Sign in or 
Location: Miller's / Dover / Smith Brothers
Discussion: Miller's Hay Net Dimensions
Category:
Discussion Forum /
General Discussion
Share this
Showing 9 posts
|
ubergigglefritz |
Miller's Hay Net Dimensions
Aug 5 2010, 2:22 PM EDT
I have my hay nets, but don't have hay yet, ha ha (my horse has not moved to my place yet). I want to put together a rack for holding the hay nets open for me to load them. Was going to make something, but thought maybe I could just get one of those laundry bag holders and change it up to be able to hold a hay net instead. However, since I don't have hay yet to fill the bag up with, I have no idea what the dimensions of the bag will be when filled, and thus whether this idea would work or not. Anyone available to give me an idea as to what the dimensions should be (length, width, height)? Thanks!
Do you find this valuable?
|
|
ubergigglefritz |
1. RE: Miller's Hay Net Dimensions
Aug 5 2010, 2:27 PM EDT
On the same note of not having full hay bags to work with yet (but wanting to get things constructed if at all possible beforehand), can I figure out how hight to put the screw eye using the empty hay net? Though I guess full it will be a little higher than when empty... But if I have a hay net, close it with the bucket strap I am planning on using, and hold the clip up. I should put the screw eye about at the level where the bottom of the net is on the ground (slightly lower than the top of the tire, so that when it's filled, the bottom should still be about at the top of the tire)? Thanks!
Do you find this valuable?
|
|
ubergigglefritz |
2. RE: Miller's Hay Net Dimensions
Aug 5 2010, 2:37 PM EDT
My head is going a mile a minute, ha ha. Had another idea. I see a lot of people putting the hay nets over top of small buckets, using that as a slow feeder. Has anyone tried doing the insert of this. Put the hay net inside the bucket, flip the top over the edge and fill the hay net this way? I am trying to find an easier way to fill a bunch of hay nets. They are rather stiff new, assume they will loosen up over time, but would still be nice to have a quicker/easier way of filling them. Thanks!
Do you find this valuable?
|
Horsegma |
3. RE: Miller's Hay Net Dimensions
Aug 7 2010, 4:42 PM EDT
They do loosen up over time and that makes it easier.I have good results putting my hay nets inside of a plastic bin I bought for $4.00 at Walmart that I had laying around. I stretch the sides of the haynet over the bin and when I fill it up I grab hold of the string and up it comes. Pretty slick. In fact, right now I'm doubling the haynets. That slows them down even more. While one hay net did slow them down, it wasn't enough in my opinion. I really like the two hay nets as one now. I now can put out their hay at night and in the morning there is still just a little bit of hay left in there. Before when I was using a single net they would be done in an hour and a half to two hours tops. That was suppose to last all night. 1 out of 1 found this valuable. Do you? |
|
ubergigglefritz |
4. RE: Miller's Hay Net Dimensions
Aug 7 2010, 11:10 PM EDT
Yeah, I may end up having to double them as well, but we'll see. My horse is smart and an easy keeper =PShe's probably just going to be fat for a while though, while she gets the grass in the tracking down. I may need to bring another horse over just to help her with that =P lol. I'm probably not going to need to use the hay nets at all for a while... It will be a process learning the best way to do things =) I didn't do as good cost-wise, but I got a muck tub from southern states, it seems to fit well inside with the upper edge flipped over the top. Will see how it goes! Do you find this valuable? |
mycontact25 |
5. RE: Miller's Hay Net Dimensions
Aug 11 2010, 6:35 PM EDT
I discovered, that using the store-bought small mesh hay nets, I have one from Shire's and one from Dover, that the hay would only last a couple of hours. I doubled them up, and that was better, but I made my own haynet out of small mesh ice hockey barrier netting, which is a slightly smaller holes, and it lasts 4 hours or more. If you want to cut back on hay, but don't want a bored horse eating the barn or getting an ulcer, try clean oat straw. I use it, put a flake of oat straw in with the hay. He has to pick around the straw to get the hay, (slows him down more), and he won't get fat on oat straw. He won't eat it first, but towards the end of the day, he will pick at it until it's gone!
Do you find this valuable?
|
tangledmanes |
6. RE: Miller's Hay Net Dimensions
Aug 11 2010, 8:07 PM EDT
"I didn't do as good cost-wise, but I got a muck tub from southern states, it seems to fit well inside with the upper edge flipped over the top. Will see how it goes!"Post a picture if you have one! Looks like we don't have a picture of smhn being filled in a muck bucket yet. I had posted a picture of a Roma hay net in a muck bucket to show its rings, but the edges aren't shown flopped over the side. And the Miller's bags are so much nicer, and different, anyway. http://paddockparadise.wetpaint.com/photo/3520278/Roma+net+rings I use a muck bucket every day to load my Miller's nets. ~JoAnn~ 1 out of 1 found this valuable. Do you? |
|
Horsegma |
7. RE: Miller's Hay Net Dimensions
Aug 16 2010, 6:37 PM EDT
I added two pictures of the hay nets in the Walmart tote. Not sure how to get them on this thread though.They are labeled double hay nets in tote and double hay nets closed. Do you find this valuable? |
logriffy |
8. RE: Miller's Hay Net Dimensions
Oct 25 2012, 12:52 AM EDT
| Post edited: Oct 25 2012, 1:01 AM EDT
Ok this is a really easy solution for filling your bag style small mesh hay nets quickly without a big mess and without bending over too far. What you do is make a very very simple rack to hang the net on in your hay storage area shed. So what you can very easily do for pennies is to put a couple of cup hooks ( used for hanging cups inside a cabinet they just screw straight into wood walls, any smallish hooks like that will do the job) at about 2 and a half feet height from the ground or whatever you find comfortable for your height so you dont have to bend down too much, put this near the inside of the door of your hay shed or wherever you keep your hay. Undo the fastener or rope of your hay bag, hang it close to the top of the bag netting on one cup hook (or any hook that remains open like a cup hook and can go out of the way against a wall of your shed where you wont fall against it and snag yourself,) stretch it over to the other cup hook about 2 ft away, hold the front edge of the top of your haybag with one hand and stuff your flakes of hay into the nice open bag with the other hand. Take off one side of the one hook then take it off of the other hook and presto you have a full bag of hay without a struggle, without getting it all over the floor or all over your polar fleece jacket! Obviously dont put these hooks anywhere that inquisitive horses can get to them...nowhere in your paddocks..... just tucked out of the way in the hay shed or else they may catch an eye or a lip on them
1
out of
1 found this valuable.
Do you?
|
