101 uses for baler twine

[Chris123]

Farmers are renowned for using baler twine to fix anything what do you use it for?

 

[Chris123]

I will kick it off with probably the most common use at our place temporary/permanent fixing of field gates

 

[Tonka]

As ever, the elastic's gone in my w/proof trousers. Baler twine's all right, but a new pair would be better or even lose some weight!

 

[caveman]

Baling grass and straw.

 

[Walterp]

Back in the day (old members may, vaguely, remember this) your mother or gran would have used baler twine to plait into strands, and then use those starnds to make circular mats for the kitchen floor. Cost nothing 'cept time, of which you;d have plenty on a Welsh hill farm in mid Winter.

Julie and my daughter are both inveterate country show crafts classes entrants, so I often see items made out of twine. Thye win their classes, surprisingly often, but other women do make these items as well - the Pembrokeshire Show will usually have a class for 'items made with baler twine'.

Now THAT'S when you KNOW you're in the Country....

 

[exmoor dave]

Various lambing aids. Prolapse harness.
Dog leads.
Temporary /permanent replacement of staples in fences.

 

[RobFZS]

replaced the snapped chain on the scraper to pull the pin to spin it over to push/pull

 

[Walterp]

Ah, here's just one such item cluttering up our home - a rocking horse made from twine, alkathene tubing and silage wrap.

I don't know if it ever won a prize.


[Walterp sighs and mutters quietly to himself: "Dunno why my daughter just doesn't get a tattoo an' go down the pub like her mates do, instead...."]

 

[Flossie]

Funny you say that Walter I plaited three lengths of heston twine together and used it to suspend a swing seat from a tree in the garden. We were going to buy one of those tinny swing/slide sets for our daughters 2nd birthday-but the build quality was atrocious £4 plastic seat from ebay, baler twine.............................none rotting fun for all the family

 

[roscoe erf]

making hay nets

 

[ianw]

Did have to use baler band as a temporary throttle cable once,just had it through the window and pulled it by hand,then there's always tying the linkage arms together to stop them hitting the tyres,namely 40/50 series leaping deeres

 

[Inky]

have used it for a shoe lace when mine snapped, often use it to temporarily connected broken barb wire strands together on fences.

 

[John 1594]

holding tomatoes up in the greenhouse, and broad beans on the fence as well. Marking out post holes and levels for buildings, tying hydraulic pipes up round the top link so they dont get snagged on the lift arms.

 

[ianw]

Annoying thing is when you want a piece there's never a bit to be found or its just too short,although oddly the muckspreader,topper and power harrow seem to always find it

 

[Livingfree]

Cutting bales when you can't find your knife. Stringing up broad beans and tieing on netting in veg plot. Repairing holes in knackered stock fence, makeshift lead for the dogs, whipping a section of broken hurdle, emergency fillet string for horse rugs

 

[Penmoel]

Ah, here's just one such item cluttering up our home - a rocking horse made from twine, alkathene tubing and silage wrap.

I don't know if it ever won a prize.


[Walterp sighs and mutters quietly to himself: "Dunno why my daughter just doesn't get a tattoo an' go down the pub like her mates do, instead...."]

By the look of that Walter, you could be mistaken for thinking she was "on something" anyway

 

[Derrick Hughes]

Keeping my pants up

 

[Campbell]

Wish the livery girls would learn to pick the stuff up and keep it out of the muck. B****y annoying.

Can you still get Sisal twine?

 

[neilo]

Can you still get Sisal twine?

Yes, I saw some in Wynnstays back in the Autumn.

 

[neilo]

Farmers are renowned for using baler twine to fix anything what do you use it for?

Pulling a dead, stuck lamb out after the first night I didn't check them at 3am since early Feb. Only had 2 left and was getting up early to check the outdoor lambers anyway. Feckers!