M14 Forum

B 2/75 · February 5th, 2012, 10:47 AM

Homer buckets (the orange ones) at Home Depot are dirt cheap and available at the drop of a hat. Gamma Seal lids fit them well.

KaribouKidd · February 5th, 2012, 10:58 AM

I have used Gamma Seal lids for many years. As long as the lid gasket is in good shape they do not leak.

Try this place. They have every lid color made:

http://www.bayteccontainers.com/gamma-seal-lids.html

My local Walmart has plain white 5 gallon buckets of very high quality for about $4.00.

Seriously folks, has there been a more versatle product in the last 50 years than 5 gallon plastic buckets? Aside from the M-14 of course...

Dale Rader · February 5th, 2012, 02:03 PM

Just be careful of how much weight you stack on top of the Gama Seal lids. They do break with too much weight on top of them. If you have two full buckets of rice, one on top of the other will break the lid over time...I found out the hard way.

Dale

huntinghawk · February 5th, 2012, 02:27 PM

I'd done this just to get an easy pic of how to stack plastic buckets so as not to crush the lids which is the weakest part of a bucket.

HH

Dale Rader · February 5th, 2012, 02:32 PM

HH,

I just ended up placing a thin sheet of plywood between the layers so I could fit more buckets into the same amount of floorspace. Thanks for the photo.

Dale

huntinghawk · February 5th, 2012, 08:48 PM

Yep, that works also. Just so buckets aren't stacked on the lid of another buckets.

HH

Vermin · February 16th, 2012, 07:16 AM

I pick up My FG buckets from the local bakery. 3 and 5 gallon, I pay 1.50 each. Cant beat it, and thet are cleaned out.

dprice3844444 · February 16th, 2012, 08:33 AM

co2 or nitrogen

Earthquake · March 2nd, 2012, 10:31 AM

Here's a sight with good prices on Gamma Seal lids, even with shipping they are still cheaper then most before shipping...
http://freckleface.com/shopsite_sc/s...ammaseals.html

Casey