Rear Wheel Canvas Rubbish Bag
Submitted: Sunday, Apr 14, 2019 at 12:51
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Member - lyndon NT
Hi All
Heading away for a month later in the year and am considering buying a rear wheel rubbish bag. Canvas might be the go, tough and breaths.
Will mostly be empty cans needed to "sustain" life the tropics.
Generally burn the rest of our rubbish, pick out the bits not burned next morning and in the bag they go.
7.50x16 splits.
Anyone recommend a good quality supplier?
Thanks
Lyndon
Reply By: Joe Fury - Sunday, Apr 14, 2019 at 13:24
Sunday, Apr 14, 2019 at 13:24
G'day Lyndon
Those rear wheel carrier rubbish bags are a clever idea in principal, not sure if they are value for money.
There are plenty of travelers who cart their garbage around in those canvas bags and my guess is they feel good about it, an admirable thing to do, but they can get very stinky especially on a warm/hot day.
If you are possibly only carrying 'empty cans' ~ why not make your own out of 70 to 90% shade cloth, you can make it as small or large as you like, plus the 'dregs' won't
pool in the bottom of the rubbish bag because the shade cloth is technically an open weave product, no dregs = no smell and no flies, plus you not advertising an expensive product, that's for garbage.
Safe travels : Joe Fury
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Follow Up By: Member - lyndon NT - Sunday, Apr 14, 2019 at 15:15
Sunday, Apr 14, 2019 at 15:15
Hi Joe
Good idea, one catch though. The cans necessary to "sustain" life in the top end are best kept out of view, especially in communities.
Cheers
Lyndon
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Reply By: Allan B (Sunshine Coast) - Sunday, Apr 14, 2019 at 16:57
Sunday, Apr 14, 2019 at 16:57
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Hi Lyndon,
I have used a couple of brands. Not entirely happy with either. Both had problems with straps onto the spare wheel..... difficult to apply and not entirely secure against rotating on the wheel. I'm sure that I could devise a better arrangement, in fact I did modify my second one with improvement.
First one detached at the top and inverted, dragging itself down the
Birdsville track, which at least dispensed with the need to empty it. lol
Also found that the zippers suffered from dust. Velcro may be better but no experience on that.
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Follow Up By: Member - lyndon NT - Sunday, Apr 14, 2019 at 17:09
Sunday, Apr 14, 2019 at 17:09
Hi Allan
Thanks for the info. I had wondered about how
well they would attach.................
cheers
Lyndon
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Follow Up By: Allan B (Sunshine Coast) - Sunday, Apr 14, 2019 at 17:25
Sunday, Apr 14, 2019 at 17:25
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Lyndon, seems to me that the ideal would be a 'hood' at the top that simply drops over the spare and one securing strap at the bottom, but no-one seems to make such. They all seem to have multiple complicated straps with flimsy plastic 'buckles'.
I could replace two punctured wheels in the time it takes to remove and replace my bag. Unknown brand ex 4WD
shop.
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Follow Up By: Member - lyndon NT - Sunday, Apr 14, 2019 at 17:30
Sunday, Apr 14, 2019 at 17:30
I had thought the same Allan and somewhat dismayed that no one is producing one?
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Follow Up By: Member - McLaren3030 - Monday, Apr 15, 2019 at 00:16
Monday, Apr 15, 2019 at 00:16
Allan, I have a Black Widow wheel bag, it has a hood that fits over the tyre, with one “occy” strap that goes through a loop at the top, and connects to a “D” ring on each side low down. Not sure if they still make them, as I have had it for several years.
Macca.
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Follow Up By: Allan B (Sunshine Coast) - Monday, Apr 15, 2019 at 10:16
Monday, Apr 15, 2019 at 10:16
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Macca, that sounds like the sort of arrangement that I would desire.
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Reply By: Allan B (Sunshine Coast) - Wednesday, Apr 17, 2019 at 15:06
Wednesday, Apr 17, 2019 at 15:06
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From some of the responses above it would seem that there are several models of bags that attach by means of a 'hood' slipped over the tyre. This is just what I considered would be a good scheme, but I saw none several years ago when I purchased. Consequently I have a bag with more complicated straps than an opera-singers girdle! One of these days.........!!
I also felt that bag closure with velcro would be preferable than zips.
But looking at some links above it would appear that some of them close merely with a loose hood held closed with straps and buckles. Seems to me that would not seal
well enough to keep flies out and you could get maggots thriving within the bag. I think velcro or zipper would be preferable.
In fact, I covered the eyelet drain hole in the bottom of
mine with plastic fly mesh to exclude flies whilst permitting drainage.
Has anyone here copped maggots in their bag?
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Follow Up By: Member - McLaren3030 - Wednesday, Apr 17, 2019 at 16:48
Wednesday, Apr 17, 2019 at 16:48
Hi Allen, my Black Widow bag uses Velcro to hold the flap closed, and so far, we have not had any issue with maggots.
Macca.
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Reply By: Member - Warren H - Wednesday, Apr 17, 2019 at 18:09
Wednesday, Apr 17, 2019 at 18:09
I've the Ridge Ryder brand from Super Cheap. I think it was ~$40 on sale. It uses straps etc., and is a bit tedious to fit, but interestingly it specifies that it should be taken off when travelling, which sort of negates the purpose of keeping the stinky stuff out of the cab. I have just used
mine to keep the possums and rats out of the rubbish bag and mostly have veg food scraps and packaging rather than meat, so it's not too stinky. I use a double bag liner and put it in the rear of the vehicle. I have to attach
mine to the camper trailer spare, as the Gen 4 Pajeros have a hard cover over the spare. We will be travelling remotely in a few weeks at lower speeds so might give it a go leaving it attached?
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Follow Up By: Member - lyndon NT - Saturday, Apr 20, 2019 at 08:24
Saturday, Apr 20, 2019 at 08:24
Are Black Widow still trading?
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Follow Up By: Member - McLaren3030 - Saturday, Apr 20, 2019 at 11:49
Saturday, Apr 20, 2019 at 11:49
Unfortunately like so much of Australian Manufacturing, cheap Chinese imports saw the demise of Black Widow a few years ago. The original family owned business went into liquidation.
Macca.
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