Possible Score!

james dilley · #1 09/25/07, 06:33 PM

Right now I Am waiting to see if I get the 6 Five gallon buckets with lids for FREE. My brother Told me they are there. I hope they weren't trashed. Also might be A source for A bunch of Free Pallets. Amazing whats out there.

MELOC · #2 09/25/07, 07:26 PM

when i worked at an ice cream factory, we used to toss thoae things out by the stack every day. i brought home a few...wish i had brought home more, lol.

texican · #3 09/25/07, 08:12 PM

Before going out and getting tons of buckets, make sure you know what you're getting. Some food grade buckets are made of a corn starch base, and will disintegrate after a month in the sun. I have several hundred of them lying around...... thought I'd hit the motherload... now I use em for firestarter, cause if you touch them they turn to dust.

#4 09/25/07, 08:19 PM

Another good source for food grade buckets are resturaunts and any eating establishment that serve pickles. They get them by the 5 gallon buckets and have good lids with rubber rings. Also, cake decorating places, their icing comes in 5 gallon buckets.

autumnbloom · #5 09/26/07, 01:31 AM

what are the buckets used for?

cowgirlracer · #6 09/26/07, 07:30 AM

I use my 5 G buckets for food storage; flour, sugar, pasta, cat food, rice, dry milk you name it. I can stack them 3 high in the pantry. They make good "risers" for shelves - if filled with things you don't use frequently. A way to get a double wammy on storage space. A friend of mine uses hers as end tables - self adhearing velcro to a circle of glass and the bucket lid and a 60" round table cloth act as camoflauge. I also use them to water the animals - either in the bucket or carry the bucket full of water to dump into the waterer.

Anne

DenverGirlie · #7 09/26/07, 07:49 AM

I get mine from the grocery store.. head over to the bakery section, they get frosting in them. We have several dozen stacked around the house, basement and backyard. Even the racoons can't get into them, they are just great!

Michael Kawalek · #8 09/26/07, 07:52 AM

I use them for staples like rice, beans, and other dry goods. The great thing about buckets with rubber gaskets is that I can throw in a chunk of dry ice and gas any insects that might be hiding in the food. At the same time, oxygen is driven out, so the food stays fresh longer. Wrap a golfball sized chunk with a paper towel, place it in the bottum of the bucket, and overlay with all the food. As the CO2 sublimates, the air is pushed upwards and outwards. Make sure though that you start with the lid only tight enough for the gas to "burp". Since they are stackable, they talke up just a little space in the corner of the pantry. By the way, if you get a sealable bucket that originally contained fruit products, you can save it for beer and wine making. Just drill a hole in the lid for an airlock and you're ready for fermentation.

haypoint · #9 09/26/07, 09:59 AM

I get alot of 4 gallon ice cream containers, great for planting my apple tree seedlings. Subway has lots of green pails that they get their pickles in. Check places that spread "Ice Melt" stuff, it comes in 5 gal pails,too. Bakeries, too.

james dilley · #10 09/26/07, 11:08 AM

Theese buckets are from the Gravel pit. They will free up some Food grade ,Buckets that have Soil in them, That way I'll have enogh to store the feed Again, (the Oil buckets DON't GET feed in them)

YuccaFlatsRanch · #11 09/26/07, 01:59 PM

Our recycling center saves all of their plastic buckets including kitty litter buckets. I take all they have every time I go there. The kitty litter buckets are square and make storing easier. I use them for everything except food storage.

You can get pallets for free all over this area. They make great firewood and I also use them for storing hay etc off the ground.

Ken Scharabok · #12 09/26/07, 05:23 PM

One neighbor works in the local school central kitchen. Wife of guy who does odd jobs for me on farm works in the kitchen at a nursing home. Lots of access to free buckets.

Years ago I put an ad in the local shopper's guide looking for buckets. local fire extinguisher maintenance company called to say I could have all I wanted.

Somewhere I saw where a plasterer bolted pair of shoes to the bottoms of two bucket. Then used them to plaster ceilings.

Sometimes getting the top off is a real pain. On most I set up the tablesaw with the blade just barely not touching the guard. Bucket tops are held against guard and rotated. Then blade is adjusted a tad outward until it is set to cut off lid without hitting top of bucket.

fixer1958 · #13 09/26/07, 08:13 PM

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Originally Posted by autumnbloom

what are the buckets used for?

Anything and everything. $5 to $10 apiece at the hardware store.
Feed buckets, water buckets. Cut them off at 8" and they make good poultry water buckets.
Gut buckets at butchering time.
The list goes on..........

DenverGirlie · #14 09/27/07, 07:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Ken Scharabok

Sometimes getting the top off is a real pain. On most I set up the tablesaw with the blade just barely not touching the guard. Bucket tops are held against guard and rotated. Then blade is adjusted a tad outward until it is set to cut off lid without hitting top of bucket.

When I worked in restraurants we had a tool like this in the walk in refrigerator to help us get the lids of the pickle buckets, etc.

http://www.thecarycompany.com/contai...ickbucket.html

I've even thought of picking one of these up as my bucket storage seems to increase over time. I really don't want to damage the lid like the above method.