<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Additionally, the modern wheat varieties are cultivated to maximise grain yield and minimise stalk (here in Victoria anyway). I just left the paddock of the longest straw I could find in the area. The farmer intentionally harvested with the highest cut he could, and the remaining straw was mid-calf at best (300mm,/1ft long once cut to bail). This doesn't bode well for the future of bale building.<div><br></div><div>To give him credit, he did blow out two hoses trying to get super tight bales. The hoses were supposedly rated at 200psi, the bale string didn't seem overly challenged. </div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Enga</div><div><br></div><div><br><div><br></div><div><img id="19e97cc4-b67f-49a3-bb6a-8ebff576f1f4" height="480" width="480" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" src="cid:4FB4651D-8F0D-4308-ACE7-EBD83B37AA6D"><br><div>
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<br><div><div>On 28/01/2015, at 1:25 PM, John Glassford wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">G ' day</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">Been busy building away form home just my observation on straw bales period.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">The biggest problem we face is that the majority of wheat growers here now use the large squares for straw bales in your language 8' x 3 ' 3' or 8' x 4' x 4' the preference is 8' x 3' x 3' for transportation needs and economies of scale.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">The small bales are not in favour and out of fashion and the balers are getting older and more unreliable.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">We have one supplier who keeps us going all year as well as supplying clients we put his way.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">We have as you know built several buildings now using the larger bales. They are great to use but not in large volume housing. It is a specialist job for those who like using jumbos. Our preference with jumbo bales are the 8'x3'x2' bales but these are getting rare as the contract balers are not using these any more.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">I have enjoyed the thread and have learned much but it is very confusing.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">Bottom line once you have lived in a straw bale home as we have now since 2005 there is no other option!</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">Back to work just put up 900 bales in a 3 bed house over 8 days using our hybrid method and the roof goes on next week.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><font face="verdana, sans-serif">Kind regards<br><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small;display:inline">The Straw Wolf</div><br>Huff 'n' Puff Constructions<br><a href="http://www.glassford.com.au/" target="_blank">http://www.glassford.com.au</a><br>61 2 6927 6027<br>In Australia (02) 6927 6027</font><div><font face="verdana, sans-serif">Mobile 0412 11 61 57</font></div><div><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><a href="http://oloimugimaasai.org/" target="_blank">Oloimugi Maasai Village</a><br><br><br></font></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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