Portable/lightweight/folding bulk bag frame - any suggesions?

[Chris Sheppard]

Looks quite simple idea as it folds up with a chain to hold it

 

I like that

[Tom at Heartwood]

Tom what would the average dimension and weight requirments be for said frame?

elg

 

The bags are 1m x 1m x 1m and when filled will weigh about half a ton but the frame does not need to be weight bearing. It's just to hold the shape of the bag whilst filling.

[Tom at Heartwood]

Looks quite simple idea as it folds up with a chain to hold it

 

Yes, that's a neat solution - compact to store, hardly any set up time and it could be put on any level surface without driving posts into the ground.

[Rob D]

Four road pins.

 

Standard Fence/Road Pin, 4'6"

 

 

Good post Mick I've been looking for these for a while.

[DN22 Gardening]

we use builder trestles.

 

cost me a tenner apiece, weigh nowt, and adjustable height.

 

i'll put pics up when i go to the yard

[gensetsteve]

I am going to make one for the yard out of an all terrain pallet truck so it can be moved when full of logs

[Justme]

As has been said, filling them into a static bag results in under filling them by quite a lot (est 25%). We now fill in to the bag whilst its hanging on a round bale handler on a tractor front loader so its just touching the floor. We then shake it at about 75% full & again at 95% till it wont settle any more. The bags are now very solid, square & stable.

[Marko]

Road pins

[treebloke]

Four road pins.

 

Standard Fence/Road Pin, 4'6"

 

We use road pins but they are no good if you are filling the bags on concrete which I guess most people dont.

[Ashes_Firewood]

Bit of an old thread but do people find using the road pins works quite well? Only got one tractor which runs the log splitter and also the loader with pallet forks so can't fill direct in to bags at the moment, doesn't seem efficient. Even if I could only fill them 80% using road pins then had to top up once I pick up and bounce the bag on the pallet forks it's going to be a lot better than what I'm doing at the moment...