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<blockquote data-quote="rockridgecattle" data-source="post: 434923" data-attributes="member: 6198"><p>In the short term sisal is more expensive. But if you add up all the costs involved with plastic, sisal ends up cheaper.</p><p>I live in a cold winter climate. So here are a few things I have to look at.</p><p>We can't shut off our tractor in the winter and unwrap 6-10 bales. It's too cold and to hard on the tractor. It takes almost a hour or more to unwrap twine. at least 10 minutes a bale. Why, chopping through ice and snow and pulling the twine off as well as your skin. So, add the tractor running and your man hours to each feeding.</p><p>AS well we haul manure. We usually get guys into do it, cheaper for custom done that us to do it. We have to pay the time it takes for the operators to cut the twine from the beaters and the track hoe. At 500/hr and 20-30 min per equipment, adds up.</p><p>Add in the cost of manhours to cut twine from feeding tractors...can wrap around an axle pretty good and if not looked after cost cost cost.</p><p>These are some of the costs not incurred with sisal. </p><p>Drop a bale and go</p><p>twine is aready rotted so it does not get on the manure beaters.</p><p>Add in time of man hours to clean up what is in the field that did not get cut off a bale,</p><p>Don't forget about the repairs on equipment cause that plastic gets everywhere.</p><p>How about cows health if they eat it.</p><p>these two items i did not add into the cost of the twine because they were not actual costs that could be measured until it happens.</p><p>We will not go bac to plastic. We have spent many a dollar on fixxing a cow from twine,</p><p>spent many a dollar cleaning the twine from bales and from in the pasture.</p><p>The only place on this farm we use plastic twine is small squarre bales cause of the mice and easy to dispose of the twine. And if we buy hay or straw and get it hauled.</p><p>Better for the enviroment to.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rockridgecattle, post: 434923, member: 6198"] In the short term sisal is more expensive. But if you add up all the costs involved with plastic, sisal ends up cheaper. I live in a cold winter climate. So here are a few things I have to look at. We can't shut off our tractor in the winter and unwrap 6-10 bales. It's too cold and to hard on the tractor. It takes almost a hour or more to unwrap twine. at least 10 minutes a bale. Why, chopping through ice and snow and pulling the twine off as well as your skin. So, add the tractor running and your man hours to each feeding. AS well we haul manure. We usually get guys into do it, cheaper for custom done that us to do it. We have to pay the time it takes for the operators to cut the twine from the beaters and the track hoe. At 500/hr and 20-30 min per equipment, adds up. Add in the cost of manhours to cut twine from feeding tractors...can wrap around an axle pretty good and if not looked after cost cost cost. These are some of the costs not incurred with sisal. Drop a bale and go twine is aready rotted so it does not get on the manure beaters. Add in time of man hours to clean up what is in the field that did not get cut off a bale, Don't forget about the repairs on equipment cause that plastic gets everywhere. How about cows health if they eat it. these two items i did not add into the cost of the twine because they were not actual costs that could be measured until it happens. We will not go bac to plastic. We have spent many a dollar on fixxing a cow from twine, spent many a dollar cleaning the twine from bales and from in the pasture. The only place on this farm we use plastic twine is small squarre bales cause of the mice and easy to dispose of the twine. And if we buy hay or straw and get it hauled. Better for the enviroment to. [/QUOTE]
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