Homemade Compost Tumbler

[@raywil98]

Simple & effective...love it!

[@Bo_in_Seattle]

Good idea rolling it on the casters. Good design.

[@derrickito]

i've got a barrel composter already made. you can have it if you want. it's on a steel center rod mounted up on a frame. also, it sucks, because you fill it up in about 20 minutes of yard work and it takes a year or more to get dirt out of it.

[@Bo_in_Seattle]

Yeah I'll take it. Fruit fly season!!

[@derrickito]

Its on the far side of my house, come steal it whenever

[@AndrewMcclurePalau]

How well did it work? Would you make any improvements? How many days did it take to make compost?

[@VerucaPumpkin]

What a great design!

[@jeffthomas5866]

Any idea if this would work for a plastic 55 gallon drum?

[@chrisl7608]

You are a genius. That's a super simple design that gets the job done. Thanks for the idea. How hot did you get your compost and do you think it was okay without the extra holes?

[@thevikingwolfpack836]

should mount some blocks or like cup things on the inside to help mix an turn the compost.

[@l.skipallen9080]

Great video...It has been over 3 years since you made the steel barrel compost tumbler - 1. how has it held up? and 2. what would you do to improve it? Thank you.

[@EcoTechnify]

I gave this compost tumbler away a couple of years ago, but it was still working when I saw it in 2015. If I were to make another, I would make the door larger, and I would use a plastic barrel. I only had a steel barrel, so that's what I used on this one.

[@topcop147]

won't it rust into the compost material

[@JOHNAROWANA]

With what and how did you cut the rectangular opening on the drum bin?

[@EcoTechnify]

I marked the rectangle to cut first, then I cut it out with an angle grinder with a cutting wheel on it.

[@JOHNAROWANA]

Thx.

[@slipryeel]

Like the way you can roll it its on the ground can't fall on any body I'll copy it.