lots without wrap spin.

• Set a tall stack of straw with the square straw bale grab, opening wide and feathering closed so flakes stay intact.

• Feed wrapped maize with the wrapped bale grapple—rubber pads guarantee no film slice before fermentation day.

• Pair with a Kubota track loader on soft pasture for slick winter deliveries, the compact loader bale handler width passing through narrow gate lanes.

Dairy & Livestock

• Tilt the hay bale grapple to vertical and drop into self-feed bunkers.

• Flip to pallet mode, retrieve wrapped silage chubs with one operator instead of two manual chain-hooks—true labor saving bale grab economics.

Municipal & Commercial

• Grasp compressed paper bundles in a recycling transfer station using the recycling bale grab pad kit.

• Swing salvaged textiles at a thrift-distribution hub with the textile bale handler.

• Load refuse-derived-fuel bricks with the industrial waste bale grapple option.

Construction & Storm Cleanup

• Secured turf logs ride flawlessly through the bale mover skid steer clamp.

• Coil straw wattle for erosion control with zero netting snag thanks to a non-slip bale handler liner.

Biomass & Specialty

• Squeeze dense switch-grass bundles as a biomass bale grab and flip them onto conveyors with no breakdown.

• Raid hurricane debris piles for log rounds using the storm cleanup grapple bolt-on serrated teeth.

Performance Hits to Your Bottom Line

A single operator with a Sibom high capacity bale grapple moves more tons per hour than two forklifts because loader articulation nimbly re-indexes between stacks without reversing. Hydraulic side-squeeze picks up angled bales others leave behind, slicing waste time on manual restacking. A quick attach bale handler turns deadhead travel into loaded cycles, intensifying revenue per skid steer engine hour. And a low maintenance bale clamp means service breaks shrink to daily grease, not weekly tear-downs.

Safe, Confident Control

Operators stay under ROPS/FOPS while a dedicated pressure-relief valve prevents over-crush. A rear-facing gauge shows clamp PSI from the seat, acting as a live feed to avoid bale burst. The secure bale grip engineering stops spin on slopes, while a bleed-off pilot line cracks the jaws slowly to avoid sudden drop. Lighting-friendly cutouts in the frame maintain sight lines down both arms—critical when reversing CAT or Bobcat loaders in dim hay sheds.

Easy on the Tech Crew

Every service point groups at standing height: zerk manifolds, valve block sight plug, cylinder grease ports. Pins release with retainers you can grip in calf-deep mud. Replace a dented pad by removing four flange bolts. The entire durable frame bale grab nestles onto built-in kick-stands so forklifts can slide beneath for warehouse storage—no leaning on walls, no floor clutter.

Options That Fit Your Niche

• Limit block bale handler shims for repeat narrow clamps on consistent cotton modules.

• Custom bale clamp extensions for odd-size mushroom substrate blocks.

• Dual cylinder bale grapple heavy-wall rods for quarry stone blocks (yes, stone).

• Top clamp bale handler retrofit for flat pallet loads you still want side clamp push.

Sibom even offers an excavator grapple fork adapter plate, turning a 5-ton mini into a bale stacker for hillside orchards where wheels can’t climb.

Why Sibom Over Everyone Else?

Because we start with real user pain:

• “We need a reliable bale grapple that won’t pop hoses when the dairy’s slurry pit slaps against the boom.”

• “We need a precision bale positioning clamp that sets rolls on a wrapper without half a bale hanging over the edge.”

• “We need one tool that a city’s CAT loader can run today, a contractor’s Bobcat can rent tomorrow, and a Kubota track machine can use next storm.”

And we answer with:

• Robust frame, zero gimmick welds—reinforced welding grapple inside.

• High grade steel grapple arms plus low-psi pads—no film tears.

• Quick attach couplers, universal plate—all brands, no waiting.

• Field-swap options that bolt, not torch—minutes, not hours.

Ordering, Support, and ROI

Choose arm width (small square, universal square/round, oversized round) and pad material (steel, UHMW, rubber). All units ship foam-crated, hydraulically tested, serial-logged, and powder-coated Sibom yellow. Register for two-year structural coverage, lifetime tech chat, and on-hand parts that ship same day. Dealer lines open early because farmers feed at dawn.

Compare cost to broken film, collapsed stacks, and lost man-hours of tie-strapping. One Sibom versatile bale grapple pays itself off in bales, not seasons—whether you haul feed, flip cotton, wrangle paper, or drop RDF at a biomass furnace.

Clamp It. Move It. Make More.

You already trust your CAT to dig footings, your Bobcat to grade stone, and your Kubota to mow ditch banks. Now let them master the bale game with a Sibom hydraulic bale handler that squeezes, carries, and stacks any wrapped, tied, or compressed bundle you throw their way. One attachment. Zero dropped loads. Endless possibilities. That’s Sibom—built by handlers, for handlers, delivered to your loader coupler.