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Prepare Bale for Unrolling & Transport

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NO MORE CHEMICAL FERTILIZERS! One Farmer's Dream of Building Soil!

What happens here

Before unrolling, the plastic twine around the hay bale must be removed to prevent cows from eating it, which can cause serious health issues. The presenter uses a knife to cut and remove all strings, emphasizing the importance of double-checking. Once the twine is removed, the bale is fully cranked up to its highest position for transport across the farm. This ensures maximum ground clearance, reducing strain on the ATV's suspension and potentially preventing impacts that could affect undercarriage components, including wiring or fluid lines.

Goal: After loading, the bale's plastic twine must be carefully removed to prevent livestock ingestion. The bale is then fully raised for transport to the pasture.

Tools and materials

  • Hand Crank Winch
  • Knife
  • Round Hay Bale

What they say

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okay girls got to get back got to get back let me let me get don't you eat no plastic okay so all i'm doing here is i'm cutting all the string off the bale this was a net wrap this would be so much easier probably be a bigger better bale than a higher quality a higher quality hay now cows will tear anything up they can get their feet mouths or behinds on so the science behind this also is trying to keep this away from our fences because we want uh low impact on our fences guys so part of the science here so i cut all the strings we're gonna roll the strings off the bale real quick get a good wrap here the bale doesn't have to roll just the string has to come loose okay always take your string put it in a safe place double check just like this here's another string right there okay pull that guy out good deal put this in a safe place cows like chewing plastic close one i just pulled this string right out of that cow's mouth so if you can do this outside the pasture without making a mess like in your gravel driveway like i have it's a good idea i'm gonna rock this back release my switch and lower the bale down just like so controlled well controlled don't just let it go okay gonna keep on letting it go just let it kind of swing just like that right there now be careful you gotta watch don't let that catch on a stick or a twig or something keep pulling out but you can see that spring-loaded portion that i was talking about puts constant pressure on the ground with this critter it's going to be nearly impossible for me to film this without the cows running over everything so let's see how it goes [Music] okay so that's it it just unrolls the bale all over everywhere so the cows aren't all bunched up around a bale you just dumped off in the pasture what this is doing is taking this land which has very very poor soil quality as you can see around this tree there just simply is no grass so we'll roll this out and if your cows start developing cow trails out in the pasture in the wintertime when it's really wet outside or even in the summertime you can roll this out on the cow trails and it'll help those cows to press down all the hay and debris they won't eat all that and that is a seed bank right there to put that good fescue and clover seed on there there's a little timothy in there all sorts of hay all through here and this hillside will flourish next year so that's what it's all about let's grab this thing we're going to crank it back up i'll show you exactly…

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