Getting the lids off Thorne's honey buckets

[E&MBees]

Does anyone else struggle to remove the lids from Thornes honey buckets? I’ve broken fingernails and cursed lots this morning and still haven’t managed to open it. Got another stall next week and really need to transfer the honey into a bucket with tap today!

They are good stout buckets and fit in the allotted space nicely, but the lids are so tight

 

[Andy]

Is that not the point? The kids can't get in then.

 

[mbc]

I hadn't realised they could breed

 

[enrico]

Does anyone else struggle to remove the lids from Thornes honey buckets? I’ve broken fingernails and cursed lots this morning and still haven’t managed to open it. Got another stall next week and really need to transfer the honey into a bucket with tap today!

They are good stout buckets and fit in the allotted space nicely, but the lids are so tight

Yes....last year I posted the same. Heat them slightly with a hair dryer, becomes much easier

 

[Anduril]

Amazon, eBay etc.

 

[pargyle]

Does anyone else struggle to remove the lids from Thornes honey buckets? I’ve broken fingernails and cursed lots this morning and still haven’t managed to open it. Got another stall next week and really need to transfer the honey into a bucket with tap today!

They are good stout buckets and fit in the allotted space nicely, but the lids are so tight

Does anyone else struggle to remove the lids from Thornes honey buckets? I’ve broken fingernails and cursed lots this morning and still haven’t managed to open it. Got another stall next week and really need to transfer the honey into a bucket with tap today!

They are good stout buckets and fit in the allotted space nicely, but the lids are so tight

Are you talking about the rectangular ones with a honey gate ?

I've got a couple - they are really good but lid removal should come with an even sterner warning that the sticker that comes with them when they are new ... words to the effect 'Lids can be hard to remove' is a bit like where it says in the Haynes Motor manual ..'Undo nut and remove half-shaft'.. It fails to say ' ...after two hours with a 10lb slide hammer, strapping the car to the nearest wall and applying numerous hammer blows whilst holding an oxyactetylene torch to the offending item'.

 

[drdrday]

Don't know about Thornes buckets but I've struggled many times with the lid of my plastic settling tank. It's gradually getting easier with use but I still can't get the lid off without a selection of tools to use in the attempt.
It doesn't have one of those cut away bits that allows you to get in to lever up the lid.