Bull Bags? Thoughts

[paulsharvey]

Anyone use these bull bags from homedepot/other sources. They are around $30-40 (plus whatever local pick up costs). I was as wondering about using them not as intended as a one time dumpster; but more as a bulk material bag, yes for debris, but also general use. I was thinking, hang it off the forks, and gather up misc light crap, and the put it on the trailer to haul to the dump, and hand unload the bag there, and reuse?

I've seen them used for light construction debris mostly, but you think they would be durable enough for multiple light uses?

 

[2manyrocks]

Haven't used those particular ones, but I just bought a durasack concrete washout bag from Amazon to try myself. I think HD carries them, too.

 

[paulsharvey]

I went ahead and picked one up, think it was $39 at Home Depot. It's been riding around still folded up in the bed of the truck till last night. It was fiddely as Frick to set up, and I don't really think it's going to be what I wanted. It's too large to put on a pallet, not firm enough to use a 4 way sling to move around and stay open. They might work OK for the intended us, as a foldable, non-mobile dumpster, but with the removal prices, they are Way more $$$ than a roll off dumpster, for the capacity. I'm probably just gonna put it on the trailer and have to move the trailer around.

 

[2manyrocks]

Haven't used mine yet, but suspect the issue is going to be finding a way of rigging it so it stays open to fill it.

 

[5030]

I've never heard of them actually. Heard of Bull Balls however. I also heard that when deep fried, they taste pretty good and the town just west of us is famous for their 'T esticle Festival' but I've never went to sample the cuisine.

Deerfield, Michigan, home of the T esticle Festival.

I see that word is banned on this site. This site has some very strange words banned.

 

[dieselscout80]

Haven't used those particular ones, but I just bought a durasack concrete washout bag from Amazon to try myself. I think HD carries them, too.

I wonder if anyone makes one of those type bags that has an opening down low to allow you empty it in a controlled manner and direct it to a specific location.

What would be really useful is for it to be resealable.

I could use them to buy bulk fertilizer or seed.

 

[paulsharvey]

I wonder if anyone makes one of those type bags that has an opening down low to allow you empty it in a controlled manner and direct it to a specific location.

What would be really useful is for it to be resealable.

I could use them to buy bulk fertilizer or seed.

Yes, there are 1 Cubic Yard woven bags that have a kinda draw string funnel-shoot on the bottom. You would need to look at the specialist supplies that sell packing/shipping, industrial supplies. Look at something like U-Line ssupply's.

I think they are intended for stuff like bulk corn feeders, and loading industrial machinery with stuff like plastic pellets.

 

[dieselscout80]

Yes, there are 1 Cubic Yard woven bags that have a kinda draw string funnel-shoot on the bottom. You would need to look at the specialist supplies that sell packing/shipping, industrial supplies. Look at something like U-Line ssupply's.

I think they are intended for stuff like bulk corn feeders, and loading industrial machinery with stuff like plastic pellets.

Thanks

It is called it a discharge spout. I hadn’t thought about googling for a bag with a discharge spout.

 

[2manyrocks]

I'd like to find a strong enough bag with a spout to place some concrete if there is such a thing. I would be working with about one 80lb bag at a time.

 

[paulsharvey]

I'd like to find a strong enough bag with a spout to place some concrete if there is such a thing. I would be working with about one 80lb bag at a time.

For that, you probably can modify a trash can, or better yet, a poly barrel. I did a very quick Google search, and I don't think it's what your looking for, but their are 1/4 yard skid steer (mini skid steer) concrete buckets; but the pour shoot is placed at the top, and doesn't appear movable; so you can kinda direct the pour when you dump, but that's not the same as having a movable shoot. They are around $900.

 

[2manyrocks]

I'd like an inexpensive solution under $100 that I can put on a 3pt boom pole to carefully fill some forms without spilling much concrete. I actually have a poly barrel that I cut and rolled into a cone to drag logs, but have no idea how I'd cap the end of it to hold the concrete in the cone until I was ready to pour it?

I'm working with bag concrete that I mix in an electric cement mixer.

 

[paulsharvey]

The way I picture using this, if I'm not looking at it wrong, chain it to boom pole, lower assembly near mixer, and have a pull cord attached to that handle. Once you dump from mixer to bucket, you would lift/position the boom pole and bucket, and pull in the pull cord to dump into the block?

 

[2manyrocks]

Maybe I could take a poly bag made for sandbags and use it as a discharge chute on the end of the poly cone by cutting out the closed end of the bag? I could roll it up to hold the concrete in the cone and then let it loose to discharge it. But I need to figure out a way to hold the poly bag onto the poly cone. Maybe a ratchet strap?

Cheapskate's concrete hopper....

 

[2manyrocks]

What might work better would be something to plug the cone from the inside that I could pull out on a chain from the top? Maybe a circular steel plate with some guides welded to center the plug in the cone when it is near the bottom of the cone?

 

[paulsharvey]

How ghetto is too ghetto? Take a traffic cone, and screw it to the bottom of a 5 gal bucket; jigsaw most a 8" hole in bottom of buelcket; and tie a piece of paracord to a tennis ball. Place tennis ball in cone, with string hanging out; boom, one way value, activated by the simple pull of the cord.

 

[5030]

I actually own a 3 bag PTO driven, self dumping concrete mixer I picked up at a farm auction, years ago and it is very handy. Think I paid like 30 bucks for it. Fits on the 3 point and you regulate the dump action by adjusting the top link. Sure beats hand mixing concrete which is, far as I'm concerned, pure drudgery.

 

[Gregster613]

I actually own a 3 bag PTO driven, self dumping concrete mixer I picked up at a farm auction, years ago and it is very handy. Think I paid like 30 bucks for it. Fits on the 3 point and you regulate the dump action by adjusting the top link. Sure beats hand mixing concrete which is, far as I'm concerned, pure drudgery.

5030, Have you any pictures of that unit? It does sound handy; I'd like to know what it looks like in case I ever find something like that to acquire. Thanks Greg

 

[newbury]

5030, Have you any pictures of that unit? It does sound handy; I'd like to know what it looks like in case I ever find something like that to acquire. Thanks Greg

not 5030 but 5 cubic foot:

https://www.northerntool.com/products/nortrac-3-pt-pto-cement-mixer-5-cubic-ft-51465

 

[Gem99ultra]

I bought 2 Bull Bags of mulch; 1300# each bag. I was a little off on my thinking. Way too heavy for my little Kubota L3400 to lift. I had to nickle & dime each one t about 1/2 full before I could move them around. They are very well made though. Surprisingly, the two hand straps are plenty strong enough to pick up a fully loaded bad with the tractor forks. I'll be keeping these two for future uses.

 

[paulsharvey]

I bought 2 Bull Bags of mulch; 1300# each bag. I was a little off on my thinking. Way too heavy for my little Kubota L3400 to lift. I had to nickle & dime each one t about 1/2 full before I could move them around. They are very well made though. Surprisingly, the two hand straps are plenty strong enough to pick up a fully loaded bad with the tractor forks. I'll be keeping these two for future uses.

That sounds like a perfect use of them; a bulky, fairly light material. Would make transporting mulch, compost, manure, without a dump trailer much easier.

I do wish I had a pallet sized large enough to hold the Bull Bag, but it's something like 5.5ft square roughly