By now you’re probably getting excited like I am about using open weave mesh bags and tubes. I came up with this $10 solution for filling bags and tubes. It has a 3-gallon metal bucket chute with the bottom cut out and a heavy duty leather shoulder strap riveted on with three pop rivets per side. The raschel mesh bags slide on perfectly. Stainless steel or galvanized buckets would both work. You may want to attach a metal tube to the bottom if you use long tubes. Change the strap around throughout the day to reduce fatigue.
I’ve always respected your refusal to keep crucial information secret and extort with it.
Thanks. A few years ago Kelly and I agreed that most information was not accessible. The whole situation was sort of disgusting, really. Why should people have to pay thousands of dollars for such simple information? And by coming forth and sharing what we knew, it’s triggered a whole avalanche of new ideas, innovation, lots of additional projects.
Just watch — pretty soon people will be selling these for $99.95 or whatever. The same thing happened in the strawbale movement. But I’ve always encouraged people to make simple tools like this.
Pop rivets: http://www.emhart.com/brands/pop
Pop rivet tool: http://hardwareaisle.thisoldhouse.com/2008/10/sometimes-only.html