5 Gallon Orange Homer Bucket

A:  HI Casey - The orange Homer buckets are .70 mil thick.

A:  Hi Taylor - Yes, these can be used for planting, many people use them. You might want to punch some holes in the bottom to allow for drainage. Please note that we do not consider the orange buckets to be food safe. There is a slim chance that there is reground resin in the manufacture and there is the orange coloring on which we have no data on potential leeching. You can place a Mylar bag in before the soil (again poke some holes for drainage) if that is of concern to you.

A:  Hi Nikki - Our bucket are made from High Density Polyethylene (HDPE) and so they are marked with the number 2. Check with your municipality before recycling. Some do not take 5-gallon buckets.

A:  Hi Denise - we test at a lifting weight of 84lbs. It depends, too, on how far you are going to carrying it, or if you are keeping it stationary. If it is staying in one place, you could go heavier, but if the bucket will be moved you might want to go lighter. An 80lb bag may not fit into a bucket. The diameter of the buckets is approx 12.41 " and the height is approx 14.7". I don't know the weight or volume of concrete would be that would fit into a 5-gallon bucket. They hold approximately 1,155 cubic inches.