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On Apr 20, 4:48 pm, "Colbyt"
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I bought 2 bales of straw at Lowes for a seeding project.
Surprise the bale
was bound with baling wire and not string. I am 60 years old
and never seen
baling wire used and I worked on the farms a lot as a
youngster.

What type of modern combine uses wire? Is it a regional thing?

Combines do not make bales.

Commercial operations use wire-tie balers because the wire does
not
rot when the bales sit stacked on concrete. Mice and rats do not
chew
the wire.

Also, the plastic of tie string doesn't get into wool.

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