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March 15, 2013
A huge part of being successful at surviving during a disaster, zombie apocalypse or any SHTF scenario is to improvise, adapt and overcome. When supplies are limited, it will be imperative for you to think outside the box and think of alternative uses for the gear you have. Simple things like garbage bags become ponchos, shelters and water-catchers.
Many preppers already utilize food-grade plastic buckets for their food supply; however, these five-gallon buckets provide a lot more uses than just food storage. The 0.900 mil HDPE-approved resin white has a wire bail handle with plastic grip. It is impact-resistant and is good at keeping out moisture. Paired with a gamma lid, you have an airtight seal for anything you want to store in the bucket. Measuring 11.89 inches in diameter and 14.46 inches tall, the bucket can withstand temperatures from 160 degrees to -100 degrees Fahrenheit. Each bucket only weighs 2.08 pounds without the lid.
Stock up on some sturdy and tough buckets that are perfect for every day use, but come in 101 ways handy for survival.
If you’re too short, you may not get that dumpster sandwich!
- Food storage
- Water storage
- Keep caught fish in it (For easier survival fishing, use the automatic fishing reel.)
- Emergency toilet (Use waste bags to stay sanitary.)
- Store handguns
- Store ammunition
- Ferment beer
- Distill liquor
- Back-up BOB
- Store batteries
- Water filtration system
- Store rice and other grains
- Store flour
- Use as a planter
- Collect rainwater
- Resting stool
- Trash can
- Hold bait
- Store sugar
- Store potatoes
- Use as a cooler
- Livestock feeder
- Hold pet/livestock food
- Wash clothes
- Wash dishes
- Churn butter
- Use it to milk a cow
- Store coffee
- Gathering
- Hold first aid supplies
- Coal/charcoal storage
- Store wood for a fire
- Hold sterno or MRE heater fuel
- Hold seeds
- Fill it with sand as an alternative to sand bags
- Animal trap
- Pull off wire handle and use it as a tool
- Hold gear and back-up supplies
- Game collector
- Floatation device
- Weapon
- Bury things
- Solar still
- Bang on it for a distress call or relieve stress
- Game feeder
- Step stool
- Store used oil
- Store beans
- Hold a 72-hour food kit
- Make dough
- Keep paper products dry
- Bear and raccoon-proof storage
- Store kindling
- Collect clams
- Collect spent brass
- Hold reloading supplies
- Fill with rocks or sand and use as an anchor
- Grow potatoes
- Solar heater
- Lobster or fish trap
- Buoy
- Water marker
- Use the lid to plug a hole
- Use multiple lids as wheels
- Store/hid barter items
- Start a fire inside it in bad weather
- Store salt
- Mix concrete
- Store tools
- Hold cold-weather and rain gear clothing
- Hold matches and other fire-starting tools
- Hide valuables
- Heat water
- Hold sanitation supplies and toiletries
- Use for bathing
- Cover plants or crops to prevent them from freezing
- Keep personal items, like copies of birth certificates and social security cards
- Catch minnows for bait or food
- Store plastic dining ware and cooking utensils
- Store medicines
- Store baby’s bug-out kit
- Keep ropes and paracord
- Use as a helmet
- Use the lid as a Frisbee for entertainment
- Use the rubber gasket seal from the gamma lid
- Fill with sand or dirt and use it as post hole
- Fill it up with dirt or sand and use as a weight for exercise
- Use as a dumbwaiter
- Remove the plastic grip and use as a tool or straw
- Bailing out a leaking boat
- Use it a sieve
- Catch and keep crawfish
- Shovel
- Emergency shower if you poke holes in the bottom
- Make a compass
- Use it as a fulcrum
- Break it and use the shards for weapons
- Water trap
- Cistern
- Use as a spotlight (with a light inside)
- Chicken roost
Not really sure what you would catch with a coke can. Only one way to find out!
Keep those last few cans of warm beer away from unwanted hands.
Oh now we’re just getting ridiculous
Why was this the first thing I thought of when coming up with uses for a bucket?
Bucket O’ Fun!
For an airtight seal to store food, purchase the gamma lid. If you want to use the bucket as an emergency toilet, you will need sanitary bags. As a water filtration system, you will need the ceramic water filtration system.
What uses can you think of? Tell us in the comment section.
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Very useful! I'll try to remember everything on this list and start saving those plastic buckets from now on. Thanks for the share!
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