On Sat, 22 Mar 2008 14:05:21 -0400, Wes wrote:
Bruce L. Bergman wrote:

That said, they sell the proper wire pulling lubricants in 1-gallon
and 5-gallon pails (slop it on with your hands or a chip brush) and
when bought in bulk it's very reasonable, darned near 'cheap'. snip


We have quart bottles of the stuff so it does come in smaller sizes. Nothing
sucks more than pulling the wire back out so you can lube to get past that
last elbow.

Of course it's available that way - I carry quart bottles of the
aqueous stuff for small pulls, and refill them from bigger containers
bought for bigger jobs. Yellow 77 is almost impossible to pour
through a funnel into a quart bottle (I'd have to get a diaphragm pump
or an air piston grease pump to transfer it) so it stays in a pail.

Check the pricing - If all you need is a quart, great - but you can
usually get the gallon for the same cost as two quarts. The material
itself is cheap, they spend as much if not more on the package and
handling - not to forget the advertising & marketing.

Go price out empty 5-gallon buckets and lids with a printed label on
them. Even in bulk they're going to run you $3 to $6 each.

For the quarts they have to get shipping cartons printed and buy a
pallet, and then overwrap for shipping. And for gallons and 5-gallons
they have to buy the pallet, separator cardboard to get them to stack,
and a heavier layer of overwrap so they stay in place.

-- Bruce --