Vertical rotor straw spreader equipped with a bale spike for handling bales and loading the machine. It’s capable of processing both long and short strand round and square bales for bedding in cattle, farm & pig buildings. The machine is equipped with an overload protection system that ensure an even spread and prevents clumping and blockages, if material accumulates at the rotors, the bed chain slows down automatically to process the surplus of straw and regulate throughput.