A storage process protecting bales with a plastic tarp by covering. This choice is more economical when bales can be stacked several layers high. Covering them with a tarp will add some more time. Moving bales to a storage building and stacking them inside will require the most labor, and the effort. This process does not require much labor and effort.

Advantage:

  • Requiring low cost plastic, inexpensive
  • Needing a minimal investment
  • Quick
  • Portable

Disadvantage:

  • No reusable
  • Ultraviolet breakdown
  • Rainy day leaks
  • Mildew and rust problem
  • Tie-down failures
  • Not unusable for long-term storage
Web Segments

https://homeguides.sfgate.com/disadvantages-using-tarps-instead-storage-shed-33226.html

https://www.extension.iastate.edu/agdm/crops/pdf/a2-37.pdf