Indulgent horsey purchase, but so worth it ? - haynet filler

[Tiddlypom]

I've been after one of these for a while, maybe a year or so, but they have been out of stock at the wholesalers. I clicked 'buy' as soon as the email alert came in that they were available again. I've tried all the usual tips and tricks and hooks for haynet filling, but this gizmo rocks! It's easy peasy in use. That's an XL haynet.





The cat joins in as usual ?

 

[Regandal]

I need one of those! Where did you get it from?

 

[Tiddlypom]

It's worth a Google search for the best price on line as the price varies quite a bit. As it's only just come back in stock, the average price hasn't settled down yet.

It's the Stubbs Nets So Easy, and the cheapest that I can currently find it for is £65.93.

https://farmandcountryonline.co.uk/...sNPRbMBAu89iK6X09kgOzN2VVhguWZeUaArcuEALw_wcB

 

[Sossigpoker]

My partner made me a wooden one, cost about £10 in materials .
I was disgusted by the prices of these things , a typical equestrian mark up applied there...

 

[Tiddlypom]

Feel free to be disgusted .

It's a very well designed and made sturdy piece of kit, with typical Stubbs quality, and it makes my life easier.

 

[milliepops]

I need to get OH to make me one of those. Haynet filling is my most hated job.

I'll put it on the list. Right after finishing the lorry, fixing up the stables, harrowing the field, repairing the field shelter... ?‍

 

[Pearlsasinger]

I thought you meant something that would actually put the hay in the nets! I was getting excited. We don't use haynets but measure out the hay in old feed sacks, which are much stiffer than Haynets, so you device wouldn't be helpful to me. Enjoy your new purchase!

 

[HashRouge]

When I was a kid we used to just use an empty feed bin in the same way. Getting a really big hay net out of the bin after filling it could be a bit of a challenge though!

 

[Flowerofthefen]

I got a handy friend to weld me one up a few years ago. Cost next to nothing!!

 

[tatty_v]

I’ve been looking at something like this as like @milliepops, if I never had to fill a haynet again I’d be a happy person! Is it a faff to get the haynet onto it? That’s been the only thing putting me off…

 

[Tiddlypom]

I’ve been looking at something like this as like @milliepops, if I never had to fill a haynet again I’d be a happy person! Is it a faff to get the haynet onto it? That’s been the only thing putting me off…

It's not faffy in use. Some gadgets are more hassle than they're worth, aren't they, but not this one.

It's easy to set up the empty haynet on the prongs, you don't have to be too precise, then the hay goes straight in without any mess and it's quick to unhook the filled net and lift it out.

OH did make me a diy version yonks ago, but it was rather fiddly, so I gave up on it.

 

[J&S]

We had a triangular one of these at the farm i liveried at. There was a queu to use it!! I hate filling nets with a vengeance and would really ove one at home.

 

[Nicnac]

OH made one - a wheelie bin with four prongs. It works really well with the big nets although he's 6'4" so finds it far easier to lift them out than I do so I get him to do my hay nets! Win win and free

 

[Dave's Mam]

I need to get OH to make me one of those. Haynet filling is my most hated job.

I'll put it on the list. Right after finishing the lorry, fixing up the stables, harrowing the field, repairing the field shelter... ?‍

Wheelbarrow handles make excellent haynet fillers.

 

[Horseysheepy]

Sometimes it's good to invest in something that makes a tedious job far more easier and quicker. Filling haynets is a pita!!

Being Stubbs, it'll last a lifetime.

I'd love one! I use round bales and I can picture myself rolling the hay off the bale and just folding it into the open net. Absolute bliss!.

 

[poiuytrewq]

The guy I work for made one out of wood. I thought it quite exciting before I tried it, but in truth it’s just all wrong, they really need to be circular. I’d love to try one of these out as I too HATE haynets and I’m winter I go through a good 15 a day.

 

[Burnttoast]

My haynet filler is really fancy - two rope insulators screwed to the hayshed door, also used for hanging frequently used brushes etc. I hook the haynet onto them and use one hand to hold it open and the other to drop sections in. Only works with small bales though - would be a faff if I was pulling hay off a big bale. It makes life so much easier.

 

[milliepops]

yeah i have big rounds so it does need to be something portable. i am tempted by the OPs one!

 

[Tiddlypom]

Wheelbarrow handles make excellent haynet fillers.

You must have perfected a better technique than me with the wheelbarrow handles ?. Not that that would be difficult. I've been doing the wheelbarrow handle thing rather badly for the last few years.

The swear box hasn't had a single addition since I christened the indulgent purchase ?.

 

[Dave's Mam]

You must have perfected a better technique than me with the wheelbarrow handles ?. Not that that would be difficult. I've been doing the wheelbarrow handle thing rather badly for the last few years.

The swear box hasn't had a single addition since I christened the indulgent purchase ?.

I have just recently converted 2 yard friends who had never even contemplated the use of the wheelbarrow!

 

[Steerpike]

My other half is going to make me one with an old basketball hoop that was left here by the old owner!

 

[Flame_]

We used to have one of them at work and I never used it. It took longer to hook the haynet to it and unhook it again than just to hold it and fill it. I can't believe that price, although I did spend ££s on a haybar only to go back to nets after about a week.

 

[Backtoblack]

I put 2 cup hooks about 15 inches apart in the shed wall,I hang the net on these,makes filling much easier.

 

[Dave's Mam]

I put 2 cup hooks about 15 inches apart in the shed wall,I hang the net on these,makes filling much easier.

Yep. Perfect.

 

[Peregrine Falcon]

Looks very handy. ? I have a tip for others. Fill a tub trug then put haynet over the top and turn tub trug upside down.

 

[Auslander]

I've got a wall mounted version, and it's one of my best purchases ever! I use about 20 haynets a day, and I hated filling them before I got the filler ring

 

[Pinkvboots]

We had them on the walls at work can't say I miss them that much.

 

[hock]

A large oil barrow with 3 bolts around the top equally spaced out also works a treat.