I have fixed a lot of stuff with Bailing Wire

[Red Oak]

But this after noon was a first, my S-I-L hit some road debris with his BMW and tore the air dam and related plastic under belly loose, and I wired it up and the duct taped the hell out of it.

[Grassman]

Give me some baling wire and duct tape and I can fix anything!

[GFB]

Yeah..me, too!

(I was going to ask what the heck bailing wire is..but decided this was a better response)

[Red Oak]

Wire used to tie Hay and other forage into Bales, that has a million uses in civilized America.

At least you know what Duct Tape is ? Right ?

[GFB]

Wire used to tie Hay and other forage into Bales, that has a million uses in civilized America.

At least you know what Duct Tape is ? Right ?

You kiddin'?

[Cowman52]

Before duct tape it was baling wire and inner tubes cut into various lengths and shapes.

[Sangersteve]

We were on a job up in Wisconsin, 12 3500 ton machines down during a scheduled plant shut down. Had 9 guys doing different portions of the same job on each machine.

One part of the job was safety wiring 24 1 1/4" bolts. That crew ran out of safety wire. Panic ensued until the two guys from Texas told them safety wire and bailing wire are the same thing. A trip to the feed store saved the day.

[ann jusko]

I think we used as much baling wire for other things than we did for the hay baler. When we moved to Heath, my husband brought barbed wire and baling wire rolls, along with the tractor and implements.

[planosteve]

You can still buy bailing wire???

[marti]

Give me baling wire, duct tape, and electric ties and I am a happy camper. In a pinch, baling twine will work...but not as well or as long. oh...and colored electric tape to "mark" tools that tend to get lost in the grass.

[Cowman52]

You get baling wire from the pile where the farmer cuts it off the hay before feeding it to the cows.
7000 ft will cost you about 90 bucks.

[crocmommy]

You get baling wire from the pile where the farmer cuts it off the hay before feeding it to the cows.
7000 ft will cost you about 90 bucks.

He feels bailing wire to the cows?

[Bob Of Burleson]

I'm intimately familiar with baling wire. When I was a kid, we baled hay the old-fashioned way — with a mule-driven baler. My job was as puncher and tyer. It was supposed to be a two-man job, but since the going rate of pay was an astronomical 40 cents and hour, my dad got two workers for the price of none. Here's what the rig looked like:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yphvDQyo3VU

One of the guys on the side of the baler is punching baling wire through the blocks and the other is tying it.

(Good thread, Red. )

[geeiabil]

We were on a job up in Wisconsin, 12 3500 ton machines down during a scheduled plant shut down. Had 9 guys doing different portions of the same job on each machine.

One part of the job was safety wiring 24 1 1/4" bolts. That crew ran out of safety wire. Panic ensued until the two guys from Texas told them safety wire and bailing wire are the same thing. A trip to the feed store saved the day.

All the safety wire I've seen is probably about 26 gauge stainless (very small ) nowhere close to the size of baling wire. It's mostly used on aircraft parts hardware.
Isn't most hay in this day and age rolled and wrapped in plastic making baling wire semi-dinosaur like?

[ann jusko]

You always try to get some square bales (actually rectangles) for your cattle. Much easier and better quality to feed an individual cow or calf. I doubt baling wire will every "go away" in my life time.

[Red Oak]

I always thought a round bale and a tractor with a hay fork was easier

[grouchy]

I always thought a round bale and a tractor with a hay fork was easier

Yep.

[ann jusko]

It is easier. But we always had some square bales on hand for any cow or calf that needed separated from the herd. Or when we bought stock and kept them separate from the herd for awhile. And of course, for the horses who were kept in a separate pasture.

[Jami]

You need square bales for hay rides!!

[Orphie]

GIB.. didn't know what bailing wire was? LOL.. You have been to Texas silly!