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how many bales in a day

Justin said:
i had my first and last experience with net wrap this last winter. great to haul....horrible to feed.
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I am guessing that you store your hay outside? Because 1 slash with the utility knife and the net comes off with one pull around here, way faster than cutting and digging for strings.

I got some outside stored, string-tied hay from a guy this spring and with all the rain we had last fall and this spring, that wastage was awful. Easily 1/4 of the bale. I think that net wrap gives a fair bit of rain shedding capability in our wet seasons if they sit outside.
 
Silver said:
burnt said:
Netwrap makes an amazing difference in time saving.
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Not really. You give all that time back at feeding time. :?
Never, ever, ever again.
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I would have to disagree here. I prefer the net wrap when it comes to feeding. Taking off twine, especially plastic twine, you can never get it all. If plastic twin is frozen to the hay, forget about ever getting it all picked up. With net wrap, if it is froze to the hay come back the next day and it is in a nice little pile with very little hay attached to it.
I have finally figured out even putting bales into feeders with netwrap is easier also. While the bales are still held in the bucket with the grapple, cut the wrap and pull the end up and hook it to the grapple and dump them in the feeder. Back away with the netwrap tied to the grapple.

Nothing worse then red plastic twine!!
 
Oh now you're making me wish I had a grapple to tie it to!! I usually just cut it with the bale slightly tipped forward above the feeder and pull it off with the cows pushing in around me :roll:. They are usually pretty good, though, at not getting too pushy.

It's much nicer taking net off than strings with the loader at ground level and unrolling the bale on the snow. But I don't usually have to contend with frozen net since most of our hay is under a roof.
 
I'm not interested in pulling any string or wrap off bales period. I bought hay with wrap on it, and when you feed a dozen bales a day in a field on the ground, you gotta get that stuff right away whether it's froze to the bale or not, and you'll never get all of it. Sisal twine can be left to rot, or is easily picked up in a few minutes in the spring with diamond harrows, and burns to nothing in seconds.
I'll never allow plastic wrap or string to have even a chance of littering the ground anywhere on this place again, and the best way to accomplish that is to not use it.
Now, if you could get net wrap in sisal.... :wink:
 
Silver said:
I'm not interested in pulling any string or wrap off bales period. I bought hay with wrap on it, and when you feed a dozen bales a day in a field on the ground, you gotta get that stuff right away whether it's froze to the bale or not, and you'll never get all of it. Sisal twine can be left to rot, or is easily picked up in a few minutes in the spring with diamond harrows, and burns to nothing in seconds.
I'll never allow plastic wrap or string to have even a chance of littering the ground anywhere on this place again, and the best way to accomplish that is to not use it.
Now, if you could get net wrap in sisal.... :wink:
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:agree:
 
Silver said:
I'm not interested in pulling any string or wrap off bales period. I bought hay with wrap on it, and when you feed a dozen bales a day in a field on the ground, you gotta get that stuff right away whether it's froze to the bale or not, and you'll never get all of it. Sisal twine can be left to rot, or is easily picked up in a few minutes in the spring with diamond harrows, and burns to nothing in seconds.
I'll never allow plastic wrap or string to have even a chance of littering the ground anywhere on this place again, and the best way to accomplish that is to not use it.
Now, if you could get net wrap in sisal.... :wink:
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Sisal has the advantage of being able to rot, as long as it doesn't rot before it is fed. The sisal that isn't rotted before its fed doesn't rot fast enough. I pickup all twine & net wrap and feed the same on the ground. I still think it is easier to pickup whether that day, the next day or in the spring. The chances of getting it all are better with net wrap. Its a good job for the kids in the spring to pick any missed bunches of it and burns nicely also.
The portion of hay that I buy usually has twine. The bales are handled enough that there are always loose ends. Everyday cutting twine off the axles of the tractors, whether feeding or stacking.

All around, baling, stacking and feeding netwrap still gets my vote. Sisal second choice. Plastic twine is just a big NO.

Have some neighbors that have 4 round balers going daily. Have no idea how many they put up in a day, but its a pile. They only use sisal, they don't pickup any twine and feed over 60 bales a day on the ground. They don't even get out to cut the twine, just pop the twine loose with the bucket of the tractors.
 
I agree with you horseless- I like the netwrap better for feeding....Easy to pull off if its not froze on- and if it is just cut it and roll it out and pick it the next day or two-- or give the grandkids the 4 wheeler and $5 to pick up what you missed in the spring..... :wink:
 

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