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<DIV>A great suggestion from our beloved, mohawkian trail angel! I may try that
this year; I see 6 immediate benefits, </DIV>
<DIV>1. Hiking stuff fits much better in something rectangular.</DIV>
<DIV>2. Tape would not be needed.</DIV>
<DIV>3. A small, lightweight padlock could be used to protect your stuff (like
my $200 RoadStor CD burner).</DIV>
<DIV>4. It would be far sturdier. </DIV>
<DIV>5. It would be far quicker to open and close.</DIV>
<DIV>6. It would save me personally at least 30 minutes of hassle at every town
stop.</DIV>
<DIV>and 1 possible drawback,</DIV>
<DIV>7. It will most likely be heavier than a bucket, esp with a small brass
lock, therefore costing more to mail.</DIV>
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<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>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.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>See, going to work every weekday in that black bowl 10 mile S of Agua Dulce
hasn't affected her brain a bit!</DIV>
<DIV>It may, however, be slowly driving her crazy ...</DIV>
<DIV><FONT lang=0 face=Arial size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"
PTSIZE="10"></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT lang=0 face=Arial size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="10">Bob
"Trekker"<BR>Big Bend Desert Denizen<BR>Naturalized Citizen - Republic of
Texas<BR><BR>Government cripples you, then hands you a crutch and says, 'See, if
it wasn't for us, you couldn't walk.' <BR>-- Harry Browne<BR><BR>"If you think
health care is expensive now, wait until you see what it costs when its free."
<BR>-- P. J. ORourke<BR><BR></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>
<DIV>In a message dated 2/25/2008 12:42:18 P.M. Central Standard Time,
dsaufley@sprynet.com writes:</DIV>
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style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><FONT
style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>Another
sturdy and durable device we've seen used are plastic tool chests. The
latches stay closed effectively, and they're easy to carry.
<BR><BR>L-Rod<BR><BR>-----Original Message-----<BR>>From:
joel01@ekit.com<BR>>Sent: Feb 23, 2008 4:16 PM<BR>>To:
pct-l@backcountry.net<BR>>Subject: Re: [pct-l] bounce
bucket<BR>><BR>><BR>>A bucket is reusable and not likely to fall
apart after repeated <BR>>mailings the way a box would do.
<BR>><BR>>In addition, but not necessarily related to bounce
boxes/buckets, <BR>>certain locations may have mouse problems where they
store hiker <BR>>boxes. Mice don't eat through plastic buckets (unless they
have <BR>>mutated due to overindulging gorp).
<BR>><BR>><BR>>Quoting Sandi
<bowed1heart@yahoo.com>:<BR>><BR>>>All right....a
question...why choose to mail a<BR>>>bucket as opposed to a
box?<BR>>><BR>>>joel01@ekit.com wrote:<BR>>>I left the
handle on and had no problem. I did<BR>>>usually tape
the<BR>>>handle down. The bucket and handle were all
solid<BR>>>and intact by
the<BR>>>end.<BR>>><BR>>>However, not everywhere I wanted to
mail to<BR>>>necessarily had a way to<BR>>>mail the bucket back
out. As a result I had both<BR>>>usps boxes and my<BR>>>bucket
moving up the country. It would have been<BR>>>nice to not use
the<BR>>>bounce bucket but since I didn't have someone
I<BR>>>could expect to mail<BR>>>things to me whenever I needed, I
felt I had to use<BR>>>it for certain<BR>>>replacement items I
couldn't readily get hold of<BR>>>otherwise.<BR>>><BR>>>Joel
(aka Vlad the
Impaler)<BR>>><BR>>><BR>>><BR>>><BR>>>Quoting
Linda Bakkar :<BR>>><BR>>>>Hi, all. I am preparing my 5-gallon
bounce bucket<BR>>>>for my PCT thru-hike.<BR>>>>For those of
you who have used this kind of bounce<BR>>>>system, is it okay
to<BR>>>>leave the handle on? Have any of you taken off
the<BR>>>>metal handle and put a<BR>>>>rope handle on
instead? (That is how I did it for a<BR>>>>couple of canoe
trips.)<BR>>>><BR>>>>Lindy (Blue
Butterfly)<BR>>>><BR>>>><BR>>>>_______________________________________________<BR>>>>Pct-l
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