What if the concept of the loader was altered slightly so it wasn't something that sat between a belt and a container but was a container of sorts in itself? It would be able to accept content from a belt and store it like a silo or something and also spit the contents out onto a belt. Pickers ...

I'm personally a big fan of the 'hopper' idea. Place a hopper over a belt, hopper can hold up to the inserter stack size bonus, will fill any empty belt spaces.

So you still get/need to use inserters, but the stack bonus becomes more useful. Have the hopper a single item that can be placed on any ...

This mod is awesome! Especially the power distribution and logistics. Talk about a difference.

One thing that I've noticed is that recovering a Medium Electric Pole Mk3 seems to gives a basic Medium Electric Pole. Is this an intended mechanic?