Ah ha, i just found out a 'Fadge' is 700D x 700W x 1000H
So, 28 x 28 x 40 inches, thats quite a bit smaller than i thought it was.
A fadge is a polypropylene sack with 4 flaps, one on each side, each one will fold over and cover the whole top of it.
Its actually designed to hold wool & fits in a wool press, thats a double height wooden contraption.
The wools thrown in untill its full, then the lid is put on and a winch pulls the lid down, squashing the wool untill its 1/2 the volume, then somehow the flaps are folded over and fastened with metal hooks.
So with there being a lot of sheep here, a fadge has become a defacto standard sack like container of sorts.
A guy using a wool press, its hard work. About the best short video i could find
The women in the back ground are working the 'tables' where the wool is graded after its been shorn off the sheep & and rubbish & stuff removed before its bailed.
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