Wrapping the curved surface of round bales

[SamN]

John Deere and Tama developed something called B-wrap a few years back, a waterproof net of sorts. Not sure how it would fair with a UK winter.

B-Wrap® Net Wrap | Crop Protection | Tama USA

The revolutionary B-Wrap®, a joint development by Tama and John Deere, is made especially for bales stored outdoors in tough weather conditions.

www.tama-usa.com

 

[Dry Rot]

John Deere and Tama developed something called B-wrap a few years back, a waterproof net of sorts. Not sure how it would fair with a UK winter.

B-Wrap® Net Wrap | Crop Protection | Tama USA

The revolutionary B-Wrap®, a joint development by Tama and John Deere, is made especially for bales stored outdoors in tough weather conditions.

www.tama-usa.com

On an American site they published studies using various methods, one suggested several layers of net wrap would shed water. Due to some fault in the baler, one bale here got (I think it was) nine layers of wrap. I left the bale out on a pallet until after Christmas to see if it would work. There was less waste but not significantly so and I wouldn't bother again. Plastic seems to be the way to go.

 

[Dry Rot]

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=301696545072696

Can't get the video to play.

 

[Bury the Trash]

It's labouring the point but i think you are underestimating a small hole in the plastic and how much water can go in, and how much damage that water can cause, it just cant get out again and gets held under the plastic mould will soon start.
i reckon there will difference in waste on plastic covered as suggested, and uncovered bale left out singly(not stacked) .
would love to be proved wrong i hasten to add.

The big trouble is wrapping type plastic needs several layers to get like a 200 mu thickness or something to stop hole risk.

 

[Bury the Trash]

On an American site they published studies using various methods, one suggested several layers of net wrap would shed water. Due to some fault in the baler, one bale here got (I think it was) nine layers of wrap. I left the bale out on a pallet until after Christmas to see if it would work. There was less waste but not significantly so and I wouldn't bother again. Plastic seems to be the way to go.

if you watch the video.... on that ....it shows net ,then a plastic layer put on the bale in the tying process but it also says that that plastic layer also allows breathing /breathable a key difference .

 

[Ffermer Bach]

Can't get the video to play.

sorry, nor can I, it was on facebook, video of front mounted wrapper, only wrapping the round bits of a bale, rather than the ends as well.

 

[Dry Rot]

sorry, nor can I, it was on facebook, video of front mounted wrapper, only wrapping the round bits of a bale, rather than the ends as well.

Not the one on Gordon Stephen's Facebook page, was it? See post 45 above.

 

[Dry Rot]

It's labouring the point but i think you are underestimating a small hole in the plastic and how much water can go in, and how much damage that water can cause, it just cant get out again and gets held under the plastic mould will soon start.
i reckon there will difference in waste on plastic covered as suggested, and uncovered bale left out singly(not stacked) .
would love to be proved wrong i hasten to add.

The big trouble is wrapping type plastic needs several layers to get like a 200 mu thickness or something to stop hole risk.

If the ends of the bale are left open, it can get out - by evaporation.

As stated elsewhere, I've stacked bales on pallets, tight together, in a line, with a strip of plastic tied down along the top. Sometimes the plastic gets holed. But the plastic only covers the top half of the bale. I can assure you, they do not take on much water through that hole as it is not sucked in as it would be if the wrap was air tight.

 

[Bury the Trash]

If the ends of the bale are left open, it can get out - by evaporation.

As stated elsewhere, I've stacked bales on pallets, tight together, in a line, with a strip of plastic tied down along the top. Sometimes the plastic gets holed. But the plastic only covers the top half of the bale. I can assure you, they do not take on much water through that hole as it is not sucked in as it would be if the wrap was air tight.

Water is lazy doing anything with out a bit of gravitational help (or maybe capillary action ) it pretty much stays put.
well catching a lift with rising hot air is one of its ways of moving without too much hassle of course,

same application challenge but What about that breathable membrane used in building/civil engineering ie made by geotex /teram (spelling)

 

[Will 1594]

Tubeliner is the answer

What do younreckon it costs to wrap a 4 ft bale in film through a tube liner

 

[glasshouse]

What do younreckon it costs to wrap a 4 ft bale in film through a tube liner

50p