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Bill in Colo

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How do you guys go about getting the plastic twine off a frozen bale? I've usually have had enough baled with sisal twine. I'm feeding with a haybuster 2640 processor. I don't want to just grind it I hate plastic contamination. Before the processor I just cut the plactic tied together and rolled the bales out, pick up the string the next day on frozen bales.
 
i just cut all the way on one side and pull them through, the plastic seems to slide even when froze
 
Tip the bale on end and slice from top to bottom where the bale had been sitting. Then grab a handful and go around the bale. Grab another handful and go around again. Then I twist the twines into a small log shape and toss it into my wood boiler.
 
Same method. Tip and slice with your knife where it has been sitting. Walk around it pulling off the twine. Tip and stick. I sure hope we get more snow and ice to use that method, we still need the moisture.
 
All the guys around here just grind it, then take an electric "hot knife" and cut the twine off their drums. It doesn't work if you have both plastic and sisal.
 
Ok i do this. Take the bale to where your going to feed it. Stand it on end, cut the twines as close as u can to the frozen spot as possible so you can then take all the strings on the bottom because they are not frozen and tie them into a knot, you can even tie it twice. This keeps all the twines together and u r never pulling on just one or two twines at a time but you can still pull one at a time and not have to worry about dropping any of the other ones. They all stay tied together. It works for me. When you do have 2-3 inches of ice melted on top and down the sides of the bale I sometime will peal the outsde layer off and tie the wad of strings to a tree, and the cows do the rest of cleaning them off leaving the twine behind. For sure u want to double knot it in this case.
Long winded
Todd
 
Have a look at utube to see some of the Irish inventions like this one....You might get some ideas
http://youtu.be/Vllm2gy8nhQ
Sam
 
How are you storing them? I used to tip the bottom one on end and then set the top one the way it came out of the baler. Never had a problem.
 
I have only used round bales a few times over the years, when I had bought a few and left them outside, I put them on pallets and cut the twine off them, they froze up, than I put the pallet forks under the bales and moved them to the round bale feeders. They stayed together and no problems with the twine. If the are left on the ground, they might stay together, or they may fall apart, try it see if it works.
 
I do it like Todd. The few strings I miss or that are really iced in I try to get in spring. Some I miss altogether, I know, but it's minimal. I've also found balls of sisal twine plowing from the previous owner and I've been here since 95. Don't even get me started on the wire he left everywhere!
 
(quoted from post at 22:00:37 01/11/13) Have a look at utube to see some of the Irish inventions like this one....You might get some ideas
http://youtu.be/Vllm2gy8nhQ
Sam
Click to expand...
Looks like something for the BTOs instead of me, just a STO! :roll:
 
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