- A method of forming a transportable container for bulk goods with a transporter base having a periphery and a wall extending upwardly from the periphery of the transporter base to wall end, inner surfaces of the upwardly extending wall defining a shaping area, the transporter base further having at least one pair of recesses extending upwardly from a bottom of the transporter base to permit the entry of tines of a lifting and transporting device, comprising the steps of: - placing the transporter base below a feed source; - placing a bag with an open top and a closed base between the transporter base and the feed source, the closed base being disposed within the shaping area of the transporter base and the open top being disposed adjacent the feed source; - filling the bag through the open top from the feed source with bulk goods that conform to the shape of the shaping area; - monitoring a fill level of the bulk goods in the bag while filling the bag; - vertically moving the transporter base or the feed source relative to each other in response to the fill level of the bulk goods in the bag as the bag is filled with bulk goods; characterized in that the wall of the transporter base has a radially extending lip and the method further comprising the steps of: - applying a stretch bag from a carrier radially about the transporter base and a portion of the bag at a level below the fill level of bulk goods in the bag by reducing the stretch bag from the large diameter on the carrier to the smaller fill diameter at the transporter base and at a level below the fill level of bulk goods in the bag to initially form the transportable container; and - applying additional portions of the stretch bag radially about a portion of the bag while filling the bag, the stretch bag being maintained at a level below the fill level of bulk goods in the bag by reducing the stretch bag from the large diameter on the carrier to the smaller fill diameter at a level below the fill level of bulk goods in the bag to maintain the shape of the transportable container for receiving bulk goods as the fill level of bulk goods increases. - placing the transporter base below a feed source; - placing a bag with an open top and a closed base between the transporter base and the feed source, the closed base being disposed within the shaping area of the transporter base and the open top being disposed adjacent the feed source; - filling the bag through the open top from the feed source with bulk goods that conform to the shape of the shaping area; - monitoring a fill level of the bulk goods in the bag while filling the bag; - vertically moving the transporter base or the feed source relative to each other in response to the fill level of the bulk goods in the bag as the bag is filled with bulk goods; - applying a stretch bag from a carrier radially about the transporter base and a portion of the bag at a level below the fill level of bulk goods in the bag by reducing the stretch bag from the large diameter on the carrier to the smaller fill diameter at the transporter base and at a level below the fill level of bulk goods in the bag to initially form the transportable container; and - applying additional portions of the stretch bag radially about a portion of the bag while filling the bag, the stretch bag being maintained at a level below the fill level of bulk goods in the bag by reducing the stretch bag from the large diameter on the carrier to the smaller fill diameter at a level below the fill level of bulk goods in the bag to maintain the shape of the transportable container for receiving bulk goods as the fill level of bulk goods increases.