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There were no bags available in NZ (or my boss was too tight) 20 years ago.
Was probably nearer thirty year ago for me !
There were no bags available in NZ (or my boss was too tight) 20 years ago.
No but what @Mr Mackay is talking about is exactly what you're asking. Some fusion balers do film on film. They do not use net wrap but film to hold the bale together. Post 2 suggests it may not hold as well as net, but I suspect this is down to minimal amount applied for bales that will be subsequently wrapped.
If you could get a contractor with a fusion with this facility and he apply extra layers, I suspect this will be your cheapest/ easiest option. He then drops the bale prior to wrapping in the 2nd chamber same as he would for hay or straw.
Excellent , is that a home made thing?It is worth taking a look at Gordon Stephen's Facebook page to see this bale wrapper in action. Click on this link https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100017072433028 and scroll down the page to PHOTOS, then click on the photo with bales in it.
Excellent , is that a home made thing?
How much is that?View attachment 975324Round Bale Weatherproofing Wrapper: Wrapide CW-01 from Front Machinery
Straw Round Bale Weatherproofing Wrapper: Wrapide CW-01 from Front Machinerywww.frontmachinery.co.uk
No idea. I have no connection with them. It is just a machine I remembered. Iirc the guy that designed it (and probably made it) was a farmer from fife. He was about YFC when I was.How much is that?
No idea. I have no connection with them. It is just a machine I remembered. Iirc the guy that designed it (and probably made it) was a farmer from fife. He was about YFC when I was.
Trust a fifer to be tight and not waste a pennySounds like John Johnstone from Leven, Fife, who invented the Wrapede CW-1 mentioned above.
Back when I was a kid dad was short of straw one year and to preserve what he did have he had me cut twine that ud lay under each bale. After he’d put the bales in rows over the twine we’d put a piece of silage plastic wide enough to cover The top half. Then tie the twine to secure it. Used the plastic fir a couple of years. Cost pennies per bale.
Balers can now put plastic on instead of net - they are much more common than you think. Nearly every Fusion 3 in these parts I can think of has this capability.
First 40 seconds of this video shows a bale which has its curved wrapped in plastic instead of net (the full wrapping process which takes place doesn't need to be carried out in your case)
i thought that was a general Scots thing ?Trust a fifer to be tight and not waste a penny