need a good post here

[wareagle69]

i do some plumbing for dairy queen know the owner decent enough so i asked her for some food grade buckets after a week i went in last night and she had 7 ready for me. i know what i am putting in them what about ya'll what would you use them for


always be prepared............

[FVR]

Product, concrete, bentonite, dirt, broken up concrete, I go through alot of buckets.

[sam30248]

i would use them to store rice,beans,instant milk,

[trax]

Victim's body parts....did I say that out loud??? D'OH! I meant umm...dry goods yeah, that's it...beans rice etc...yeah that's the answer...

[Tony uk]

Victim's body parts....did I say that out loud??? D'OH! I meant umm...dry goods yeah, that's it...beans rice etc...yeah that's the answer...

okay then ................ I would store food and supplys in them

[swampyankee]

This might not exactly be a survival application, but I keep a sealed 5 gallon bucket in the back of my pickup with dry kindling, newspaper, matches, etc. Sort of a campfire in a bucket.

[trax]

sounds like a good plan to me swampyankee.

[Baxter]

more buckets.......

[Gray Wolf]

Victim's body parts....

So that's what happened to Hoffa How many buckets did that take trax?

Oh so Baxter helped Eh...

[TrappinGal]

i get them from the local bakery. they originally have icing and glaze in them.

i use them to store salt,sugar and flour.

[Sourdough]

Whiskey and Twinkies, but not in the same buckets. Everyday survival food.

[Beo]

Dry goods, beans, rice, corn, even some jerky. They can also be used as feed buckets at Wild at Heart if you need'em, yeah still love your place and the site is great.

[Beo]

TrappinGal,
hope ys licked the icing outta those

[TrappinGal]

lol, i let the kids do it,lol.

[dilligaf2u2]

This last month I put in buckets with rubber seals and Oxi absorbers for long term storage.

I used only the 6 gal buckets this month.

1 powdered milk.

6 wheat berry's.

2 hole oats.

1 dehydrated onions.

2 instant potato's.

2 pinto beans.

2 red beans.

1 Sugar.

1 Popcorn

I also have buckets with screw on lids(Gama) for daily use.

2 Dog food.

1 maple flavored cream of wheat.

2 Sugar.

1 pinto beans.

1 Navy beans.

1 Popcorn

It has been a slow month. I have only had the dehydrator running for about half the month.

Don

[wareagle69]

Dry goods, beans, rice, corn, even some jerky. They can also be used as feed buckets at Wild at Heart if you need'em, yeah still love your place and the site is great.

thanks bud, i haven't been there this year left that up to the wife she is on the board and is heavy into the animal care, i have left my position until we get another moose, i am focusing on the homestaed and on my bush education

[Sarge47]

I keep a few for myself. they're great for hauling the non-pershible grocerys to the campsite, then turn 'em over & they make grate camp stools. if you got a couple of spares and a long piece of plywood you can make a quick "table". I also dipped one in the lake & kept about 2 thirds of the bucket full of lake water by the camp fire for "fire prevention".

But the main thing we use them for is this. I pick them up every so often for the wife. She has me bore about 8 holes or so in the bottom. I use the awl on my Swiss Army knife to make the holes and place them in a sort of symetrical pattern, then give them to my wife. She then puts in her "soil" mixes & plants a "portable" garden. We can then move the plants in or out of the weather as needed and if you happen to move you can even take your garden with you. She does all the gardening as I have a "brown thumb".

You can also make a portable "field" toilet out of them as well.

[flandersander]

You can also make a portable "field" toilet out of them as well.

true, but don't go using my jerky bucket as a toilet!

[Sarge47]

true, but don't go using my jerky bucket as a toilet!

It's safer to use than the one used by that old lady from Nantucket.

[Rick]

A couple of week's ago, I inquired at Kroger's if they used food grade buckets and what they did with them when empty. They just throw them away. Talk to the bakery folks. Unless that particular store has heartburn about liability they should give them to you.

By the way, I'm trying the potato in the 5 gallon bucket trick and it's coming along fine! First time for me.