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<blockquote data-quote="CowCop" data-source="post: 112456" data-attributes="member: 1049"><p>I put the sleeves on 15 bales last week that did not fit in the hay barn. </p><p>When I spear the bales initially off the trailer I set the bales about 8 inches off the ground, at a downward angle, to make it easier to put the sleeves on myself.</p><p></p><p>All the bales are then put on the upper hilly part of the barn area where the drainage is the best. </p><p>This hay will be fed out first.</p><p></p><p>All the rain we had here in May has really made us alot more hay than the past few years. We are <strong>still</strong> haying. Started June 20th and won't be done for another 2 weeks. It is amazing~!! I have had no time for anything else. Not even posting updated calf photos~!!</p><p></p><p>We will have to order many more sleeves~!!</p><p>Our sleeves have lasted 5 years. Even when they rip you can still use them and tie the ends under the bale twine so it stays put.</p><p></p><p>We use tarps too and use the milk jugs filled with water or sand with hooks on them to hold the tarps down, even when they are covering the hay trailers. Effective & cheap.</p><p></p><p>Our neighbor has the "saddle blanket" type plastic bale covers that use tent stakes to hold them down. They seem to work for him and are a little heavier plastic. I did notice his rip in the same places as ours, and he patches them with other plastic and silly glue.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CowCop, post: 112456, member: 1049"] I put the sleeves on 15 bales last week that did not fit in the hay barn. When I spear the bales initially off the trailer I set the bales about 8 inches off the ground, at a downward angle, to make it easier to put the sleeves on myself. All the bales are then put on the upper hilly part of the barn area where the drainage is the best. This hay will be fed out first. All the rain we had here in May has really made us alot more hay than the past few years. We are [b]still[/b] haying. Started June 20th and won't be done for another 2 weeks. It is amazing~!! I have had no time for anything else. Not even posting updated calf photos~!! We will have to order many more sleeves~!! Our sleeves have lasted 5 years. Even when they rip you can still use them and tie the ends under the bale twine so it stays put. We use tarps too and use the milk jugs filled with water or sand with hooks on them to hold the tarps down, even when they are covering the hay trailers. Effective & cheap. Our neighbor has the "saddle blanket" type plastic bale covers that use tent stakes to hold them down. They seem to work for him and are a little heavier plastic. I did notice his rip in the same places as ours, and he patches them with other plastic and silly glue. [/QUOTE]
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