betweenthelines
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- Location
- southwest
surely they just concentrate all the rainwater into the gaps between the covers?
Haycap
- Thread starter Gatehouse Farm
- Start date
Nearly
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- Location
- North of York
they have a lip on each long edge so send the water off the end of the bale.
I think.
I think.
- Location
- Hertfordshire
We use them - from memory we ordered about 150. Very pleased with them, and are about to order a load more. The alternative was a new building or a tarpaulin-type sheet. Hay caps are much cheaper than the former and much safer and more manageable than the latter.
- Location
- Sedgefield
We used to tie silage bags onto a flat 8 stack
Silage bag ( can you still buy them ??) cut so it opens out and the ends tied like a knotted hanky on a farmer on a deckchairs head !
Stacks of 48 little bales could stand out in the field for ages till we were ready to lead and stack
By hand !
Those were the days
Silage bag ( can you still buy them ??) cut so it opens out and the ends tied like a knotted hanky on a farmer on a deckchairs head !
Stacks of 48 little bales could stand out in the field for ages till we were ready to lead and stack
By hand !
Those were the days
Do you remember how much they are? I dont need many but need something to store bales through to Feb/March.
- Location
- North Yorkshire
About £50 each iirc
- Location
- Hertfordshire
I think they were £45 each
- Location
- Ceredigion
Forget them of you are selling the stuff after as both sides will be stained
Home use only
- Location
- Ashbourne, Derbyshire
How much of a gap doyou leave between rows?
- Location
- Scottish Highlands
Looks like a good outlet for farm plastic!
But I gather they wouldn't be any use with small bales as it seems to be the weight of the bale that holds them down?
But I gather they wouldn't be any use with small bales as it seems to be the weight of the bale that holds them down?
About a metre.
They are fixed by “hay anchor” screws four per bale fitted at ground level
Remembered this thread, as I'm about to order some more. Just think it's important to tell people about the things that work, not just the things that don't. These are brilliant, and far safer than when I was clambering about on top of a stack with polythene, and putting bales on top of that.