Cassy
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Has anyone ever made one of these. I bought one last year that fixed to the barn wall but it soon fell apart. I think it must have been the weight of hay needed to feed one greedy horse.
Haynet filler
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Morag4
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Never made one but bought the stubbs easy net free standing one and it's the best purchase ever! (I'm recovering from a broken proximal humerous and torn up shoulder and it's been a godsend).
Toby_Zaphod
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Don't waste your money on these things, get yourself a plastic drum & cut the top out of it with a jig saw, Then drill three holes around the top at equal distances i.e. 12 o'clock, 4 o'clock & 8 o'clock & attach a bolt through each of the holes. Then get your hay net & hang it inside the drum using the bolts to hold the net in place. This will hold the net open while you fill it. I made one almost 2 years ago & it's still being used to stuff 10-12 nets a day & is in perfect order. 
Steerpike
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My husband made me one out of an old oil drum, works brilliantly and was cheaper than buying one!
Arzada
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The costs of buying a husband, the oil or plastic drum, the jigsaw, the drill, the drill bits, the bolts and the associated time make it cheaper, quicker and way easier to buy one!
moosea
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If you buy the upgraded husband he will fill the nets for you!!
Meredith
riding reluctantly into the sunset
Super upgrade buys the husband who mows, bales and stacks the hay.
HeyMich
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Hahaha! Thanks for the giggle ����
poiuytrewq
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I put (actually that's a lie, I found) two nails in the wall which perfectly hold a Haynet!
Darlabean
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Super deluxe husband, does all of this and ties up the haynets as well as cooking dinner and running your bath for you!
Steerpike
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I must have the super super deluxe husband as he is doing evening stables for me tonight, with 7 horses in as I swan off to Olympia, he also built all my stables, my horse box amongst other stuff!!
JillA
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So who stocks the super deluxe husband? I've never been able to find a grade above the "your horses your responsibility" version, so I bought a wheelbarrow instead
Darlabean
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You obviously have the Premier super super deluxe version, lucky ******!
Darlabean
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They’re very rare now, were a limited edition. You can get them second hand sometimes, but they usually come with a beer belly, an ex wife, a couple of kids and a cold sore on their lip ....
Firefly9410
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ILuvCowparsely
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If you have a Barrel like this with open one end http://45gallondrums.com/product/re...X6Wb6J5uBmtShMsXhlxxFoQ4K1mQCZaRoCPC8QAvD_BwE
Then buy some of these and hook them on the open end it is a perfect diy job hay filler https://www.homebase.co.uk/suspension-hook-blue-and-green-200mm_p221005
blitznbobs
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Does this paragon actually exist , and if so can I have one that looks like Daniel Craig please.
JillA
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That sounds like one of those "takes longer to set up and use and disentangle when it's full" jobs. The wheelbarrow is ideal - fill the barrow with the hay, thread the neck of the net over the handles with the opening facing the hay and scoop it in. It was no coincidence I bought the barrow instead of the husband - much more use and much less moaning.
Dave's Mam
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I use the wheelbarrow handles. I only have a Basic Model Husband - Won't go within 10 miles of a horse.