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Default What's the trick to preventing stacked plastic buckets from sticking together?

On Thu, 18 Apr 2013 15:47:13 +0000, nestork
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Really, what the trick is is to buy your pails from the same
manufacturer. There is no "standard" when it comes to the height, width
and taper on plastic pails, so as long as you mix different pails
together, you're bound to get some that will wedge themselves together
that they will be extremely difficult to separate.

However, if you look in your Yellow Pages under "Containers" or "Pails",
you will se companies selling plastic pails in your area. As long as
the pails you buy are made by the same manufacturer, they will all have
the same taper, height and diameter, so they'll nest together without
wedging tightly into one another.

Aternatively, maybe talk to any restaurant in your area and ask what
kinds of pails they throw out most often. Then, just as them to throw
those pails your way.


If you hadn't ignored the OP's link to the picture he posted

http://www5.picturepush.com/photo/a/...g/12718448.jpg

you would have seen the buckets were not only from the same
manufacturer but they were identical.

Pay attention there will be a quiz tomorrow! :-)