Tarpaulin cover for hay

[MyBoyChe]

Recommendations please. It needs the eyelets to be able to tie it down and be fairly sturdy, current one is more like a canvas and is very threadbare

 

[PurBee]

You get all types of gsm weights for tarps. Go for 200gsm + heavier ones…the 80-150 gsm type are thinner and the wind and UV can weaken them within a year.
They all have eyelets on them…the thinner ones sometimes lose/rip out the eyelets in winds. I live in a windy place so avoid thin tarps!

 

[windand rain]

We use car covers but the hay isn't open to the wind lidl ones but you need to add eyelets if you want it outside in a windy spot

 

[Midlifecrisis]

We bought ours from screw fix I think….it formed a rectangular cube with 2 zips on one side..I think it was to cover patio furniture..or a boat/caravan….I bought rectangular small hay and could fit loads under it. Actually I wonder where it is???

 

[Birker2020]

Recommendations please. It needs the eyelets to be able to tie it down and be fairly sturdy, current one is more like a canvas and is very threadbare

 

[Birker2020]

Recommendations please. It needs the eyelets to be able to tie it down and be fairly sturdy, current one is more like a canvas and is very threadbare

We got ours from Amazon, very heavy weight with eyelets. Suitable for outdoors. £17.99 for 2.85 x 3m

 

[dorsetladette]

army surplus stores usually have the canvas ones

 

[exracehorse]

I use a heavy rubber pond liner.

 

[Kaycee]

We use old lorry curtains. The are extremely heavy and we don't need to tie them down, we just put a tyre or two on the top if it's gale force winds. You can unsually pick them up for free and they last forever, unlike the thickest of tarps.

 

[ILuvCowparsely]

Recommendations please. It needs the eyelets to be able to tie it down and be fairly sturdy, current one is more like a canvas and is very threadbare

Just out there.

Have you thought of a really old trailer to keep your hay in??

 

[rextherobber]

Just out there.

Have you thought of a really old trailer to keep your hay in??

My not so very old trailer has just started leaking like a sieve !

 

[Errin Paddywack]

In my experience storing hay in trailers is a no. If the bales touch the sides they get damp from condensation. Short term, like a couple of weeks is ok.

 

[Pinkvboots]

I got a tarpaulin from ebay it's not a particularly thick one but its been ok I think it was about £12.