[pct-l] bounce bucket

[Trekker4 at aol.com]

A great suggestion from our beloved, mohawkian trail angel! I may try that  
this year; I see 6 immediate benefits, 
1. Hiking stuff fits much better in something rectangular.
2. Tape would not be needed.
3. A small, lightweight padlock could be used to protect your stuff (like  my 
$200 RoadStor CD burner).
4. It would be far sturdier. 
5. It would be far quicker to open and close.
6. It would save me personally at least 30 minutes of hassle at every town  
stop.
and 1 possible drawback,
7. It will most likely be heavier than a bucket, esp with a small brass  
lock, therefore costing more to mail.
 
 
In fact I have an empty, yellow, medium-size plastic tool box gathering  dust 
in my junk room. The worst thing about that would be the expense of having  
to change my box tape color to stay color coordinated.
 
See, going to work every weekday in that black bowl 10 mile S of Agua Dulce  
hasn't affected her brain a bit!
It may, however, be slowly driving her crazy ...
 
Bob  "Trekker"
Big Bend Desert Denizen
Naturalized Citizen - Republic of  Texas

Government cripples you, then hands you a crutch and says, 'See, if  it 
wasn't for us, you couldn't walk.' 
-- Harry Browne

"If you think  health care is expensive now, wait until you see what it costs 
when its free."  
-- P. J. ORourke




In a message dated 2/25/2008 12:42:18 P.M. Central Standard Time,  
dsaufley at sprynet.com writes:

Another  sturdy and durable device we've seen used are plastic tool chests.  
The  latches stay closed effectively, and they're easy to carry.   

L-Rod

-----Original Message-----
>From:  joel01 at ekit.com
>Sent: Feb 23, 2008 4:16 PM
>To:  pct-l at backcountry.net
>Subject: Re: [pct-l] bounce  bucket
>
>
>A bucket is reusable and not likely to fall  apart after repeated 
>mailings the way a box would do.  
>
>In addition, but not necessarily related to bounce  boxes/buckets, 
>certain locations may have mouse problems where they  store hiker 
>boxes. Mice don't eat through plastic buckets (unless they  have 
>mutated due to overindulging gorp).  
>
>
>Quoting Sandi  <bowed1heart at yahoo.com>:
>
>>All right....a  question...why choose to mail a
>>bucket as opposed to a  box?
>>
>>joel01 at ekit.com wrote:
>>I left the  handle on and had no problem. I did
>>usually tape  the
>>handle down. The bucket and handle were all  solid
>>and intact by  the
>>end.
>>
>>However, not everywhere I wanted to  mail to
>>necessarily had a way to
>>mail the bucket back  out. As a result I had both
>>usps boxes and my
>>bucket  moving up the country. It would have been
>>nice to not use  the
>>bounce bucket but since I didn't have someone  I
>>could expect to mail
>>things to me whenever I needed, I  felt I had to use
>>it for certain
>>replacement items I  couldn't readily get hold of
>>otherwise.
>>
>>Joel  (aka Vlad the  Impaler)
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>Quoting  Linda Bakkar :
>>
>>>Hi, all. I am preparing my 5-gallon  bounce bucket
>>>for my PCT thru-hike.
>>>For those of  you who have used this kind of bounce
>>>system, is it okay  to
>>>leave the handle on? Have any of you taken off  the
>>>metal handle and put a
>>>rope handle on  instead? (That is how I did it for a
>>>couple of canoe  trips.)
>>>
>>>Lindy (Blue  Butterfly)
>>>
>>>
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>>
>>It  was then I knew I'd had enough,
>>Burned my credit card for  fuel
>>Headed out to where the pavement turns to sand  -
>>Neil  Young
>>
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>It was then I knew I'd had enough,  
>Burned my credit card for fuel 
>Headed out to where the  pavement turns to sand - Neil  Young
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