Now it's baler twine?

Fred Werring · Jul 4, 2016

So I go buy twine for the round baler, I want 16000 ft

Big numbers on the packaging, 16000

Smaller numbers on the right, 15400 ft. per bale.

What the ????????

When did this happen? It's like ice cream now, where a half gallon isn't?

Sheesh

Happy Independence Day

Fred

old · Jul 4, 2016

Well that is like toilet paper. At one time toilet paper was a good 1/2 inch wide then it is now. Or you buy a bag of sugar in years past it was a 5lbs bag now days it is a 4lbs bag

Destroked 450 · Jul 4, 2016

Been like that for a while, don't know when it started but I first noticed it about 5 years ago.
That is a good brand of twine you have , been using it for a few years. Used Southern States Gold Label Premium before but had a difference of opinion with store manager on another issue so took my business else where.

Deere Scotty · Jul 4, 2016

My dad being the Civil Engineer that He was reset the bale Counter sometimes just to check how many bales He got from however many twine rolls He put in it. More than once He went back with complaints; but I cant remember now what brand the store was selling. Small bales by the way. It would be a lot harder to tell with a round baler.

KEEP AN EYE OUT! They cut the length once; but now what will they do when they have to cut costs again!!! Probably cut quality? I remember one of the trips back to the store dad put the spool of twine on the ground, & grabbed the end, walked about 100 feet, & found 5, or 6 severe week spots. We were braking bales at an alarming rate. That would have been around the early part of the farm crisis. Person behind the counter said he knew the manufactures were cutting costs severely to stay in business.

Southern Ray · Jul 4, 2016

a 2 X 4 quit being a 2" X 4" way back in the early 1900s.

farmerwithmutt · Jul 4, 2016

Ever measure a 2 x 4 ?

old · Jul 4, 2016

Ya but I said nothing about a 2X4 I did say something about toilet paper not being as wide as it once was. Shoot now days a 2X6 is more like 1.75X5 or 1.50X5

Tom in TN · Jul 4, 2016

Scotty,

I don't know if it's just my NH 273 square baler or what, but the individual bales of twine don't run out at the same time. Right now, I have one bale that's more than half full and the other bale is nearly empty. I don't think my hay bales have much difference in length from one side to the other, but the bales of twine sure don't run out at the same time. I think that the length of twine on the rolls is approximate rather than being exact.

Tom in TN

cool hand · Jul 4, 2016

The dimension lumber standards were adjusted a long time ago. For example, the 2 x 4, based on rough-sawn dimensions, was planed down to 1 5/8" X 3 5/8". Then, with the approval of the construction industry, it was established that the standard dimension for a planed 2x4 would be 1 1/2" x 3 1/2". Frankly, as a former carpenter, I fully approve!

cool hand · Jul 4, 2016

A 2 x 6 is 1-1/2 x 5-1/2. This is the standard.

coshoo · Jul 4, 2016

And in the Unintended Consequences segment, the new narrower TP roll is too narrow to stay on the TP holder in commercial buildings with the holders that just swing open and closed from the side, with no bar between the two sides. I had to go buy a spring-loaded center bar like you have at home, to keep the paper on the holder.

cool hand · Jul 4, 2016

One need only to pay attention to prices and quantities in the grocery store. Packaging is diminished while the price remains the same. Then, in a magnanimous show of generosity, the original size is re-introduced as a "giant economy size" or "family size" at the higher price. And, the "sheeple" bite on it hook, line and sinker. But, do we have a choice?

Hay hay hay · Jul 4, 2016

And you can read a newspaper through the TP.

Hay hay hay · Jul 4, 2016

I bought that same brand of higher priced twine in 9000 ft for a square baler hoping to get better quality.
Wrong! The first several hundred feet was junk, twisted, shredded and it mis-tied a dozen bales or more.
Had to rebale them all. .....Back to TSC for twine.

old · Jul 4, 2016

Maybe the standard in some places but have you ever measured a 2X6 in a mobile home wall?? If it more like 1-1/4 X 5 inches

Little Ed · Jul 4, 2016

I have always thought someone should get some type of engineering award for making 1/2 ply toilet paper.

cool hand · Jul 4, 2016

A mobile home is a "whole 'nother animal"! I'm sure that there must be standards for them, and I am not familiar with any specifications claimed by the manufacturers, but I'm sure that required specifications must be met. It's altogether different from that of permanent home construction.

old · Jul 4, 2016

Ya I know mobile homes are a thing of there own. I have worked in both stick frame building stuff and mobile home stuff over the years. Laid many a square of singles and hung many a square of siding in my day. Plus played good many mobile homes all over the U.S. right out of the factory

JD Seller · Jul 4, 2016

Tom the pickup side will always run out first. The bale is always longer on the cut side. It is how they work. Even if they feel the same the cut side will always be longer because it is more dense because the hay is not folded on that side.

rrlund · Jul 4, 2016

I'm using the exact same stuff and didn't even notice that. I did notice that I'm only getting 65 bales to a bale of twine instead of 70+.

wilson ind · Jul 4, 2016

Hopefully before use?????????? LOL

wilson ind · Jul 4, 2016

As I understand the size was to compensate for wood loss with older saw blades. Now as very thin band saws cut dimension lumber the logger gets paid for 2x4 , however the mill can cut at 1 5/8 giving 1 1/2 inch finished product. Save the 3/8 and add up, soon mill is getting much more than one "two by four", thus screwing the logger and land owner. I asked a mill manager in my church out west, how much wood in the long term can you get from a load of wood by thin cut saws. He said thats a very guarded company secret.

fordfarming · Jul 4, 2016

Measure a 2x4. Haha

RBoots · Jul 4, 2016

Maybe it "settled during shipping" hahaha

Dr. Walt · Jul 5, 2016

Specify "Dimension Lumber" and you actually get a board 2" x 4" .

jacksun65 · Jul 5, 2016

Bought a 2x4x8' from scotty's got home it was only7'4" took it back they cut it again and it was still too short.

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