a guide track for a strap with which to bind a bale of bulk material . the guide track includes a convex portion and a restraining portion . two lateral guide track halves are biased together . on their internal faces the guide track section halves have channels . the baling strap or baling wire is driven through the channels and guided around the material to be baled . the channels widen from a small diameter to a wide aperture at the receiving end of the guide track sections for receiving a lead end of a wire or strap that is propelled across a gap from a preceding guide track section . a partition is positioned within the wide aperture to provide multiple receptacles for the lead end of a wire or strap .