Baler Twine Net Helps Cover Big Bales

Baler Twine Net Helps Cover Big Bales HAY & FORAGE HARVESTING Bale Handling (5) 18-1-39 A big "net" made out of baler twine helps Joe Burt, Flora, Ill., keep plastic covers on stacks of big round bales. He's used the idea for four years with good results. Burt says the net keeps plastic sheets flat on the bales, reducing wind damage and keeping moisture out of the stack. Burt uses No. 4800 big bale twine to make the 50 by 100 ft. nets. He first lay out lengths of twine lenghth wise 1 ft. apart, and then lays down crosspieces, also 1 ft. apart. He stakes down the ends of each piece of twine as it's laid out. Once the twine is in place, he uses vice grips to fasten small "J-clamps" (used for poultry netting and purchased from a local farm supply store) to each joint where the twine intersects. Burt says he puts round bales in stacks that are just one bale wide to eliminate crevices on top where water can puddle. Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Joe Burt, Rt. 1, Box 232, Flora, Ill. 62839 (ph 618 662-4040).

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