Cheap silage wrap

reilig

Anyone used this stuff? I wonder is it junk? Can't be much worse than the quinn stuff. There used to be a brand called sunfilm in the late 1990's and we wrapped thousands with it with no problem. I wonder if it is the same??

http://www.donedeal.ie/for-sale/machinery/3092006

Farmer Pudsey

reilig wrote: »

Anyone used this stuff? I wonder is it junk? Can't be much worse than the quinn stuff. There used to be a brand called sunfilm in the late 1990's and we wrapped thousands with it with no problem. I wonder if it is the same??

It cheap alright will there be an attempt to stop it as there is probally no recycleing charge on it. Is there a British farming discussion site that we could check it on.

porter shark

in my experience theres nothing to beat silotite, i was talked into buying a few pallets of volac top wrap last year, it offered considerable savings but i regret it already and a few customers have also asked why i changed plastic last year. loads of fodder around now and i'm nervous as to how the left over bales will be this time next year.

i wouldn't use much of that stuff either. you could use a few rolls and keep an eye on performance. bales are too costly to gamble with unknown plastic.

reilig

porter shark wrote: »

in my experience theres nothing to beat silotite, i was talked into buying a few pallets of volac top wrap last year, it offered considerable savings but i regret it already and a few customers have also asked why i changed plastic last year. loads of fodder around now and i'm nervous as to how the left over bales will be this time next year.

i wouldn't use much of that stuff either. you could use a few rolls and keep an eye on performance. bales are too costly to gamble with unknown plastic.

Silotite or Visqueen would be my wrap of choice. Ironically both are made by BPI Agri and probably come off the same line but are branded differently for different markets.

The few people that i wrap for only want 4 layers on a bale, and last year visqueen did the job perfectly.

I tried the Volac stuff in the past but wasn't impresse!

Attie

Farmer Pudsey wrote: »

It cheap alright will there be an attempt to stop it as there is probally no recycleing charge on it. Is there a British farming discussion site that we could check it on.

Pudsey
British Farming Forum

reilig

Farmer Pudsey wrote: »

It cheap alright will there be an attempt to stop it as there is probally no recycleing charge on it. Is there a British farming discussion site that we could check it on.

There's nothing legally to stop anyone from buying wrap with no levy on it. The levy is simply there to cover the cost of recycling the wrap. If you can show that you are properly recycling your wrap elsewhere you are safe enough. There are significant savings to be made by not buying wrap with a levy on it and using a recycler who isn't funded by the levy.

Agric10

Has anybody any idea where sunfilm can be purchased, and is there any reputable dealer for it! I bought plastic with levy included in price, do I legally have to pay this surcharge?

haybob

reilig wrote: »

Anyone used this stuff? I wonder is it junk? Can't be much worse than the quinn stuff. There used to be a brand called sunfilm in the late 1990's and we wrapped thousands with it with no problem. I wonder if it is the same??

http://www.donedeal.ie/for-sale/machinery/3092006

Relax and go off on holidays for week reilig, the few fine days has lads gone cracked.

I use Quinn wrap and have no problems with it

pajero12

haybob wrote: »

Relax and go off on holidays for week reilig, the few fine days has lads gone cracked.

I use Quinn wrap and have no problems with it

Well then your one of very few....Quinn wrap is pure sh*te!

jimmy2pens

pajero12 wrote: »

Well then your one of very few....Quinn wrap is pure sh*te!

I agree, Quinn wrap pure sh*te!!!!!!

lab man

just asking why do e say quinn is bad what does it do to make it so bad??
a neighbour wants to go halves on a pallet

redzerologhlen

lab man wrote: »

just asking why do e say quinn is bad what does it do to make it so bad??
a neighbour wants to go halves on a pallet

I'd be wary of any wrap I can see through when its being stretched through the wrapper. I dont know if it stretches right either, It doesnt make any noise on the wrapper, volac and silotite would deafen you!!

porter shark

any opinions on volac topwrap2000?

6480

porter shark wrote: »

any opinions on volac topwrap2000?

volac was a top brand many years ago , but its only a trade name now not as good as years ago