Bale Wrap

[Derrick Hughes]

Any preference on brands
Total seems the cheapest
Silo Tight and Silo wrap bit dearer

 

[davidroberts30]

ime if your using 4 layers get a good film
6 or more use the cheapest you can

 

[Pan mixer]

good film is cheap compared to wasted bales no matter how many layers.

 

[Boohoo]

Silotite if it's available. Tried some Volac Topwrap last week because we couldn't get green Silotite and it seems ok. I try to avoid plastic cores and won't use 21 micron film again as even 6 layers wasn't enough

 

[Matt]

Silotite if it's available. Tried some Volac Topwrap last week because we couldn't get green Silotite and it seems ok. I try to avoid plastic cores and won't use 21 micron film again as even 6 layers wasn't enough

What's your reason for avoiding brands with plastic cores

 

[Derrick Hughes]

The choice here is Silotight Silowrap Cropguard or Total which is £2 cheaper the rest being £54

 

[Boohoo]

What's your reason for avoiding brands with plastic cores

Cardboard cores are easier to get rid of

 

[APJ]

Using cordex wrap from spladings this year very impressed by it, very sticky and tough.

 

[Derrick Hughes]

Using cordex wrap from spladings this year very impressed by it, very sticky and tough.

What price

 

[APJ]

What price

Give them a call, I cant remember for sure it was a while ago when it was bought.

 

[michael N123]

Cardboard cores are easier to get rid of

A neighbouring farmer got a contractor in to wrap a few hundred bales and I noticed off the road he’s just thrown the boxes and cores on the floor an left them whenever he changed the wrap he likely doesn’t struggle to get rid of them

 

[Boohoo]

A neighbouring farmer got a contractor in to wrap a few hundred bales and I noticed off the road he’s just thrown the boxes and cores on the floor an left them whenever he changed the wrap he likely doesn’t struggle to get rid of them

I've seen plenty do that but we take everything back to the yard and dispose of it

 

[michael N123]

I've seen plenty do that but we take everything back to the yard and dispose of it

I do that to end up with a fair load of cardboard at the end of season

 

[Wishful Thinker]

The choice here is Silotight Silowrap Cropguard or Total which is £2 cheaper the rest being £54

That’s seems expensive. Cheaper stuff less than £50 over in Northern Ireland here. £1/roll would ship it over.

 

[davidroberts30]

I do that to end up with a fair load of cardboard at the end of season

2 or 3 outers and 1 or 2 inners tied tidy together and put for the recycling here

 

[Northeastfarmer]

Using John Deere....seems canny stuff

 

[Nithsdale]

Visqueen.

Tried other brands but nothing matches it, IME.

 

[Northeastfarmer]

Rani was the best wrap I ever used, it was exceptional

 

[Matt]

I'm using rani wrap for the first time this year. So far so good very sticky!

 

[Ted M]

We've been on cordex the last 2 years and so far very pleased with it.
Haven't found a use for the plastic tubes yet and would agree cardboard would be easier to dispose of but having got caught out in a thunderstorm of biblical proportions a week ago I was glad that the rolls required no modifications to fit the dispenser after they got wet.