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Do You Know This Twine Tie Knot?
Garry Brown would like to rewrite the section about baling twine knots in the manuals that come with balers.
“All the baler manufacturers tell you to tie square knots when adding a new roll of twine,” he says. “Unless you really cinch it tight, it bounces in the baler a long time and often comes undone. What I
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Do You Know This Twine Tie Knot? BALE HANDLING Garry Brown would like to rewrite the section about baling twine knots in the manuals that come with balers “All the baler manufacturers tell you to tie square knots when adding a new roll of twine ” he says “Unless you really cinch it tight it bounces in the baler a long time and often comes undone What I suggest is using a tapered overhand knot ” The Genola Utah farmer has had plenty of practice since he puts up 3 000 big 3 by 3 square bales a year Brown overlaps the ends of the twine strings and ties them to each other with a single overhand knot “You pull the two knots together and you rotate them so they nest nicely together ” he explains “It makes a beautiful knot sloped on the ends It won’t come undone and it’ll go through the baler smoothly ”
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