Hay steamers

[TPO]

No, hopefully it does if it boils dry! At £1000 for a one horse size i think it's an astonishing thing to have saved a few quid on.
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I dont know of it keeps going but a buzzer goes off

 

[JaneDoe123]

I have one that is like a Haygain (as in an industrial steam producer rather than a wallpaper stripper, with a double skinned, heavy duty, chest type container) and, although it came with the penetrators for the steam, I fitted more hay in when I removed them.

The nets were thoroughly steamed right through. The steam was intense for such a small (relatively) amount of water.

The industrial ones seem to put the steam in with a lot of pressure, and the insulated chests keep it as steam.

It did need a timer adding, I really can't understand why there isn't some kind of cut off built in.

Which hay steamer have you got please? I assume not a hay gain one?

 

[poiuytrewq]

As long as you got a steamer where the steam will penetrate throughout the hay there is no need to soak first. As far as I know, only Haygain steamers can do this due to their spiked gaskets.

Now this is what I always wonder. I’ve only used a big whole bale hay gain. It has several spikes throughout the bale that the steam comes through. If the bale isn’t wedged onto them properly it doesn’t steam as well.
So surely these homemade boxes with paper steamers popped into the bottom can’t work anywhere near as well.

 

[Winters100]

Now this is what I always wonder. I’ve only used a big whole bale hay gain. It has several spikes throughout the bale that the steam comes through. If the bale isn’t wedged onto them properly it doesn’t steam as well.
So surely these homemade boxes with paper steamers popped into the bottom can’t work anywhere near as well.

I think that mine is very 'low level' and nowhere near the quality of a haygain, but better than home made. I can say that it works really well as long as I don't overfill. I have only 2 horses who I give steamed hay, and only 1 for whom it is necessary, so it is quite easy to let it run while I am riding, but if I had more I guess I would need to upgrade.

 

[MereChristmas]

I think that mine is very 'low level' and nowhere near the quality of a haygain, but better than home made. I can say that it works really well as long as I don't overfill. I have only 2 horses who I give steamed hay, and only 1 for whom it is necessary, so it is quite easy to let it run while I am riding, but if I had more I guess I would need to upgrade.

My homemade steamer is a huge wheelie bin in an insulated cupboard. It works best if the slices of hay are separated, loosened and put in vertically. The second layer is also vertical but at right angles to the bottom one. I made 2 huge box like hay nets out of old nets to hold the hay for each layer. They are easier to lift out.