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Bale Buddy Keeps Loose Hay Together
Marcus Graczyk came up with the Bale Buddy to save time and waste when feeding baled hay to his wife and daughter’s horses.
With just a couple horses to feed, there were always partial hay bales left that fell apart after cutting the bale strings. Graczyk didn’t like the mess or the extra work of picking up loo
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Bale Buddy Keeps Loose Hay Together BALE HANDLING Marcus Graczyk came up with the Bale Buddy to save time and waste when feeding baled hay to his wife and daughter’s horses With just a couple horses to feed there were always partial hay bales left that fell apart after cutting the bale strings Graczyk didn’t like the mess or the extra work of picking up loose hay Working with PVC and vinyl fence posts he rigged up his first Bale Buddy about 8 years ago The first one was long and cumbersome He modified it with a telescoping system using two sizes of pvc The 6-lb system is spring-loaded and lifts up on one end to remove as many flakes as needed then drops back down to retract and keep the remaining hay in place It manages bales from 12 to 40 in long With the encouragement of farriers vets and horse owners Graczyk decided to test the market and put Bale Buddy on Etsy where it sells for $45 plus shipping He also takes direct and custom orders for different sizes Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Marcus Graczyk Double Oak Texas 75077 info bale buddy@gmail com; www instagram com/bale_buddy
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