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Post by nightrider on Feb 11, 2009 21:39:43 GMT -5
Bailing twine.
I have long scratch my head trying to come up with a reuse of all the bailing twine we throw away each year. Anyone have any ideas other then the tie string usages ?
George
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Post by desperatehorsewife on Feb 11, 2009 23:13:04 GMT -5
Oh...baling twine is nearly as wonderful as duct tape to the farm diva! (Of course...you're not a diva...I hope) There are so many uses one can hardly begin to list them all. I'm always tying gates closed with them, lol!
As a kid I braided them together and made a harness for my horse so he could pull me on my sled in the snow ;D
One thing I'd always wanted to take the time for was braiding it and creating rugs that could be used in tack rooms or outdoor locations. I think they'd hold up well and probably be great at getting the muck off the muck boots.
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Post by desperatehorsewife on Feb 12, 2009 10:36:55 GMT -5
Or how about this? Figure out a way to make hay nets. I may give that a try as I could sure use a few extras.
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Post by prizmbluekigers on Feb 12, 2009 12:20:10 GMT -5
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Post by Michelle Clarke on Feb 12, 2009 14:03:21 GMT -5
We braid it into obnoxious ropes to attach to the hay cutters/clippers so they have LESS of a chance of disappearing...however, the ones I attach a big heavy chain to usually are still easier to find!
Most of our bales are wire, which has many uses, such as fence fixing, gate closing, holding hoses down into water troughs, binding tarps down, fixing the strap that goes between front cinch and back cinch when the clip breaks...definately a love / hate relationship though. It does not last long, so after you jimmy-rig something you usually forget about it, but then it breaks and you fix it again (usually with more baling wire because you STILL have not gotten the right supplies because you have forgotten about it!). Also you can only use so much, so we use 8 square bales a day and 480 wires per month take up alot of room in the trash bin - PLUS you have to fold them up to make them smaller and your hands get black marks on them. hate them.
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Post by nightrider on Feb 12, 2009 16:41:13 GMT -5
The hay net idea could be a real money maker , hum 2400 strings a year, I would guess all I would need is 2 more hours a day to tie them up and a little marketing. Ya know this horse business may pay for itself after all. LOL
Now if I could trade Michelle out of some of that wire all the machinery problems would be fixed saving a bunch on parts & labor. That is if I could find my wire cutters.
I think I will go out and tie some of that twine to Barbs free range hens so I can find a fresh egg for breakfast !!!
George
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Post by Michelle Clarke on Feb 12, 2009 21:22:23 GMT -5
George...!!!!!! I am envisioning hens running around with orange, braided ropes trailing behind them - you are too funny!!!!!!!
Ah, yes. How quickly I forgot how handy the wire is at fixing lawn mowers, tractors and ranch vehicles. Everything from hoses, to bumpers and the passenger side door of The Beast when my nine year old son hit a tree.
Our last ranch, the hens wanted to lay in the hay shed. In the morning they would be waiting for me to come out of the house and complain all the way to the shed so I could open it. We had to lock it because the goat would sneak in their and steal whatever he could, so then of course we had to deal with irrate hens done doing their business and wanting to get out; but at least I knew where the eggs were!
I also learned where they got the sounds for Jurassic Park - ever walk past a chicken laying an egg?!?!?!
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Post by sbutter on Feb 12, 2009 22:27:03 GMT -5
Michelle! We have to do the same thing with some of our tools so we don't lose them. It is a lot easier when they have very bright tails...The chicken idea is pretty funny.  I wonder if you could make some kind of hammock out of bailing twine... |
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Post by desperatehorsewife on Feb 13, 2009 9:56:54 GMT -5
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Post by kigerfan on Feb 13, 2009 10:27:28 GMT -5
Not sure how all those little knots would feel on one's back Might be a little on the uncomfy side, but who knows |
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Post by fantasykiger on Feb 13, 2009 20:18:24 GMT -5
I can not tell you the number of times my free range guinea hens have managed to get themselves hobbled by a stray old frazzled piece of bailing twine. I do try to keep the frazzled old pieces picked up and out of their reach ..it is a mess to try and remove and sadly is not much fun for the guinea either. On an occasion and piece manages it way into the chicken pen and you can be sure it will find its way tangled upon my roosters fine spurs, another fun thing to tackle and remove.
I however think I just may give a go at the hay net. I always thought it would make a great woven stall door.
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Post by desperatehorsewife on Feb 14, 2009 11:25:48 GMT -5
Ha...at first I thought you'd said stall floor, and I was thinking, "How the heck is she going to clean the poop out of that twine???"  ;D |
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Post by fantasykiger on Feb 14, 2009 13:01:09 GMT -5
LOL... ;D that is when you know you have been staring at the computer for far to long  |
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I wonder if you could make some kind of hammock out of bailing twine...
;D