Fuelwood rotabagga for kindling + sleeve kit

[Bustergasket]

anyone got one for sale? thinking it could make my life easier, but could be wrong! may also need a sleeve kit for a splitta 360 - WHY many thanks

[Chris Gagen]

I tried the rotabagga and quickly returned it.

 

I found that the the way it holds the bag means that the bag ends up looking very slack/part filled.

 

I'm currently searching for a method of bag holder and a mechanical means of settling the contents whilst filling. I find that different people will fill the bags and it can lead to inconsistent looking bags. Feels a little OCD sometimes but I'm after a full net that wont settle after filling and look half empty once handled a couple of times.

 

Have also done many nets of inline packed kindling before but switched to loose fill as I find there is much less perfectly good kindling being rejected just because it was slightly shorter or ugly shaped from the point of view of trying to pack neatly inline.

[Bustergasket]

I tried the rotabagga and quickly returned it.

 

I found that the the way it holds the bag means that the bag ends up looking very slack/part filled.

 

I'm currently searching for a method of bag holder and a mechanical means of settling the contents whilst filling. I find that different people will fill the bags and it can lead to inconsistent looking bags. Feels a little OCD sometimes but I'm after a full net that wont settle after filling and look half empty once handled a couple of times.

 

Have also done many nets of inline packed kindling before but switched to loose fill as I find there is much less perfectly good kindling being rejected just because it was slightly shorter or ugly shaped from the point of view of trying to pack neatly inline.

thanks chris, what length to you cut the sticks to? I was watching the posch lads at apf they were cutting to about 6-7 ins and he was lightly kicking the bag as it filled up, I know people have suggested a ladder with the bags hanging in the opening formed by the rungs, we have the neat netts sorted they look good been doing them like that for the last 3 years but they take lots of time, Iam thinking I have to be able to do this quicker, my machine is set to 10 inch so rings are about 9 ins, thinking if I sleeve it down to 6 things may get easier but them again they may not, prob just end up with a set of different issues to resolve! you are right about wastage doing neat netts, and like you say it's important the nets full, I dry the kindle before I bag it, otherwise find it shrinks as it dries and does not look as full, all good fun though

[Logsnstuff]

thanks chris, what length to you cut the sticks to? I was watching the posch lads at apf they were cutting to about 6-7 ins and he was lightly kicking the bag as it filled up, I know people have suggested a ladder with the bags hanging in the opening formed by the rungs, we have the neat netts sorted they look good been doing them like that for the last 3 years but they take lots of time, Iam thinking I have to be able to do this quicker, my machine is set to 10 inch so rings are about 9 ins, thinking if I sleeve it down to 6 things may get easier but them again they may not, prob just end up with a set of different issues to resolve! you are right about wastage doing neat netts, and like you say it's important the nets full, I dry the kindle before I bag it, otherwise find it shrinks as it dries and does not look as full, all good fun though

 

from what I have been told 6" is the more popular because you can loose fill bags on less timber then longer lengths, so far have avoided doing kindling so no actual experience if thats true or not.