Posted by K Effective on December 10, 2016 at 16:55:58 from (162.235.236.141):
In Reply to: Hay Rope Questions... posted by Super-H-Mike on December 10, 2016 at 16:38:54:
Great timing- I was just about to toss the old rope on the burn pile to get it out of the way! The trolly is still up there, the forks hang on the wall to get them out of the way. I still have the rails at the peak, from which we hung the elevator that runs the length of the barn and drops the bales about anywhere you want. I remember that the trolley was giving us fits before we replaced it with the elevator- it would start to drop the bales as soon as it made the trip up to the peak- before they entered the loft- not so good.
We replaced the rope probably late 1980s or so, I think Dad had to order it from a hardware store even then. It is sisal, not nylon. Not sure the nylon would like the friction under load, just a guess.
I dream of adapting this system to round bales, so I can be completely autonomous, but I'm still not sure how to move them around or stack/unstack them once up in the loft
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