I hate plastic twine

Fred Werring · Nov 28, 2021

Bought 11 round bales...wrapped with plastic twine. Didn't really need them, but better to have them than not. Decided to feed the plastic twine bales first to get them out of the way.

I hate that stuff. Gotta cut it ALL off, get it dug out of the bale, stuff gets all over the place as you're driving back with the tractor. Seems to get hung up on every knob and handle. Maybe if I had more bales, I'd figure something out for carrying it.

I bale all mine with sisal. By the time I feed them, the bottom has rotted. Very seldom lose a piece of the bale while feeding. I put them in the rings and call it good.

Whiny rant over

RobCons · Nov 28, 2021

If you hate it now wait till you find some with a bush hog or regular mower.

DeltaRed · Nov 28, 2021

Stack two high.Bottom bale on end,next bale as normal.String doesn't rot because it's not touching tth ground.We do that in the high altitude cold deep snow country

Hay hay hay · Nov 28, 2021

Wait until you get it wrapped around an expensive horses leg and it costs you $30,000.

rustred · Nov 28, 2021

The only time its a buggar is when it melts the snow then freezes the twine in. Other wise not bad. I just cut the twine on one side pull it out the bottom tie the ends in a knot then throw it over the bale walk to the other side and pull it off. Pretty neat actually. Then I make one big knot out of the whole thing. Put on tractor then dump it off at my twine pile.

RayP(MI) · Nov 28, 2021

We raise sheep. Plastic twine is a serious problem if they get tangled in it. Sisal will work loose in time. Pieces of plastic will get in the wool, almost impossible to remove. Plastic doesn't degrade much over time. Had a renter who was careless with plastic while baling hay here. I spent several years eliminating it from all over the farm. Plastic gets wrapped around shafts and damages bearings. Borrowed a manure spreader a few years back, spent half a day cutting plastic off beaters and shafts. Yeah it may be cheaper and stronger, but not worth the risk and inconvenience.

redforlife · Nov 28, 2021

I just cut em all on one side of the bale. Then pull them 1 strand at a time from what would be the middle of strand on the other side of bale. I keep them all looped on one finger untill I have them all. Then I fold it up into a 2 to 3 ft. long stick. Pull one single strand out the end, and use it to wind the stick together, and then tie it. It all stays together as a stick that way. I put it cross ways on tractor seat and sit on it. Have no problems. Sometimes I'll even have 4 or 5 bales worth of it before I throw it off in a burning barrel or something. I get a chuckle out of watching other people try to roll it back up into a ball, and all sorts of stuff.
Is what I hate is ice. When its froze to the bale. Best thing to do on that, is roll the bale, before you cut any of the twine. Hopefully, you'll break up the ice enough to get the twine off. Works pretty good unless it gets cold enough to freeze a big slab of dirt and stuff on the bottom. That, or you cut the twines before you realize its froze.

37 chief · Nov 28, 2021

I remember people talking about wire tied bales years ago. Animals eating pieces of wire. That can only happen if someone is careless as I see it. Then plastic twine came along, with another set of problems. Just have to be careful. I have had my share of twine, wound around my mower shaft, ruining the shaft seal. Stan

Bret4207 · Nov 29, 2021

(quoted from post at 23:32:17 11/28/21) I remember people talking about wire tied bales years ago. Animals eating pieces of wire. That can only happen if someone is careless as I see it. Then plastic twine came along, with another set of problems. Just have to be careful. I have had my share of twine, wound around my mower shaft, ruining the shaft seal. Stan

Amen! It's all a matter of houskeeping. My time spent making sure I get as much plastic twine as possible off the bale is a lot less expensive than using sisal, which would rot by the time I needed to move a bale. Yes, the boys are not so conscientious and I end up burning it off the widespread on a regular basis.

I've never had a problem with livestock and plastic twine. I have had a cow chew sisal into a ball that choked her and I've had other stock caught up in fence wire. Never had a problem with plastic that I can recall.

caterpillar guy · Nov 29, 2021

If you police the area as you feed the bales it's not a problem. I worked the pasture field over a couple of years ago to plant corn from 40 years of pasture didn't get twine wrapped in anything. I'm sure we missed some somewhere along that time. We put the bales in a wagon so they can only get to the ends of the bale with the sting on. Then remove string a couple of days later to keep them from wasting so much hay. Still get all we can find each time we feed.

David from Kansas · Nov 29, 2021

If you hate twine, wait until you get some with net wrap, although there is a learning curve on handling each different type of wrap. For example, removing the wrap in one piece, whenever possible, seems to work best. We feed with bale bed truck so have some special problems such as remove the wrap and half the hay ends up in a pile without even moving the truck. Like some have mentioned, ice and snow create a special problem.

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