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Poly hay ring any good?
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<blockquote data-quote="simme" data-source="post: 1647725" data-attributes="member: 40418"><p>Agree. Bulls will let their boredom lead them to bad behavior. Turn them over, push them into the woods, turn them on edge and roll them around. The poly rings are light weight. Have not had any damage. One thing I will point out. If you use a hay spear on the front end loader to move the rings, I notice a lot of deflection when picking up the ring with waste or wet hay left in the ring that hangs over the bottom rings. So much deflection that I have stopped using the FEL to pick them up. Haven't damaged any, but I suspect you could split the seam when doing that. I prefer the poly. I have some very heavy galvanized rings. They still rust on the "feet" portions that holds the lower ring off the ground. But are so thick they will last a long time. My issue with them is moving them. If you are dumping hay off a FEL, just use the loader to pick and place the ring. But, if you are dumping bales off a hay buggy or truck and have to pick up the heavy metal ones out of the waste hay and move it to the new bale by hand, that is a job for a young strong person. They are heavy. The thin cheap metal ones rust out so quickly, I fell like I am going to cut my hands when I reach down to lift the lower ring on those.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="simme, post: 1647725, member: 40418"] Agree. Bulls will let their boredom lead them to bad behavior. Turn them over, push them into the woods, turn them on edge and roll them around. The poly rings are light weight. Have not had any damage. One thing I will point out. If you use a hay spear on the front end loader to move the rings, I notice a lot of deflection when picking up the ring with waste or wet hay left in the ring that hangs over the bottom rings. So much deflection that I have stopped using the FEL to pick them up. Haven't damaged any, but I suspect you could split the seam when doing that. I prefer the poly. I have some very heavy galvanized rings. They still rust on the "feet" portions that holds the lower ring off the ground. But are so thick they will last a long time. My issue with them is moving them. If you are dumping hay off a FEL, just use the loader to pick and place the ring. But, if you are dumping bales off a hay buggy or truck and have to pick up the heavy metal ones out of the waste hay and move it to the new bale by hand, that is a job for a young strong person. They are heavy. The thin cheap metal ones rust out so quickly, I fell like I am going to cut my hands when I reach down to lift the lower ring on those. [/QUOTE]
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