anyone made a tumbler composter?

[mamabear]

with the dogs & possoms & coons around here, I can't have a regular compost, so I have decided to build one out of a plastic barrel. found a multitude of instructions on-line & think I know which one I will build, but was wondering if anyone here has built one? & what luck they have had with it.

[Kentucky Kache]

I want to build one, but haven't yet. I always have a compost pile and a bin that I use. I use to get a lot of mail, bugging me to order the commercial tumbler, but those are way too expensive. Let us know how yours turns out.

[naturegirl]

never made one, but always wanted too, now I don't garden. The one I think I would have made was a 55 gal. plastic barrel, with the door hinged in the middle, and just leave the barrel, no stand, loose, so you can tumble it around the yard by pushing it around

[packerbacker]

You might find this article interesting mama. You could just place some chicken wire over the top to keep the varmints out.
http://www.freeplants.com/composting.htm