I will never use poly twine again

[D7E]

Poly twine doesn't go away.

Part of our place strip mined and back-filled nicely.
The lime fertilizer & seeding contractor blew chopped hay as mulch. They cut and threw the twine over the side of the chopper as they fed the bales into the machine.

That was 25 years ago in 1988 -- That orange plastic baler twine IS STILL THERE.

What do you expect ..you have to pick it up and burn it ?

 

[bulldog69]

The poly twine I started using last year is green and from what I was told is biodegradable and will rott away after 2 yrs.

 

[ghenges]

What do you expect ..you have to pick it up and burn it ?

Congratulations, you have achieved puerile relevance -- a high post count.

 

[RickB]

RickB, Not sure if your reply had a humorus tone, but I'll take it take it that way. A fast or neat and clean method of feeding has never been my concern. I use daily feedings as a way to inspect each animal I own. If I need to get out of the cab a dozen or a hundred times be do a complete and through job I will. I agree with Bulldog "Whats best for the animal is the bottom line." I prefer net wrap, it provides a better feed and there is less likelyhood of me missing a piece or two. For what its worth I'm feeding sisal and plastic tied bales now, I got a good buy on them. The string and the net wrap will all end up in the dumpster at the end of the season. Its just my opinion, on your place, with your cows or horses you can do whatever you want if it works for you.

I agree. My point was that obviously not all posting here have the same values.

 

[Soggy Bottom Outdoors]

I agree RickB

 

[Verticaltrx]

Round balers sure have made for some lazy farmers these days.

We do both square and round, sisal twine for square and poly for round. We also store 95% of our hay indoors, so I guess the twine type doesn't really matter in that regard. I'm amazed that people would just dump a bale in the feeder with the twine on it, even if it is sisal. Sisal twine is coated with preservatives and I can't imagine that is good for cows, much less getting tangled in it, etc.

When I go to feed a bale, I pick it up, cut the strings off it right at the barn then haul it out to the field. With good tight bales almost no hay falls off when the strings are cut. If you happen to have a bale where the 'seam' is on the bottom, I just fold it back over the top. This way I don't tangle strings around my axles, don't have to get out in the mud (which we don't let happen anyways), and once in the field I can just set the bale down and put the bale ring over it. No messing with strings while the cows are pushing at the bale.

 

[Soundguy]

if it wasn't for that orange twine, half my horse tack would't stay on and half my gates wouldn't have hinges..

 

[Verticaltrx]

if it wasn't for that orange twine, half my horse tack would't stay on and half my gates wouldn't have hinges..

The orange twine off the big square bales is the good stuff, about 1/4" thick and in nice long pieces.

 

[Soundguy]

orange bailing wire..

 

[bigblock]

Poly twine doesn't go away.

Part of our place strip mined and back-filled nicely.
The lime fertilizer & seeding contractor blew chopped hay as mulch. They cut and threw the twine over the side of the chopper as they fed the bales into the machine.

That was 25 years ago in 1988 -- That orange plastic baler twine IS STILL THERE.

This is exactly my problem with that stuff. I always cut it and pull it all off. I then collect it up and burn it. Unfortunately, I am not the only one who feeds and the landowner just drops the rolls and leaves. That plastic crap is everywhere out here! He has been doing that for years. The stuff never goes away. It gets wound up in equipment and wrecks seals. I hate the stuff!

 

[slowzuki]

We went all plastic a few years back simply because of the supply of sisal is sort of irregular. I prefer sisal for squares, easier on my hands.

 

[Soundguy]

It gets wound up in equipment and wrecks seals. I hate the stuff!

sisal and metal bailer wire will also wrap up on a shaft and hog a seal too... just sayin.

 

[RickB]

sisal and metal bailer wire will also wrap up on a shaft and hog a seal too... just sayin.

By the time somebody gets around to fixing the leak, the sisal twine has rotted away and the cause remains a mystery.

 

[Soundguy]

By the time somebody gets around to fixing the leak, the sisal twine has rotted away and the cause remains a mystery.

probably so

I didn't think anyone in this county still tied bales with metal.. untill I was hogging and found some and spent an hour under my 10' hog ( propped up on a stump for safety ) with a pair of gas pliers unspooling it before it ate a seal... yummy stuff..

 

[D7E]

probably so

I didn't think anyone in this county still tied bales with metal..

I havent seen sisal for 15 years or so ....cant say i miss it !

 

[JESSE1]

I used sisal for years but got tired of it rotting on the bottom of the rolls after just a few months. I like how it decomposes but the rolls lose their shape and get loose after it rots. They don't shed water as well. I switched to plastic many years ago and just have to make sure I pull all of it off the roll when I feed. The twine I use is bright yellow and not real hard to see.

 

[Rivendale]

I buy straw from the amish up the road that is baled with wire. I guess the logic being to keep the mice from chewing through. I'm VERY careful where I put it after I cut off the bale. It is always useful later, just not around my shafts!!! :licking:

probably so

I didn't think anyone in this county still tied bales with metal.. untill I was hogging and found some and spent an hour under my 10' hog ( propped up on a stump for safety ) with a pair of gas pliers unspooling it before it ate a seal... yummy stuff..

 

[Soundguy]

yep.. bailing wire is like metal duct tape!

 

[Soggy Bottom Outdoors]

Years ago, late 1980's, I did a couple internships at horse farms in Lexington Ky. They got in some alfalfa from out west with 3 wires on them, 150lb bales or better. I have a 1940 Case NL stationary baler that uses precut wire. I take in to threshing shows sometimes to display and bale a little straw. Most time we run it off a belt of a AC WD-45.

 

[RickB]

The TSC in Hudson, NY stocks baling wire. Somebody must buy it or it would not be there.
But I haven't ever sold any twister parts for a NH wire tie baler.