Looking for a solid bucket , I’ve been buying the homer bucket from HD for years . But just seems like the last year I’ve been replacing it once a month . They don’t built them like they used to . Looking for a solid bucket that can last me the entire year . Maybe I should just pull the trigger on a $40 yeti bucket. What do you guys recommend that has lasted a long hard year ? Looking for 5 gallons bucket not a rectangular 6 gallon bucket . TIA
Try Uline.com get a food grade bucket, I think they are sturdier…
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What the heck are you doing to your buckets 
that they only last a year ? Lol.
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I don’t get it. Wow, you must be mighty rough on your buckets. Treat your tools right and your tools will treat you right.
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I think he’s beating his helpers with them. At least the buckets outlast his helpers haaa JK Genaro
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Mike they only last me about 1 month . The handle rips right out of the plastic socket . Maybe I need to stop beating my helper also 
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The metal handle rips right out of the plastic socket , I do fill my buckets all the way to the top and carry them around the property as we’re doing the job . But the sockets don’t handle the weight and the plastic rips right out . Trust me Garry I do care for my stuff I still have tools from 8 years ago when I started 
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I use a 5 gal paint bucket. Go to a paint store and buy an empty.
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Genaro , I can’t tel how old these are, they have to be at least 3 years old , I carry them around more than likely full just as much as you do .
I don’t understand why yours is ripping out. Ya , I hate those square buckets for water. I just use them to keep supplies
This is what those square buckets are good for
filling it to the top is the issue imho. those pails are designed to carry a full load but for very limited use, put it on a pallet, put it on a store shelf, in cart, in the car to the job, use it throw it out. they can outlast their design use with a lighter weight.
i’m surprised you get a month out of them, why so full?
The Red & Blue buckets were ordered 2019 . Now that I’m thinking I do leave it in the truck as much as possible these days getting older and I don’t usually have it filled up all the way. No need for it , I start out filled all the way. So in. The beginning of the day they’re filled.
But I’ve been using these types of buckets for many years and I don’t remember going through them often.
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I use the rectangular Sorbo buckets, but used to use Ace Hardware 5 gallong buckets but never filled them more than half full. I never thought they would be good for that much weight.
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Is there actually an entire thread here about buckets??? Sheesh. 🤦
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could it be that the short lifespan of the buckets is due to the soap he is putting in them?
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Depends on the soap! … what if he uses ammonia too?!
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Crazy huh , and it’s busy season too !!! 
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i’ve heard stories from old time window cleaners about too much tsp dissolving buckets in just a few minutes! 
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Just gg4 and dawn soap
The most corrosive combo known to the window cleaning bucket industry as … “el diablo”
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