Fast Twine Tie Systems "Better Than Net Wrap"

Fast Twine Tie Systems "Better Than Net Wrap" BALE HANDLING Bale Handling (31B) 34-5-28 Faster twine wrapping and a better wrap are immediate benefits of Qwicktie twine arms. Benefits include savings of $1 to $1.50 per bale over net wrapping. Also, twine won't freeze to the ground or the bale like net wrap. "With factory-installed twine arms on Deere and New Holland big round balers, the arm, or two arms, either meet in the middle to get started or have to go all the way across," says Pat Bauder, Qwicktie. "We use four arms that start from the center and go to either side and are about two seconds slower than net wrap, but save money on each bale." Using four arms provides a covering that Bauder says is nearly equal to netting for rain and weather protection. The Qwicktie unit includes storage for extra balls of twine, as well as a two replaceable blade twine cutters. Bauder says the Qwicktie units can be used on 660 New Holland balers and newer. They also fit 566, 567 and 568 Deere balers with monitors as well as 530 and 535 without monitors. In order to get a full initial tie, nonmonitor systems are equipped with a three-second delay that holds the arms in the center as twine is fed to the bale. Monitor units allow the operator to set them for the delay. Bauder says owners of older balers are ordering Qwicktie systems as an alternative to net wrap retrofits. "More than half of our sales are for balers that already have net wrap installed," he says. "We use both ourselves, putting the more expensive net only on the best hay from our 1,000 acres of alfalfa." Larger cowherd owners have told Bauder they prefer twine-wrapped bales, especially if they use tub grinders. He says they have reported death loss from cows that ingested ground up plastic net wrap. "A couple of vets have offered to put statements of endorsement on our website," says Bauder. "They say thousands of cows have died from the plastic." Qwicktie units are priced at $1,695 plus shipping. That compares very favorably with net tie units that sell for $4,500 to $5,000 and, in the case of Deere, now only fit new models. "Our units simply replace the existing twine arm hardware," says Bauder. "Many of our customers keep the factory-installed arms and reinstall them when trading. Then they reinstall our arms on their new baler." Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Qwicktie LLC, 42718 299th St., Scotland, S. Dak. 57059 (ph 605 583 4546; cell 605 661 8213; pcbauder@gwtc.net; www.qwicktie.com).

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