Cheapest place to get 5-gallon buckets?
 

My supply of free 5-gallon buckets from local donut shops seems to be drying up, and I really don't like paying $5 each at Walmart. The buckets don't necessarily have to be food-grade since I'm vacuum-sealing all my food in mylar bags, but I'd like to pay less than $5 per bucket if I can't get them free. Any suggestions?

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There must be other shops or restaurants to get them from

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Probably, but apparently I'm not the only one looking for them.

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Restaurants. Sometimes they smell like pickles though.

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Right, which is why pickle buckets are my absolute last choice. Any suggestions on how to remove pickle smell, though? Would baking soda work?

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Most building renovation or construction sites will have free buckets.
Latex paint and sheetrock taping "mud buckets" are easy to clean
and plentiful,......... most get tossed in the dumpster.

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Use craigslist, I found a ton of them with lids for $1.

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Firehouse Subs, if you have them.

$2 - and they're red!

I bought one every time I ate lunch there.
Proceeds go to Fire / EMS crews, I believe.

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Baytec containers you can also get gamma seal lids from them dirt cheap.

If you order by the dozen you can get a bucket and gamma seal lid for $10 from them.


http://www.bayteccontainers.com/

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I get mine from US Plastic. Nice new buckets, food grade, delivered.

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I've not needed to buy any yet this year, but last year, I was buying them from Home Depot. Fairly cheap, bright orange, and great for storing mylar bags of "stuff."

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We got a lot of 4-5 gallon pales with and without lids from Costco.

The supply started drying up when they switched some of the ingredients to smaller/lighter buckets.

If you can get 5 gallon buckets from local bakeries or food shops I'd advise getting on it. Due to injuries I believe the 5 gallon bucket of ingredients will go the way of the 100 pound bag. I stopped seeing those in the mid 90's.