Vertical mixers are pretty tall. You need a tractor/loader that has plenty of lift height. It looks like he could just barely reach over the side of the mixer. The hay bale looks coarse and loose. I bet he had speared the bale real low so he could reach a little higher. Then the bale came apart. That allowed the top part of the bale to roll back on him. Then when he was hurt/knocked off the tractor clutch the Ford ran into the side of the TMR wagon and rolled it.
It just goes to show you that the weight of a round bale is something you need to really watch.
As far as Nebraska Cowman's comment. Spears on a tractor loader are a heck of a lot safer than a skid steer lifting very high. This fellow's main mistake is spearing the bale too low.
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