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  John Baker September 11, 2013 at 12:39am

  Good job I am not overlooked by any neighbours. A camping mat reverse rolled gives the right sort of effect, but would need to be double length to do the job properly and I am sure there would be a more elegant and less bulky way of doing this, if I knew for what material I was looking.
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  Dan Frazer Gardening September 11, 2013 at 7:14am

  Is this really an issue? I've never felt the need for something to hold a bag open, just cram the material in. I think it would take more time setting this up than it would just getting on with the job.
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  Mark September 11, 2013 at 7:31am

  I stand the bag on it's side, if there is a breeze then facing the breeze as this then helps keep the bag open, I then stand in the bag facing the debri and scoop it between my legs until I have enough in to hold the bag open and then tip the bag upright and continue to fill it from the top....you can save too much bending if you like by using a wire grass rake to drag stuff through your legs initially and even like a shovel with brambles etc to load in the top ;-)

  Cheers
  Mark
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  Graeme @ BGS September 11, 2013 at 7:33am

  John - what type of materials / waste are you thinking of loading into the bags?

  For leaves etc., I just rake them into a big pile then lay the bag on its side and place my feet on the bag and pull the over side up so over my backside and just rake the leaves in. With back kicking and a few more rakes, I can get the bag 3/4 filled.
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  Chris R Selwyn-Smith September 11, 2013 at 7:34am

  How about heavy duty root barrier as used with bamboo.
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  Phil Voice September 11, 2013 at 7:41am

  One tonne bags are mighty heavy and cumbersome when loaded, especially when full of grass cuttings.
  Four road pins, one holding each corner, work (but it's a pain carrying the pins around).

  
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  Stuart Land-Scape.co.uk September 11, 2013 at 8:50am

  i fold the top half of the bag down and once it's getting up to the half way level i flip it back up.
  don't fancy carrying a large lump of springy plastic around, when folding the bag makes it easy.
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  Geoffrey King September 11, 2013 at 9:03am

  Although not designed for tonne bags, works well with 70-100 litre sacks, we use ours a lot.

  http://www.amazon.co.uk/Bosmere-G185-Bin-Bag-Loader/dp/B000TATVQ0

  It allows us to put a greater volume into a bag, allowing much more compaction, especially leaves.
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  Robbie September 11, 2013 at 9:34am

  
  
  Phil Voice said:

  One tonne bags are mighty heavy and cumbersome when loaded, especially when full of grass cuttings.
  Four road pins, one holding each corner, work (but it's a pain carrying the pins around).

  

  I might give that a try, I usually have a couple in the van as I use them for fertilising and measuring large gardens :)
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  Steve London Stone September 11, 2013 at 9:34am

  Try using Correx. You can buy it in large sheets from any builders merchants. WWe use it for making stone templates but it can be used for a whole host of things

  https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=correx+sheets&bav=on.2,or.r_q...