Alternate ways to put up a hay net?

[bertin12]

So i've started to use a haynet for my boy as he eats it so quick, but he is on a diet & im not made of money haha!
just wondering if you've got any alternate ways of putting up hay net tather than the traditional way? im asking for no paticular reason, im just wondering.
i think i saw someone on here said they attach their old lead rope clips to it & then just clip that onto the ring or something?

 

[Clippy]

I've never posted on here about it but i'm another who uses clips to put nets up. It's easier to get them down on a freezing morning when you've got gloves on

 

[bertin12]

I've never posted on here about it but i'm another who uses clips to put nets up. It's easier to get them down on a freezing morning when you've got gloves on

silly question, but how actually do you do it? i am prob sounding really dumb...

 

[JessandCharlie]

I use a clip; cut the string on the haynet, that you'd normally use to tie it up with, thread a clip on, re-tie, and hey presto!

J&C

 

[mulledwhine]

What a good idea, especially as my OH has to put pony to bed in the week, as I work till 5.30, and he has no idea how to do a quick release not.

Will have a go with that

 

[Emma S]

I tie the clip on to the ring with rope or plaited baling twine, then tie my haynet the traditional way and clip it on by the tied string, also makes it easier to carry across the yard pre-tied

Hope that makes sense!

 

[bertin12]

dont suppose anyone has a photo? so i know what im aiming for...

 

[Clippy]

I just hang through the ring as you would if you were going to tie, then loop the string through the net and ring again so the net is high enough then clip the string and the net together into the clip

 

[9tails]

I use a caribiner on the tie ring. When the net is made, I tie the string to the bottom ring of the net then clip the string onto the caribiner. No threading, just push the string in and job done. Easy to get down too, no knots to untie that may have gotten tight overnight with horse pulling and spinning the net.

 

[JEZA]

PLEASE COULD YOU PUT A FOTO IN, I MUST BE STUPID BUT I CANT FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS. IT SOUNDS A MARVELLOUS IDEA! THANKS IN ADVANCE.

 

[Chestnuttymare]

I have never even questioned the tying of nets! That sounds great! no doubt someone will come on now and say why it isn't great and how stupid and dangerous it is and we should collect stamps instead lol

 

[Enfys]

I have never even questioned the tying of nets! That sounds great! no doubt someone will come on now and say why it isn't great and how stupid and dangerous it is and we should collect stamps instead lol

That'll be me then

Actually, no, it won't, there is more than one road to Rome and all that.

I loathe all hay nets equally, the only thing with the 'clip method' that concerns/interests me is, are they as easy to untie in an emergency? Not that the traditional method is foolproof, and always supposing the cord hasn't tightened so badly that you may as well not have bothered with the old QR knot in the first place.

Stamp collecting? At least you can be warm and dry when doing it I suppose, which after my day, does have its' attractions (momentarily)

 

[JFTDWS]

I loathe all hay nets equally, the only thing with the 'clip method' that concerns/interests me is, are they as easy to untie in an emergency? Not that the traditional method is foolproof, and always supposing the cord hasn't tightened so badly that you may as well not have bothered with the old QR knot in the first place.

I think it's traditionally tied with a quick release know but clipped onto the ring by an intermediary clip - so in an emergency you would just untie it using the QR knot as usual.

Personally, I'd not bother with the net either - god awful things


eta - the only reason I looked at this thread in the first place is because I was irritated by the misuse of "alternate" in place of "alternative" in the title. I need a life

 

[Cluck]

First I use small mesh haynets which have holes at 1.5-2 cms. No horse is likely to get a foot through that sized hole.

Then I get rid of the string through the loops as to me that is the most dangerous part of a haynet.

I use a quicklink (do a search on http://www.tractorsupply.com/ to see what they look like; should be something equivalent in the UK) with a screw thread to thread the loops on to (takes < 1 min to do).

Finally, I hang the net by the link onto a single strand of baler twine and feed the net low so my horses eat at a natural level. If the horse should get caught for any reason (has not happened ever in >2 years of this method) then the twine will break.

NB my horses are barefoot so I really don't worry about them getting caught in the nets. A generously shod horse could potentially get a shoe caught but it's still unlikely.

I will not use carabiners and you wouldn't either if you'd seen a few horses with chunks out of their muzzles from messing with those

 

[MiJodsR2BlinkinTite]

If yours is gobbling too much hay too quick OP, then what I do is use the smallest mesh you can find, and put one inside another - which means that Ned can't get as much out of it as with a larger mesh!!! Simples!

 

[Enfys]

I use a quicklink (do a search on http://www.tractorsupply.com/ to see what they look like; should be something equivalent in the UK) with a screw thread to thread the loops on to (takes < 1 min to do).

This

I use these for hanging water buckets up with as well, I also use one on the lead line on my stallion halters.
I am not a fan of clips after getting my hand pierced with one once.

I think they may perhaps also be called carabiners in the UK ?

This is a carabiner, according to the (not always correct) world of wikipedia:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carabiner

 

[Cluck]

This

I use these for hanging water buckets up with as well, I also use one on the lead line on my stallion halters.
I am not a fan of clips after getting my hand pierced with one once.

I think they may perhaps also be called carabiners in the UK ?

This is a carabiner, according to the (not always correct) world of wikipedia:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carabiner

Yes wonderful The carabiners with the screw thread would also work. The clips I worry about.

 

[RutlandH2O]

When I started with horses I was 50 years old and had never gone to Pony Club or any other horsey organisation (I was seriously involved in the dog fancy and moved to the UK from Hawaii with 15 dogs). I read, voraciously, any and everything I could get my hands on regarding the ownership and care of horses, before acquiring my first horse, a Shire, in 1996. I was shown how to hang up a hay net in the conventional way. However, one of the "rules" instilled in me early on was that my horse should be given ad lib hay during the winter months. I buy HUGE hay nets and fill them with no less than half a normal bale without pulling the hay apart. They are very heavy. I found that I struggled attempting to hang the nets using rings on the wall. So, I removed all the rings and replaced them with heavy clips (they attach to the walls in exactly the same way as rings). When I fill my nets, I pull the string up in 2 equal lengths and tie them together tightly so that all the rings meet. I then make one more knot and then finish it off by tying a loop. I attach the hay net to the clip by the loop. So that the net is not hanging too low, I lift the hanging net and take part of the body of the net and slip that into the clip (these clips have no teeth so the net material doesn't get snagged). I can raise or lower the net without having to untie it. I may sound daft, but it works for me. Having said that, I have just acquired a 4 horse tombstone feeder that is brilliant, but still have other horses requiring nets.

 

[Alfiem]

Mine is clipped on a rope hanging from a beam for my good doer - he can't jam it against the wall to bite holes in it and gorge on the hay.

 

[lottie940]

I use Roma hay bags as I'm petrified of my youngster getting caught up in a net. If anyone can mange it it would be him!

I use the clips pictured above to put through the rings on the top of the bag and then clip it onto the metal tie ring.