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GAC

05-04-2005 04:54:27




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Can I substitute 9000 ft plastic twine for 9000 ft sisal twine without any modifications to my baler? I have a JD 24T.

Thanks,
Grant




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paul

05-05-2005 07:04:16




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 Re: Baler Twine in reply to GAC, 05-04-2005 04:54:27  
Pretty much just an echo of the others - after years of use, your baler might not like the change over without a couple of new parts - the wear paterns are from the sisal, might need new arms & knives, but it 'should' work with plastic as well.

Plastic on small squares is pretty much hated around here for the reasons mentioned - it never goes away, fouls up the fields & livestock areas, as well as wool & such.

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Hayman

05-05-2005 06:52:16




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 Re: Baler Twine in reply to GAC, 05-04-2005 04:54:27  
I have older NH balers from the late 70's and I've used both plastic and sisal. Both work fine in my balers.

Used sisal for decades till recently the last few years due to high costs.



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RayP(MI)

05-04-2005 17:46:58




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 Re: Baler Twine in reply to GAC, 05-04-2005 04:54:27  
Many buyers will shy away from plastic. It is not enviornmentally friendly, will take many years to break down. Is nasty for those who raise animals for their fleeces - sheep, llamas, alpacas, goats, it is tough to get out of the fleeces. Nasty problem to get out of manure spreaders after it gets wound around the beaters. Or try to get it out of the spindle bearings of most any lawn mower deck. And then there's the problem of animals getting tangled in it. Sisal breaks down relatively quickly in the enviornment, so doesn't present most of these problems! My suggestion, if you're really intent on plastic - try a partial roll borrowed from a neighbor, if it doesn't work, go back to sisal.

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RayP(MI)

05-04-2005 17:46:34




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 Re: Baler Twine in reply to GAC, 05-04-2005 04:54:27  
Many buyers will shy away from plastic. It is not enviornmentally friendly, will take many years to break down. Is nasty for those who raise animals for their fleeces - sheep, llamas, alpacas, goats, it is tough to get out of the fleeces. Nasty problem to get out of manure spreaders after it gets wound around the beaters. Or try to get it out of the spindle bearings of most any lawn mower deck. And then there's the problem of animals getting tangled in it. Sisal breaks down relatively quickly in the enviornment, so doesn't present most of these problems! My suggestion, if you're really intent on plastic - try a partial roll borrowed from a neighbor, if it doesn't work, go back to sisal.

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Bailey

05-04-2005 15:58:24




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 Re: Baler Twine in reply to GAC, 05-04-2005 04:54:27  
We farmed for 30 years. We used a John Deere 14T and a John Deere 336 baler. We tried the plastic. Hated it. No question sisal was the answer, at least for these older balers. Robert.



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jimont

05-04-2005 06:52:18




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 Re: Baler Twine in reply to GAC, 05-04-2005 04:54:27  
Most older balers were designed to use sisal twine.Once plastic appeared,the bill-hooks were designed to handle either type and older balers could be changed over. For the most part, once you've tried plastic , you'll never go back. All it takes is a set of new bill-hooks.



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old

05-04-2005 06:16:49




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 Re: Baler Twine in reply to GAC, 05-04-2005 04:54:27  
Years ago I had a 14T and I used it with either type but the plastic did seem to work better and the hay stored better also



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Michael Soldan

05-04-2005 05:22:11




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 Re: Baler Twine in reply to GAC, 05-04-2005 04:54:27  
GAC, that is a good question to ask, I'd like to see everyone's opinion. My experience however is that the old baler we have (10 Massey Ferguson) will only work properly with sisal. Now maybe its worn or needs adjusting but a friend of mine who sells agricultural products gave me a bag of plastic twine to try. We made two rounds on the outside of the field,stopped and changed back to sisal. We had several misses in those rounds, didn't seem to tie properly. So is it our old baler or is it in the twine? ....Mike in Exeter Ontario

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