Arggh!! strings on feedbags

[paddi22]

Can anyone explain what the knack is to picking the right string to pull across and open the bag cleanly?? I managed it once, but never replicated it, and its annoying me everytime i have to cut a feed bag open! HOW DO YOU KNOW WHAT THR RIGHT BIT OF STRING Is!??

 

[Wimbles]

I have actually made my hands bleed trying to open "easy open" feed bags like you describe. I will be following this with interest as I just don't seem to be able to grasp the concept!

 

[Ladyinred]

My bags of chicken feed open easily, never any hassle. owever, the horses feed is another story!

 

[3OldPonies]

I feel your pain OP. I could never get it right, and now all the companies I buy from seem to be going for that 'easy open' route that tears your hands open, breaks your nails (not that they are any good anyway) and takes about 10 minutes to get into. There always seems to be glue where there shouldn't be as far as I can tell.

 

[cobgoblin]

The easiest answer is......a knife!

 

[Dry Rot]

Yes, a knife. The stitching is chain stitch, so you pull at the end which ends in a double loop, if you follow me. But why bother? I recently asdvertised a few dozen plastic sacks all neatly opened 'free to good home' and did not get a single taker. They al went to land fill. Even my grain merchant, who bags his own grain, did not want them. The throwaway society!

 

[mytwofriends]

Sometimes (and I stress - sometimes) if the bag is behaving, it's possible to tear it open and the string holes act like perforations.

But I usually resort to a knife too!

 

[Archangel]

I grab the string and with a well timed yank it tears all along the string holes as Mytwofriends says. There's a knack to it.

 

[Makemineacob]

Glad it's not just me that has this issue, I'm sure they used to be easier to open via the string many years ago?

 

[MissMistletoe]

Sometimes I seem to be able to pull the string and the whole lot undoes beautifully to the other end
Other times i'm yanking at the string and it doesn't budge!!

Last night I got a pair of scissors and just cut it open, but it's not as satisfying as the proper way!!!

 

[LeannePip]

Sometimes (and I stress - sometimes) if the bag is behaving, it's possible to tear it open and the string holes act like perforations.

But I usually resort to a knife too!

I grab the string and with a well timed yank it tears all along the string holes as Mytwofriends says. There's a knack to it.

I do one of these two generals but most of the feed i seem to buy has the really easy open at the opposite side to the string there you just put your fingers in like opening an envelope

 

[paddi22]

I grab the string and with a well timed yank it tears all along the string holes as Mytwofriends says. There's a knack to it.

which string though?! can you do it for either side as well, or is their a set side??

 

[Fiona]

There is definitely a set side. If you are having problems then try the other side and it should just unravel straight away. ..

Fiona

 

[riversideeu]

Sadly I always have to open my bags by pulling the thinner smoother string so it unstiches even the paper sacks as it makes it easier to tip it into the bin. The trick is to start at the end nearest the stitched on label. Not sure why this always works but it does.

 

[southerncomfort]

I've never managed to open it with the string. My feed is kept in my garage so I nick one of the OH's screwdrivers (can never find the Stanley knife) and use that.

 

[tallyho!]

The easiest answer is......a knife!

^^^^^^what she said^^^^^^^

 

[Spot_the_Risk]

Heygates feed sacks still open correctly. They have a normal white string and a thicker brown hairy string stitching a tape over the open end, pull it correctly and it opens beautifully every time... And having opened 14 today and every Friday for a local yard I know it works!

 

[Catherine94]

I also usually just use a knife. I've never understood how the string works, only thing it seems good for to me is injuring yourself!

 

[crabbymare]

smooth side towards you and start from the right side. if its been puled tight undo it to the point where you have a little loop with nothing inside it (like a quick release knot without the rope through it) then pull the end. if its been pulled too tight just cut one of the smooth bits and wriggle it loose and it will just unravel

 

[Carlosmum]

I was told as a teenager by the guy delivering bags of feed to the stud....

'right hand end of the single stitch'

Works every time usually

 

[paddi22]

I was told as a teenager by the guy delivering bags of feed to the stud....

'right hand end of the single stitch'

Works every time usually

ohh! gonna try this!!

 

[njyr]

This lady gets it right: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=763UjrVs-ao

 

[paddi22]

This lady gets it right: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=763UjrVs-ao

the camera goes off the string tho.. i bet she cuts it with a knife lol!

 

[paddi22]

I DID IT!!

***** you husband who thought i'd dreamt that i;'d done it that time before!!

I'l probably never be able to do it again, but im going to savour this victory... god bless you all!

 

[njyr]

Did you watch the whole video?!

 

[paddi22]

yep.. il probably have to watch it every time i get a new feedbag

 

[Hexx]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-NHxRwds4g

This is a bit more clear........ good luck!

 

[Feathered]

Now I wish I had a new bag of food to try this on, I usually end up frustrated and stabbing at it with my blunt penknife

 

[Deltaflyer]

HA HA HA, only the other day I was trying to demonstrate to someone how the string NEVER unravels smoothly and low and behold - guess what, it unravelled perfectly LOL

 

[Apercrumbie]

I didn't even realise they were supposed to be an easy opening mechanism - I just thought that was the design and that it was bloody awkward!