Re: A maybe somewhat off topic question re buckets

2011-09-22 Thread Liz Falk
I banging can work. If the bucket has a handle, the metal or plastic kind that hinges back and forth, putting the stuck buckets upside down and stepping on the handle of the bottom one while pulling the top ones works well. Avoiding stacking them when they are wet is also good to do when

Re: A maybe somewhat off topic question re buckets

2011-09-22 Thread Tara Finlay
Also twisting them. On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 11:44 AM, Liz Falk elizabethf...@gmail.com wrote: I banging can work. If the bucket has a handle, the metal or plastic kind that hinges back and forth, putting the stuck buckets upside down and stepping on the handle of the bottom one while pulling

Re: A maybe somewhat off topic question re buckets

2011-09-21 Thread Erica Marx
Have always just banged and pulled on them, but here are some more sophisticated suggestions http://thesurvivalpodcast.com/forum/index.php?topic=9419.0 http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20070630051817AA32Bot Erica On Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 9:53 PM, Thomas Shelley t...@cornell.edu wrote:

[sustainable_tompkins-l] A maybe somewhat off topic question re buckets

2011-09-21 Thread Thomas Shelley
Dear Friends--Like many of us, I try to reuse a lot of 5 gallon plastic buckets I procure from various sources. One problem I have is that stacks of buckets often get stuck together and are very difficutl to separate. Does anyone have any tricks to share to unstick buckets that are jammed