5g buckets: Should I buy from usplastics.com?

[Enkidu]

I am in need of some 5g buckets with lids for moving water and whatnot. I don't buy salt mix so I miss out on that source of buckets. Does anybody have any ideas on how I could get a bunch of them (10-12) without having to go scrounging around half the state?

www.usplastic.com sells them and they look nice, but I don't know how good their lids are (I don't want those lids that are nearly impossible to remove). Thanks!

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[Jawbone]

I used to buy buckets from M&M Industries that had screw down lids and were water tight. they had every size available 5 gal 7 Gal all the way up to 55 Gal Not sure of the address but I will look in my vendor files and see if I can dig em up

 

[Bucktronix]

well your local lfs might just give them to you if you ask. mine has a stack up to the roof of old ones and i just go in and grab them. home depot also sells them but im not sure if they come with lids or not.

 

[wasabi]

home depot 3.00

 

[Sea Serpent]

I bought a few 5 gallon buckets/lids from Home depot, but in a very short time the coating on the inside started breaking down. I was using them to store RO water to use as make-up. I noticed a white powdery coating on the inside of them when they were dry. I am not sure what the substance was, it might have been harmless, but . . . it worried me so I bought some FDA-approved, buckets from a company I found on-line. They cost a few bucks, but I am not worried about leaching "unknown toxins" into the water. their website is: www.containerandpackaging.com. You may find some cheaper somewhere else, but these people were a pleasure to deal with. I could not find FDA-approved containers anywhere locally.
Good luck!

Sea Serpent

 

[butt.doc]

Try a local restaurant, they receive all sorts of items in food-grade, plastic containers.

 

[Anonymous]

I get icing buckets from the local grocery-deli for $0.50. When they don't have any I can get pickle, mayonnaise, and mustard buckets from Subway, BK, McD's, and Wendy's usually for less than a $1.00.

 

[Anthony1]

Try your local wine/beer home brew store.

 

[Enkidu]

I might have to go on a bucket hunting mission to the grocery store then.