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I work in a bag plant but the bags are paper. For example a dog food bag. Can you use paper or is it better to use the poly bags. I dont know how i would close up the ends. Would the cob still stick to them?
 
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Doesn't strike me as a terribly grand idea; I'd expect the paper to cope poorly with the combination of moisture and compression. Furthermore, the material you are filling with is likely to be heavier than the expected contents; a 50LB feed bag might weigh more like 100LBs when filled all the way with heavier earth mixtures.
 
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Thats what i kind of expected thanks
 
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Get in contact with the experts. Take a class with Cal Earth. they are in Yucaipa CA in the high desert off the I15. These guys originated the concept and can give you the advice you need. Plus you can do hands on and learn from them the real limits of what you can do. http://www.calearth.org/
You can buy the superadobe bags from them too. They also have a pretty good book. EMERGENCY SANDBAG SHELTER HOW TO BUILD YOUR OWN
 
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I've seen some Youtube videos where they use both the smaller bags that might hold a couple cubic feet, as well as the continuous tube, and you can either leave enough material at the end to twist it and tuck under the bag you place, or you use a wire to crudely "stitch" the end closed and it's pressed against another bag or surface to hold it in shape for tamping. It would seem you could get more per bag using the stitch option, and the wire isn't real thick or fancy. Maybe some twist ties, when you get the barbed wire to lay between bags?

 
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The continuous bag design seems the most stable. I also saw a custom attachment to a Bobcat that can mechanically fill the bags for you. Sounds like a good deal to me!
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