Silage tape

bogman_bass

Is it me or has the quality of silage tape gone down hill a lot recently. Between tape splitting as you take it off or peeling off a couple of days after you use it it's getting frustrating. I haven't got my hands on a real good roll in 3 or 4 years. Any body else finding this?

Cattle broke into a yard a tore 18 bales on me this morning so it's something close to my heart at this time

frazzledhome

bogman_bass wrote: »

Is it me or has the quality of silage tape gone down hill a lot recently. Between tape splitting as you take it off or peeling off a couple of days after you use it it's getting frustrating. I haven't got my hands on a real good roll in 3 or 4 years. Any body else finding this?

Cattle broke into a yard a tore 18 bales on me this morning so it's something close to my heart at this time

Would they be too out of shape to re wrap?

bogman_bass

frazzledhome wrote: »

Would they be too out of shape to re wrap?

Gave 3 away to a neighbour. Fed out 3 myself and patched the rest as best I could. Some of them had cavities bigger than my head in them

Sam Kade

bogman_bass wrote: »

Gave 3 away to a neighbour. Fed out 3 myself and patched the rest as best I could. Some of them had cavities bigger than my head in them

How big is your head You're right in saying silage tape is gone to sh1te and they are also putting less tape on the roll by having less in the middle of the roll I'm after giving up on silage tape any holes and I'll re wrap but I've my own wrapper. Any bales I taped last year had mould where they were taped over.

9935452

Sam Kade wrote: »

How big is your head You're right in saying silage tape is gone to sh1te and they are also putting less tape on the roll by having less in the middle of the roll I'm after giving up on silage tape any holes and I'll re wrap but I've my own wrapper. Any bales I taped last year had mould where they were taped over.

I always wondered if it was possible to use a nearly finished roll of plastic to patch bales like how you would wrap a pallet of product from a factory.
A lad flying around a bale stretching it as he goes until the damaged is covered

Miname

9935452 wrote: »

I always wondered if it was possible to use a nearly finished roll of plastic to patch bales like how you would wrap a pallet of product from a factory.
A lad flying around a bale stretching it as he goes until the damaged is covered

I do this regularly with bales and they are grand, I also use duct tape rather than silage tape. It sticks far better.

Reggie.

Noticed tape I put on at dinner time was trying to peel off the bale around 9pm

Sam Kade

Reggie. wrote: »

Noticed tape I put on at dinner time was trying to peel off the bale around 9pm

Pure sh1te, Even if a crow left one peck on a bale and tape over it you can be sure that there would be mould on the bale at that spot after :mad:

Sam Kade

9935452 wrote: »

I always wondered if it was possible to use a nearly finished roll of plastic to patch bales like how you would wrap a pallet of product from a factory.
A lad flying around a bale stretching it as he goes until the damaged is covered

I wouldn't like to try it You'd have to have a strong man rolling the bale as you'd stretch the plastic for all you're worth and you'd both have to keep in sync :eek:

dryan

9935452 wrote: »

I always wondered if it was possible to use a nearly finished roll of plastic to patch bales like how you would wrap a pallet of product from a factory.
A lad flying around a bale stretching it as he goes until the damaged is covered

Done this with a number of bales damaged in transport last year and worked a treat. Just place them on their side on ground and walk around bale with roll and stretch it well. Always keep an end of a roll at hand for this purpose now.

Sacrolyte

Sam Kade wrote: »

I wouldn't like to try it You'd have to have a strong man rolling the bale as you'd stretch the plastic for all you're worth and you'd both have to keep in sync :eek:

Haha. Too funny Sam.

Farmer Pudsey

I find the same as well this year and last tape is not staying sealed like other years. You have to watch and repatch. Repatched two bales in last two weeks.

Carrigogunnell

We stand them up right and run around them super job bar getting the fingers burnt off u from the cardboard insert

bogman_bass

Farmer Pudsey wrote: »

I find the same as well this year and last tape is not staying sealed like other years. You have to watch and repatch. Repatched two bales in last two weeks.

Good to know I'm not imagining things

X6.430macman

ive served my aprentaship with patching bales now. sick of it and its a waste of time!!!