That does indeed look like a handy tool.
Our pallet compost bins work like this. It's winter now so not much happening apart from one being topped up with veg peelings, tea bags etc, and dirty chicken bedding. Will just keep adding to this one till it's full or spring comes around whichever is soonest. We have two bins that have been filled and turned a couple of times and left to stew over winter. Hopefully these will be good stuff by the spring and will go into the polytunnel and the raised beds. A further bin is full but will need turning and a bit longer to mature. In the spring when we start cutting grass etc I'll turn the bins that have over wintered and mix in some grass cuttings which will get some heat going and finish them off quite quickly I hope. Then the spring and summer regime of filling the bins and turning starts again.
The beauty of pallet bins is this. When you need to turn the contents you just dismantle the bin, re-assemble it next to the old one and fork it over. Bloody good exercise too.