One tonne bag sized collars

[cheb]

I want to be able to fill a one tonne bag by hand and want it to stay roughly the right shape and height when filled. I've got pallet collars but they are the wrong size and have fixed pin hinges. Anyone have a link to a removable pin hinge that I could use or a frame that holds it open in the correct shape? The bags will be filled with quarry dust, stones, firewood and other random stuff. The bags won't need to be moved once filled.

An internet search just gives me lots of places I can the bags and not a collar or frame.

 

[Pete.]

Reach into the bag and grab it half way down a corner seam. Now pull the corner loop down to the bottom corner. Do this 4 times so the top half of the bag is folded down the outside of the bottom half of the bag, and it will do a pretty good job of holding its square shape.

 

[Agroshield]

Find an old tent and repurpose the poles:

Bulk Bag Buddy - tonne or bulk bag support frame system

A brand new unique system to hold your bulk bag open whilst filling or emptying. Pro Frame fits most tonne bags and bulk bags. Ideal for builders

www.bulkbagbuddy.uk

 

[sako243]

Two of the height adjustable trestles are good as well. Mine I inherited with the house have lips on the edge for keeping planks on but they also serve well at keeping the bag loops on.

 

[Pond frog]

If you’re loading on soft ground nock one of those rebar barrier posts at each corner and hook the loops up https://www.orbitalfasteners.co.uk/...y-duty-barrier-fencing-steel-self-colour-pins

 

[cheb]

I've tried the folding down trick, it's usually windy enough for it nearly to work but not quite.

That bag buddy looks like the thing, thanks.

 

[dieselsamurai]

Two of the height adjustable trestles are good as well. Mine I inherited with the house have lips on the edge for keeping planks on but they also serve well at keeping the bag loops on.

This is exactly what I do loading with a digger

 

[Agrismith]

There use to be someone selling a bulk bag filling frame on arbtalk.
It was only an x frame held with a bolt through the middle held in place by a big spring. As the bag fills the x frame sank. When full unclip the spring and slide the frame out

 

[Agrismith]

Here's a copy cat product

Builders Bag Holder | eBay

Push arms back into start position and repeat. Holds ton bags, from 80x80 to 95x95, great for industries that use ton bags, from holding rubble or sand- or even fire wood, ensures you full the bag to capacity without a side falling down!

www.ebay.co.uk

 

[roofman]

Make a 1/2" plywood 4 sided box with no bottom to slide inside, fill inside the box then just pull it out when 3/4 full. I use the same principle with a round plastic bucket for my lads to fill sacks, means just one man can fill sacks instead of two

 

[8ob]

Make a 1/2" plywood 4 sided box with no bottom to slide inside, fill inside the box then just pull it out when 3/4 full. I use the same principle with a round plastic bucket for my lads to fill sacks, means just one man can fill sacks instead of two

This is what we knocked up for filling sand bags

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[Agroshield]

That bag buddy looks like the thing, thanks.

They say to buy them on Amazon, but they are 'currently unavailable' and website is 2016, so it was more for the idea than for purchase.

 

[Screwdriver]

Four jack stands, two scaff poles, job done.

 

[Robotstar5]

This is what we knocked up for filling sand bags

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Can also be used as a bog in an emergency

 

[Mikey D]

@8ob. That's just your homemade commode

 

[caprinut]

Take some time to fill a 1 ton bag though.

Bert