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<blockquote data-quote="Jeanne - Simme Valley" data-source="post: 722658" data-attributes="member: 968"><p>The water follows the V right INTO the bales. If left untouched, the water follows the curve of the bale & falls off. Touching, the water soaks in over & over again, rotting them big time!</p><p>I cringe every time I see a stack of bales unwrapped. Uggghh real waste!</p><p>Whatever you do - DO NOT place your bales on wooden palets. The wood rots or just plain ole sticks to the frozen bales & you end up with wood & nails everywhere.</p><p>You can use a gravel bed to store your bales on, but more expensive than what you will save IMO.</p><p>I fed 9 bales this morning. We had some rain than severe cold (well, probably not as bad as many places) but it has been down to 0 degrees F, mostly in the low teens at night - and the two edges of the bales on the bottom had frozen water that went maybe 1/2" deep into bale edge and net wrap was frozen in. Man, are my arms tired from fighting that mess! I tried mushing the bales against the ground, but really didn't help. Ended up "chiseling" most of it out with a hayhook. ugggh!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jeanne - Simme Valley, post: 722658, member: 968"] The water follows the V right INTO the bales. If left untouched, the water follows the curve of the bale & falls off. Touching, the water soaks in over & over again, rotting them big time! I cringe every time I see a stack of bales unwrapped. Uggghh real waste! Whatever you do - DO NOT place your bales on wooden palets. The wood rots or just plain ole sticks to the frozen bales & you end up with wood & nails everywhere. You can use a gravel bed to store your bales on, but more expensive than what you will save IMO. I fed 9 bales this morning. We had some rain than severe cold (well, probably not as bad as many places) but it has been down to 0 degrees F, mostly in the low teens at night - and the two edges of the bales on the bottom had frozen water that went maybe 1/2" deep into bale edge and net wrap was frozen in. Man, are my arms tired from fighting that mess! I tried mushing the bales against the ground, but really didn't help. Ended up "chiseling" most of it out with a hayhook. ugggh! [/QUOTE]
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