Bailing Twine

[MindyLee]

So tonight as I was braiding twine to hang a heat lamp in my chicken coop. I got to looking around the barn and noticed I use twine for all kinds of stuff other than hay. I have cat toys hanging from the rafters, and use it to hang all kinds of stuff. I also have it holding chicken wire togather on my chick coop for when I have baby chicks. Then I started thinking of other stuff I use it for like a couple of t-posts are odd shaped where the clips dont work so twine is tied on to hold the fence up. And my hunting ground blind made of branchs has a lot of it in it holding it togather. I've made little temperary goat harnesses and quick horse halters out of them. And I have a bunch of it in my truck tool box just incase I might need it to tie something. I also use it to tie down my wren houses to my front porch that way they dont fall off the rail. And I use it to hold up tomatos to post in the garden and tie up iris flowers when in bloom when the are so big and heavy and want to fall over. I also braided it to hang mini jolly balls in each stall and also hang from each lean-too for the kids. I have also used it to make dreamcatchers to sell to folks. And went as far as useing it as a belt many times to hold my pants up

What crazy things have you used twine for???

 

[Katiean]

I save all of my bailing twine as I did when it was bailing wire. When it was wire I used the wire as a quick fix while on the road when a spring shackle broke on the horse trailer I was taking from Salt Lake to Sacramento. From Battle Mountain to Sacramento I would get out every so often and wire it up again until we got to Sacramento to get it fixed (we were hauling empty). I also wove a fence with bailing wire to keep the sheep out of the garden.

Now that it is twine I just tie up the three strings and stuff it in a bag. I carry it in my truck (you never know when you will have to tie something down or tie someone up (just kidding about tying someone up). I tie young trees to the post to keep them strait. I hung a 12 foot long rabbit cage(reworked mink cage) with bailing twine. When my old welded wire fence got a hole in it, I wove it back together with the twine for a quick fix. I have used it for flag markers on a new fence and a whole lot more.

 

[bonloubri]

We have used twine to tie cattle panels and gates together til we could decide for sure of where we wanted them.

MindyLee - would like to see how you made "quick horse halters" I have made lead ropes with and without snaps.

 

[Bess Kelly]

YES -- all those things.......

I keep a few "new" pieces in work coveralls, barn jackets, etc. You know when you are out there and find something that just has to be done and no time, tools, material to complete it then. Yep, you can "put out that fire" with twine most times. It's great for the temp panels for a paddock, broken fence fix, "maybe" area, etc. I just have to go back and do it with the correct stuff

This stuff is tough, although it does eventually deteriorate out in the weather. Plus --

Tie gates shut, buckets to a post, wad it up and tie into a loopy handful to scrub out those buckets/water tubs, double and tie up electric cords, hoses, etc & then hang them where you can see/find them. I have a wall in the barn with several nail "hooks" for such hanging.

My farm really depends on twine

 

[little lady]

Love this thread.Other than uses already listed I make mini lasso's for the grandsons(at least they think they are lasso's.) I think between baling twine and duck tape those are two of the most useful items one living on a farm could have.

 

[MindyLee]

Love this thread.Other than uses already listed I make mini lasso's for the grandsons(at least they think they are lasso's.) I think between baling twine and duck tape those are two of the most useful items one living on a farm could have.

And zip ties!

 

[MindyLee]

MindyLee - would like to see how you made "quick horse halters" I have made lead ropes with and without snaps.

Sorry no pics but it was'nt nothing perment. Just when a horse gets loose with no halter on and grabbed twine to make a quick halter to get them back. I also do mini farrier services for the county and I have 1 customer that never has halters on their horses or anywhere to be found. So twine halters got the job done to hold them and trim their feets. Since then I have got smarter and take several sized halters with me to that farm or other farms that I may need one handy. ONLY bad thing from that is none of them are colorful anymore cause of washing them each time I use one to prevent any potential speadable dieses.

 

 

[little lady]

And zip ties!

zip ties!!

 

[targetsmom]

I think a better question, is what DON'T you use it for? I use baling twine for everything from fixing fence to hanging horse toys to harness straps. Baling twine is how I hook my sled to the traces for driving in the winter. I also attach rubber bands and create very adjustable side reins, adding double ended snaps and making loops for attachment.

Yep, always emptying pockets and finding baling string there - doesn't everyone??? Truck and trailer have their supplies too as we use it to tie down our truck cap flap when hauling our cart.

 

[Katiean]

Oh, I have the blue barrel feeders with hay racks in them. I took the brackets off of the feeders, threaded bailing twine through the holes in the back and tie them in my stalls. The brackets just never worked.

Also when I was working on the track with the Standardbreds, the guy I worked with would fix a harness strap with bailing wire and black electrical tape. The wire is a bit stronger than the twine. I do keep a spool of wire around too. You never know when you are going to need it.

 

[Aristocratic Minis]

I've seen some nice hay nets for minis that someone macramed. They were nice looking. I would like to have a pattern if anyone knows how to macrame.

 

[minimomNC]

The most important to me, tie it to the handles of the muck buckets so I don't have to bend down to pull them from stall to stall, just drag it by the string. I also tie my minis panels with them because I have a horse that learned that if he put his head through the top rail and lifted up, the could open the fence and let everyone out. Now every panel is tied so that no longer happens. Plus we use it for every thing else as well. Toys, buckets, etc....

 

[fourluckyhorseshoes]

I've seen some nice hay nets for minis that someone macramed. They were nice looking. I would like to have a pattern if anyone knows how to macrame.

Here's a website that shows how to do it--- never done it myself though

http://www.ultimatehorsesite.com/info/howto/makeahaynetfrombailingtwine.html

 

[Performancemini]

Don't you know it's the next thing in line after Duct tape?!!:BananaHappyYep, the question definitely is: what DON'T you use it for?

 

[Miniv]

Yep and Yep and Yep to lots of the above!

- Tying heat lamps

- Fixing fence

- Gate "latches"

- In a hurry horse lead

- Or, how about braiding several together with a clip for a REAL lead? Works great.

 

[BBH]

We used to be sure to cut off bales by the knots so we had a pc of nice smooth twine and braid lead ropes out of them, reused snaps and had an unending supply of twine. here is TX it seems most bales are wire tied and I miss the true twine they use more up north.

 

[Marsha Cassada]

My last batch of hay is all tied with twine. I'm going to start cutting it at the knot so I can make a lead rope.

 

[Katiean]

We used to be sure to cut off bales by the knots so we had a pc of nice smooth twine and braid lead ropes out of them, reused snaps and had an unending supply of twine. here is TX it seems most bales are wire tied and I miss the true twine they use more up north.

I wish we had the wire tied bales here. There are so many more uses for the wire.

 

[Aristocratic Minis]

Here's a website that shows how to do it--- never done it myself though

http://www.ultimateh...ilingtwine.html

Thank you so much for the website. Good info there!

 

[HGFarm]

I have used baling twine to tie a few things too, but I really miss good ol' baling WIRE. We used that for EVERYTHING, lol