round bale plastic

johnnyford

What plastic are ye going using this year? any prices got?

David brown

Quinn derrylin.bought end season last year. a lot cheaper than regular wrap

reilig

David brown wrote: »

a lot cheaper than regular wrap

There's a reason for that. Nobody wants it. A lot of farmers had mouldy bales for the last 2 years because of it. Be prepared to put on a few extra layers of it if you want to ensure your silage quality. Your savings will quickly be lost. Its a pain in the ass wrapping with it too. It continually breaks and you'll be up and down off the tractor pulling it out of th e roll and reconnecting it on a regular basis.

pajero12

David brown wrote: »

Quinn derrylin.bought end season last year. a lot cheaper than regular wrap

Have to agree with reillig, Theres a reason for that, Its pure Sh1te! Silotite all the way!

Bizzum

Anyone use Volac?
Was very disappointed with some of the bales this winter. I think contracter used cheap wrap. We had used up our own and some was supplied by the contractor.

Agri contractor

We used visqueen last year, and were very happy with it. Made a few calls this week about plastic 82-83 euro per roll we were buying the same last year for 69.

vanderbadger

Agri contractor wrote: »

We used visqueen last year, and were very happy with it. Made a few calls this week about plastic 82-83 euro per roll we were buying the same last year for 69.

yikes..
still at the price the quinn wrap was available for last year did another try throwing on another layer and see if it made any difference ?

manjou

used quinn last year and put extra layers on bales and had great silage.. mould on bales usually due to grass being to dry extra layers of plastic make it into haylage better feeding and onlly costs 35-40 cents a bale

reilig

vanderbadger wrote: »

yikes..
still at the price the quinn wrap was available for last year did another try throwing on another layer and see if it made any difference ?

Visqueen and Quinn Wrap were the same price last year from both suppliers in Derrylin. EUR62 per roll. Visqueen is a good wrap. Its easy to wrap with as it doesn't break and it has a good threshold to damage when stacking the bales. I bought his last pallet of visqueen in January for EUR62 per roll. With today's prices, it looks like I got a good deal.

reilig

manjou wrote: »

\mould on bales usually due to grass being to dry

I don't agree with this. I normally make hayledge for my cows (weather permitting) and never have a mould problem. I have also had to wrap hay because of no storage space and it never moulds - even with only 4 layers of wrap. Poor quality wrap or bales damaged from handling are the main causes of mould.

Bizzum

manjou wrote: »

mould on bales usually due to grass being to dry extra layers of plastic make it into haylage

I'm with Reilig on this one. Further, if your wanting performance from your cattle I would rate good Silage as better feeding. The haylage fills them up quicker, great stuff for suckler cows! We have made haylage and with the extra wrap its a great job.

reilig

Bizzum wrote: »

I'm with Reilig on this one. Further, if your wanting performance from your cattle I would rate good Silage as better feeding. The haylage fills them up quicker, great stuff for suckler cows! We have made haylage and with the extra wrap its a great job.

We feed haylage to in calf suckler cows. Helps keep calves small and gives us an easier calving season.

johnnyford

got a price of 73 for quinn wrap but from what lads are saying i'd be better off stayin away from it.

johnnyford

Agri contractor wrote: »

We used visqueen last year, and were very happy with it. Made a few calls this week about plastic 82-83 euro per roll we were buying the same last year for 69.

Did ya get any price for net. my man told me tama could be up 15 euro a roll

vanderbadger

johnnyford wrote: »

Did ya get any price for net. my man told me tama could be up 15 euro a roll

guy on donedeal selling it for 68 if you take 10 or more rolls

mad machinery

i have silotite for 70 with levy paid for recyling if your interested??

johnnyford

is there vat in it. i'd be looking for a few pallets

13spanner

We used Volac last year. No complaints opening the bales

mad machinery

johnnyford wrote: »

is there vat in it. i'd be looking for a few pallets

no vat im afraid. no problem taking a cheque.

Agri contractor

mad machinery wrote: »

no vat im afraid. no problem taking a cheque.

For a person Vat registered buying plastic that they know at 85 euro per roll sure it would be the same price.

johnnyford

85 is the max you'd pay. Got it for 60 plus today

Agri contractor

johnnyford wrote: »

85 is the max you'd pay. Got it for 60 plus today

What type of plastic ? and where ?

johnnyford

quinn wrap for 60 to see how it goes. used it last year and the silage was perfect but some fellas dont like it. got co op source for 2 euro more use it all the time and never had a complaint

Bodacious

13spanner wrote: »

We used Volac last year. No complaints opening the bales

whats volac makin this year ? is it one of the better plastics?

13spanner

Bodacious wrote: »

whats volac makin this year ? is it one of the better plastics?

They started a new one last year, Volac Topwrap 2000. You'll pay a few quid more (not sure to be honest, sorry) but get almost 40 bales in a role. As far as I know, the average roll gets 33. I spose have a good look around at prices, and stay away from Quinn plastic, brutal stuff.

mad machinery

where did you get quinn for 60 plus vat? find that very hard to believe

johnnyford

got if from quinn themselves go on to there web page they give a list of there agents. it works out at 72.6 including and the local co op will sell it for 75 so either way its a good bit cheaper than the rest. have you used it some bad reports. we used it last year and had no trouble

X1R

The reason the Topwrap goes the bit further is that is pre-streched.