How many buckets...?

[bontbee]

Hi,

how many 30lb buckets, full of runny honey, can/do you stack?

I'm wondering if placing a square of 6mm ply - or similar - on top of each bucket would do anything to spread the load and enable me to stack in piles of more than one! Or would it just mean too much pressure on the rim of the bucket and crush the lid? I really don't want a bucket failure, but would still like to be able get in to the room it's stored in!

thanks

 

[oliver90owner]

Three high unless honey is completely set (as in OSR 'concrete'). Depends on the quality of your buckets, of course.

RAB

 

[REDWOOD]

Have not go a clue but.......... fill one with water, put your board on top and see if it will withstand your weight should give you some indication

 

[yeogi75]

The company around the corner from me stacks three high on pallets, that's 420 kilos per pallet, but all depends on quality of buckets should be safe two high mine have been fine at that

 

[yeogi75]

why not use concrete blocks and planks, concrete block two buckets concrete blocks two more buckets finally concrete blocks , and repeat above but make sure planks are higher than buckets
ps the company stacks bucket on bucket

 

[TOBY-3652]

ha ha don't do like me and stack 6 high went in my shed today and stack gone over.. lucky only 1 bucket open.. what a mess so now stacked 3 high.. lesson learned

 

[Hivemaker.]

We stack them five high for storage, and three or four high shrink wrapped on pallets for delivery.

 

[VEG]

I go to 3 high in my honey room

 

[bontbee]

Thanks very much all. Looks like somewhere between 2 and 5!

I did try your suggestion a while ago, Redwood, and although the bucket did take my weight, it was only for a minute or two: I had a few other things to do, like get my matchsticks ready!