Hay Presto

I saw it being shared on facebook a few times and thought it looked like a good idea, I'm so crap at filling haynets it's unreal, my mum always takes the mick, saying after 10yrs of horse ownership you'd think I'd be able to work a haynet...


Then I saw the price!!! Er... No ta!
 
I have the perfect FREE solution. Get a mate to hold it :D

I bet I could make that out of some wire.
 
I've seen the link on facebook, I think unlike the other link on this thread this thing is supposed to be in the stable and is a way of hanging the haynet up. I'm all for ways to get them eating more slowly but also being able to eat more naturally but my main issue with this is how do you get the hay from your store to the stable in the first place - I would just make a massive mess!
 
I bought the original Hay Presto in 1996. The rim was 10mm round steel, 22" square and the net held one half a square bale. I had the chap who made them make me one which held three quarters of a bale. I think they were brilliant. I would have purchased 3 more, but he went out of business. The price, way back then, was...wait for it...£29.95, plus £4.90 for postage.

I think the new ones don't hold a candle to the old ones. The square rim of the old ones lifted off so that a full net could be carried to a large water container for soaking. It was reattached to the wall bracket by two indentations at the bottom of that bracket, plus the clip at the top. There were no sharp edges or protruding screws onto which the horse's skin or headcollar could catch. Additional backplates were available for attaching to horse boxes or trailers, permitting the use of the original frame in a different location. Replacement nets were also available.

The original Hay Presto had a patent application number.
 
Forgive my ignorance, but what stops the horse getting a shoe caught in it when it's empty ?

The pictures show it being used at waist high.
 
I've got one of these bins at work.
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We stuff a lot of packaging in, so the lid is permanently removed. There's a long plastic clip that fits over the bin bag onto the each side at the top of the stand. I've often wondered if you could fit a haynet under the clips and if the whole thing would be strong enough to hold a hay net while you fill it, then you could just drop the haynet down when full by releasing the clips.

Meanwhile I just hook one side of the haynet onto the bailer which is next to our hay in the barn, and fill.
 
The whole point of the Hay Presto is the way the net, attached to the rim, is clipped up to the wall bracket to form a functioning, full haynet. It's not just for filling nets with hay. That's why the Folding Haynet Filler, posted by "be positive" is not an alternative to the Hay Presto.
 
Maybe I'm being stupid, but I don't really get what it does!

I can see it make it easier to fill, but why would you want to fill haynets in a stable - surely most people fill in the haybarn? If you fill in the stable how do you overcome the problem of getting enough hay from the bale to your stable without having to do multiple trips or making a huge mess?

Also how is it safer and how does it benefit the horse from trickle feeding more than just a normal haynet hung up?

Finally £120!!!!! Really??!!!!!!
 
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Joeyjojo said:
Maybe I'm being stupid, but I don't really get what it does!

I can see it make it easier to fill, but why would you want to fill haynets in a stable - surely most people fill in the haybarn? If you fill in the stable how do you overcome the problem of getting enough hay from the bale to your stable without having to do multiple trips or making a huge mess?

Also how is it safer and how does it benefit the horse from trickle feeding more than just a normal haynet hung up?

Finally £120!!!!! Really??!!!!!!
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Basically, you don't have to pull the hay apart before stuffing it into the net. You just take the number of sections you want, carry them over to the open Hay Presto, plunk them in, then lift up the front edge of the Hay Presto, and attach to the clip on the top of the bracket, and Bob's your uncle, done and dusted.

I believe this new HP comes with small holes for hay/haylage.

I think £120. is outrageous! I know someone who made a copy of the original HP for personal use, for a fraction of that price, and the net frame was removable.

The whole purpose of the original HP was to save time filling nets and tying them up.

I have always filled my other nets by placing them in a very large plastic bucket, draping the rings and tying string over the edge, filling, then tying the net closed. Simples!
 
Erm....am i the only one who holds one side of the haynet in one hand & fills it with hay with the other hand?!:p

Sometimes the old fashioned ways are the best - and cheapest! :rolleyes:
 
forestfantasy said:
Erm....am i the only one who holds one side of the haynet in one hand & fills it with hay with the other hand?!:p

Sometimes the old fashioned ways are the best - and cheapest! :rolleyes:
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Your way is how I fill my donkey haynets. But, when you are filling a net with almost 3/4 of a bale for 18.1hh Shires, holding the net with one hand becomes a bit heavy, especially with arthritic hands and fingers. Whatever floats your boat (shrugs shoulders and smiles).
 
I use that much hay for my friends 17.1hh ID mare a night through winter & use a large haylage net for her.
I pop a few slices in then leave the net on the floor so i don't have to hold it, then fill the rest, once full i pop it in my barrow, wheel it over under the tie ring then haul it up. :)

I can see why some people use these devices but personally have never found a need for them :)
 
My haynet bucket lives in the hay barn. It sits on a bale so that it is off the floor. I've found that my lousy back has given me no end of inspiration in creating non-bending-down solutions for my daily routines on the yard. I, basically, fill my haynets the way you do, with a little tweek in the form of my off-the-floor bucket. What do they say...necessity is the mother of invention?
 
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