Burn it or use it for erosion controlcowgirl8":2ono3pkl said:The real question is, what do you do with that wrap once its off.
Burn it or use it for erosion controlcowgirl8":2ono3pkl said:The real question is, what do you do with that wrap once its off.
Right now we burn...I hate that, any time the guys burn a pile the wind shifts towards the house and fill my house with toxic plastic smell. Not sure we'd ever put it anywhere that may sometime need mowing. I've thought about inventing a thing that would hold the rolled up netting once taken off the bale, but i cant come up with "then what" once the thing is full. The guys will stuff them behind the tractor seat or stuff it next to the fender. They just pile up. If it were just a few bales a week it wouldnt be a problem, they'd just go in the trash. There just seems to be piles of it every where around here in the winter..i hate it.dun":3s97bhpx said:Burn it or use it for erosion controlcowgirl8":3s97bhpx said:The real question is, what do you do with that wrap once its off.
TexasBred":1yxh7hoz said:Why???Brute 23":1yxh7hoz said:My advice for net wrap is use string.
The part I disagree with is it being harder to get off then twine. Getting every string cut so that you dont;t end up with some twine still stuck to the bale where it can;t seen is much harder then removing net. With shorter length hay, like clover, twine won;t hold the bale together as well as net. there goes my invite to drown shripmp!lavacarancher":39lzyhzf said:TexasBred":39lzyhzf said:Why???Brute 23":39lzyhzf said:My advice for net wrap is use string.
Yawl know my feelings on net wrap. It is harder to get off the bale than string, does anyone question that statement? It costs more than string. Anyone disagree with that statement. Net wrap gains you practically nothing for storing bales in the field. Questions? Net wrap adds $4K to $6K to the cost of the baler. Yes/no? These are all true statements, really its true.
Net wrap is absolutely great if you're a custom baler. Time to tie is 1/4 that of string and saving time across the field is a good thing especially if you're doing it for someone else and getting paid for it. Net wrap also makes a nice looking bale, again, especially if you have the "over the shoulder" type net wrap baler.
So having said all that BS the next baler I buy will probably have net wrap. I really like the idea of not having to sit in one spot for 2 minutes turning the bale while the string ties.
dun":ya4udu6i said:The part I disagree with is it being harder to get off then twine. Getting every string cut so that you dont;t end up with some twine still stuck to the bale where it can;t seen is much harder then removing net. With shorter length hay, like clover, twine won;t hold the bale together as well as net. there goes my invite to drown shripmp!Brute 23":ya4udu6i said:Yawl know my feelings on net wrap. It is harder to get off the bale than string, does anyone question that statement? It costs more than string. Anyone disagree with that statement. Net wrap gains you practically nothing for storing bales in the field. Questions? Net wrap adds $4K to $6K to the cost of the baler. Yes/no? These are all true statements, really its true.
Net wrap is absolutely great if you're a custom baler. Time to tie is 1/4 that of string and saving time across the field is a good thing especially if you're doing it for someone else and getting paid for it. Net wrap also makes a nice looking bale, again, especially if you have the "over the shoulder" type net wrap baler.
So having said all that BS the next baler I buy will probably have net wrap. I really like the idea of not having to sit in one spot for 2 minutes turning the bale while the string ties.
It is harder to get off the bale than string, does anyone question that statement?
I never realized it was such a dilemma for some. With string I sometimes simply cut it, pull all the ends together and tie a knot in it and lay it down....when the hay is gone, grab the knot and roll up the string. There is no real "wrong way" unless you hurt yourself doing it.James T":efwitboj said:I guess i don't understand the problem. Why all of the cutting? I can see ice being a problem with getting net wrap off where even a knife might not help but why else have to cut? Never used a hay dolly but I guess it can mess up the wrap getting the bale off loaded? Are ya'll laying the round bales on their sides? I drop mine where it stands on end and then just unwrap it. Every now and then one might fall where some of the wrap gets tucked underneath but that doesn't happen very often. Used to use a knife but it would dull out after a few cuts and then it finally dawned on me to just find the end of the wrap and pull it off.
Fact is net wrap IS NOT harder to get off the bale. It's actually easier and quicker if you have any idea what you're doing. At least your last sentence shows you too can be suckered in spite of "facts'. ;-)lavacarancher":2rr9g573 said:Not a dilemma for me and apparently not for anyone. I just simply laid out the facts and folks chose to ignore the facts and do their own thing. And that's OK, don't care one way or the other. Nothing I stated against net wrap can or should be disputed, it is all factual - do the research. Fire sweep disputed the outdoor storage but they are wrong. Not one university study on outdoor storage of round baled hay using net showed any SIGNIFICANT longevity of the hay being stored.
Besides all that I said I would probably get a net wrap baler on my next purchase which should show I can go with popular belief in spite of facts.
lavacarancher":12nttd5l said:Not a dilemma for me and apparently not for anyone. I just simply laid out the facts and folks chose to ignore the facts and do their own thing. And that's OK, don't care one way or the other. Nothing I stated against net wrap can or should be disputed, it is all factual - do the research. Fire sweep disputed the outdoor storage but they are wrong. Not one university study on outdoor storage of round baled hay using net showed any SIGNIFICANT longevity of the hay being stored.
Besides all that I said I would probably get a net wrap baler on my next purchase which should show I can go with popular belief in spite of facts.
If you were really worried you would keep the baler you got, and buy a wrapper.lavacarancher":2nkcejgh said:Not a dilemma for me and apparently not for anyone. I just simply laid out the facts and folks chose to ignore the facts and do their own thing. And that's OK, don't care one way or the other. Nothing I stated against net wrap can or should be disputed, it is all factual - do the research. Fire sweep disputed the outdoor storage but they are wrong. Not one university study on outdoor storage of round baled hay using net showed any SIGNIFICANT longevity of the hay being stored.
Besides all that I said I would probably get a net wrap baler on my next purchase which should show I can go with popular belief in spite of facts.