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Pullin' strings from a round bale
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<blockquote data-quote="randiliana" data-source="post: 637725" data-attributes="member: 2308"><p>we generally cut from one side and pull from the other.</p><p></p><p>But when rolling bales out, </p><p>1. if they are frozen, drop the bale, roll the bale to break up the ice BEFORE you cut the strings. As HD said, this will often work. Sometimes you have to pull them one at a time, but sometimes not.</p><p></p><p>2. if the ice won't break up, then we cut above OR below the frozen spot, pull the part of the strings we can to the other side of the bale and tie them in a knot. Then we leave them and unroll the bale. Sometimes you can go back and then pull them. But if you have 300 lbs of ice/hay frozen to them we just leave them out there. The cows eat most of the hay that was frozen to the strings. Since the strings are all tied together, they don't eat the string, you don't end up with a hundred short pieces floating around because you broke the strings pulling them, and you pick the whole ball up later. Later might mean the next day, or usually when the ground thaws out and they are no longer frozen down.</p><p></p><p>3. If you have strings throughout the bale, I love our deweze fot these ones, Take the outside strings off, then just roll. The spinner on the deweze gathers all the strings and the bale still rolls out. You end up with a pile of strings and hay wound around the spinner, but no longer in the hay. If you are rolling out with a tractor, 2 people are nice, one to go along and cut/pull strings and the other to drive the tractor. </p><p></p><p>If you are feeding in a feeder about all you can do is to cut the strings above or below the frozen spot (preferably have the frozen spot as close to the ground as you can). Then pull the strings over to the other side and tie them in a knot and leave them there. Pick them up before you put the next bale in.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="randiliana, post: 637725, member: 2308"] we generally cut from one side and pull from the other. But when rolling bales out, 1. if they are frozen, drop the bale, roll the bale to break up the ice BEFORE you cut the strings. As HD said, this will often work. Sometimes you have to pull them one at a time, but sometimes not. 2. if the ice won't break up, then we cut above OR below the frozen spot, pull the part of the strings we can to the other side of the bale and tie them in a knot. Then we leave them and unroll the bale. Sometimes you can go back and then pull them. But if you have 300 lbs of ice/hay frozen to them we just leave them out there. The cows eat most of the hay that was frozen to the strings. Since the strings are all tied together, they don't eat the string, you don't end up with a hundred short pieces floating around because you broke the strings pulling them, and you pick the whole ball up later. Later might mean the next day, or usually when the ground thaws out and they are no longer frozen down. 3. If you have strings throughout the bale, I love our deweze fot these ones, Take the outside strings off, then just roll. The spinner on the deweze gathers all the strings and the bale still rolls out. You end up with a pile of strings and hay wound around the spinner, but no longer in the hay. If you are rolling out with a tractor, 2 people are nice, one to go along and cut/pull strings and the other to drive the tractor. If you are feeding in a feeder about all you can do is to cut the strings above or below the frozen spot (preferably have the frozen spot as close to the ground as you can). Then pull the strings over to the other side and tie them in a knot and leave them there. Pick them up before you put the next bale in. [/QUOTE]
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