No More Stuck Buckets | Use A Quarter To Separate Them In Two Seconds (14 Hacks)

Five Gallon Buckets are a staple item in our garden and around the house. During spring and summer we use dozens of buckets to grow produce. During the winter we store the buckets in our greenhouse and garage and find that each year we encounter the same issue with stuck buckets. A vacuum is created when stacking and I'll show you 14 tricks to separate them and 5 ways to prevent it from happening again.
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[@knife_knut]

This video should be on everyone’s bucket list…

[@ZenGardenOasis.]

😂 I wish it was…

[@boofuls]

We're not worthy

[@iamthewelcher]

Brother, aint Nobody giving up there days coffee for a damn bucket!!

[@ZenGardenOasis.]

I never asked….I just took the thermos and poured it on my bucket. 😂

[@flick22601]

@@ZenGardenOasis. - Take somebody's coffee thermos on any job I've ever worked and you'd better be able to run real fast.

[@karenv5103]

Some people use buckets everyday so stuck buckets are to annoying

[@iamthewelcher]

@@karenv5103 I'm actually one of those people!

[@Mk101T]

Ya Painters like mentioned know plenty about stuck buckets . And I think the point that we know was glossed over . There will be more buckets !!!

[@arrowdodgerluvsmarlins1758]

Now I can cross that off my bucket list.

[@ZenGardenOasis.]

😂also “kicking the buckets” with steel toe 🥾

[@crazysquirrel9425]

I toss an aluminum can in each bucket. Or a bottle. Something to keep each bucket from bottoming out. Also, do not stack buckets. Nest them and lay them on their side.

[@0annonymous]

If you have a can of WD-40 with a SMART NOZZLE, you can stack buckets as high as you want and spray some WD-40 on ANY bucket you want to dislodge from the stack, you're welcome 😊

[@nolanh9659]

Great video! The pre-planning ideas seem so obvious......after you hear them for the 1st time. Thanks. One of the commenters said to put an empty aluminum can in the 1st bucket. That's one of the best excuses for drinking a beer I've heard of.

[@ZenGardenOasis.]

Great point!

[@lakeeffected]

Thank! I’d give this multiple thumbs up it I could!

[@gaylenemandelka8872]

I can't stop looking at all the beautiful bonsi trees, he should tell us how he did those!

[@ZenGardenOasis.]

I’ve been thinking of talking more about bonsai ….but most people aren’t into them. It’s a fun hobby. 😀

[@victoryfirst2878]

NOW this is one great and in depth video of a subject matter that affects a large number of us HANDYMEN. Look forward to see more great videos Sir. Have yourself a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year too. Peace vf

[@victoryfirst2878]

Thank you Sir too. vf

[@TheParkAttendant]

I just watched your wick watering system. I'm trying to get my wife to listen to me, about how she can get more vegetables out of a bucket planting system. We don't have a lot of room to plant a garden. She is thinking of planting it in shaded areas. I think she will go for this as it means less weeding (we are infested with bind weed), and less watering. This is the absolute best. Thanks.

[@ZenGardenOasis.]

Glad you enjoyed. Also have videos about bucket wicking systems. Cheers

[@whereswaldo5740]

Remember to register it.

[@ogadlogadl490]

You can buy “Gall Mites”, they are from the Mediterranean and specifically only eat wind weed, they are minuscule and take a couple years to infect the weed. It’s even suggested to mow over where you placed them to disperse.

[@noconsentgiven]

Thanks for the video👍! The hot water is definitely #1.

[@mederosstreetz1070]

I can’t believe that the person who watched for 13 minutes had the nerve to complain!

[@ZenGardenOasis.]

Human nature. 😂

[@RaymondYocum-uw5hd]

I’m sure not in that category! I’m out in less than a minute! 😊

[@servantofthegreatiamloving2113]

😂

[@maggiesatory566]

Was that a complaint or shock that there was so many solutions available that we didn’t know about❗️ especially for those of us who thought we were good at stepping out of the box for solutions…. I can now free some buckets, and here I thought it was due to my age card, hehe

[@maggiesatory566]

Was that a complaint or shock that there was so many solutions available that we didn’t know about❗️ especially for those of us who thought we were good at stepping out of the box for solutions…. I can now free some buckets, and here I thought it was due to my age card, hehe

[@gonnafish]

Scrap cardboard shims work fine too.

[@cordulanentwig2119]

THANK you! 🌸🍀🌿Justice little addendum from Germany For environmental reasons maybe better dip them in Hit water instead ofpouring over?

[@glleon80517]

Yep, wood shims. Only took one bucket stuck to convince me. Closepins also good. Thanks!

[@ZenGardenOasis.]

Glad to help

[@jimmurphy7296]

Amazing. This is why we have an internet. Thank you.

[@ZenGardenOasis.]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@joeybagodonuts6683]

Sitting on them is a great idea, thanks.

[@tedhart7708]

Not MY coffee!

[@pal98111]

I can’t believe he talked for 13 minutes about stuck buckets.

[@themikeyone]

I heard someone on the radio go on about ferret handling for two days,

[@penelope4885]

Oh my gosh that was gonna be my comment. Then I was gonna say something about how I wanted to use my bucket but I had soapy water in it now I have to dry it out or my buckets deformed now that I’ve use the torch on it or when I was drilling I accidentally drilled a hole in my bucket, or all the trouble I went to to get the out the compressor. Or how I got fired from my job because I couldn’t figure out how to take apart some buckets I would say the handle going down and it may be a design on purpose.

[@iamthewelcher]

Lol...and I watched the whole thing!

[@TheParkAttendant]

We all watched the whole thing.

[@dawnlapuh4248]

Not me, thanks for the heads up

[@leopardwoman38]

Thank you! 👍👍👍😀🌱

[@normandothegreat]

We used to take a piece of pallet plastic banding about a foot long, fold it in half and place it over the lower bucket rim BEFORE stacking the next one over it.

[@josephhaas7636]

Crumbled newspaper ( two newspapers per bucket) has always worked for me. Stack them as many you wish. Never a stuck bucket.

[@davidbruce3632]

Yet another use for the mighty cedar shim. Thanks.

[@SweetClara99]

Hey thank you...

[@mfcabrini]

Your bonsai are beautiful!

[@ZenGardenOasis.]

Thank you!

[@MuddyHelmutant]

AMEN!!!

[@matthewduda8007]

Well I’ll be damed.!! The hot water worked on two buckets that I could not get apart for nothing.! SOB!! Good stuff bra!! lol Really got to give you the 👍!!

[@spark1545]

Do these methods work on stuck shopping carts?

[@dianemyers250]

I use scrape 2 by 4s a d drop in bottom bucket

[@iamthewelcher]

Thanks!

[@debluetailfly]

Not thick enough for some of my buckets.

[@bobbg9041]

Forget the buckets, wow nice plants. Thats sine really good looking Bonsi trees you have.

[@ZenGardenOasis.]

So nice of you

[@ann7318]

Thanks a million. I have 3 mineral tubs stuck together, and I am going to try your ideas until I get them apart!!! A friend found your video for me.

[@ZenGardenOasis.]

Sounds great!

[@williamwaters4506]

Great tips!

[@ZenGardenOasis.]

Glad it was helpful!

[@markgriffin7016]

Damn,I got locked up and watched this whole video. Thanks for the ideas.

[@ZenGardenOasis.]

Glad you enjoyed!

[@janbrewington7771]

Thank you.

[@ZenGardenOasis.]

You're welcome!

[@uptone12111]

Thank you!

[@ZenGardenOasis.]

You bet!

[@wilma6181]

I needed this info over summer..my buckets were stuck and ende up breaking a hole in one. Nebraska

[@ZenGardenOasis.]

They can be tough to separate. Thanks for your input…

[@ProctorsGamble]

Problem is when you stack different buckets together. I try to stack same brand of buckets into each other. They are designed to be stacked and shipped this way so they will not stick.

[@lucoha]

Great video. Thanks for sharing!

[@ZenGardenOasis.]

Thanks for watching!

[@timbutler3213]

I use the chains of a trailer, for safety chaining the trailer to the back of the truck… I clip that chains on the bucket handle, and then just pull on the other bucket and it seems to work pretty good.

[@poodledaddles1091]

Thanks

[@ZenGardenOasis.]

Welcome

[@countryside8122]

Air hose works very good as well.

[@ZenGardenOasis.]

Yes it does!

[@TDC7594]

If you're in a workshop, factory, garage, or somewhere there's compressed air, just open a small gap where the buckets join with a prybar or screwdriver, and jab the air nozzle in. Pops right out.

[@sandreawhite7534]

Excellent video.

[@ZenGardenOasis.]

Thank you very much!

[@Suz_408]

Nice bonsais.

[@ZenGardenOasis.]

Thanks your too kind….

[@hilltopper600]

look at the great bonsai

[@ZenGardenOasis.]

Thank you. Cheers.

[@KamamawilmaTv_0711]

Hello new friend here🔔👍

[@ZenGardenOasis.]

Hello 👋

[@danareed1656]

great video! very helpfull

[@ZenGardenOasis.]

Glad it was helpful!

[@kathyhathaway8823]

That is some great ideas BUT I have another problem. I have two round wire office trash cans stuck together . Just waiting for my son to come over an hold one while I pull on the other 🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️. Thanks

[@gigmaresh8772]

I have a project you might can help me with. For about a decade I have been saving big soda pop bottles. If you cut the bottoms off about 4 inches up the make great outdoor dog water dishes. Or great seedling pots if you poke a hole in them for drainage. Little containers for screws, nuts and many other objects. A favorite for years is storing tiny pieces of steel, rusty nails and often keeping water in them so i can pour that rusty water on my flowering plants and my garden vegetable plants. However, I found a better use last summer when i constructed my first hanging bottle veggie stand. I cut off the ends, sliced a big V out, overlapped the sides and staples them together. Now it was a skiny bottle like I'd rather have to hang. BUT was a bit flimsy. Then I thought back to when I used drive OTR. Picking up bottles to take to the bottling plant is really light. I flew like the wind from SLC to Vegas. Not so much on my 2nd trip. Those were plugs. The ones before they are heated to create the thin walled bottle to be filled with soda pop. Hey, methinks if they heat them up to expand them, I should be able to heat them to shrink them. Yeah, that didn't go so well. Then I made a paper mache plug to stick in the middle. Better . . . Somewhat Hair dryer to weak . . . Heat gun too hot. I have made several hanging gardens and given them away, but they have had to supply their own bottles. I think of my handy little project as a way to get more people back into feeding themselves. I have looked all over this area for someone to get on my band wagon. To come up with a better shrinking solution. And someone to video my whole process and for them to post it on YT. Help, please or not 💕

[@ZenGardenOasis.]

My idea is for you to start a KZbin channel. A fun hobby and you can create a community of people who you can interact with.

[@bogey19018]

A 1/4 stick always works for me.

[@0annonymous]

WD-40 is also a good go-to

[@harleyb.birdwhisperer]

Mike Rowe did 5 minutes about a pencil when he auditioned for QVC.

[@bettinanstevens9259]

I just toss a small stone or something, stick, piece off scrap wood into the bottom of each bucket. As long as the bucket cannot go deep enough inside the other bucket to make the seal they always pull right apart with no resistance at all.

[@kimchee94112]

Two ways works for me. Drill a small hole on the bottom then compressed air. Second method small blower nozzle compressed air into the side without drilling. Old buckets not worth saving, it will crack and disintegrate.

[@Jerry-ko9pi]

I use a scrap piece of 2x4.

[@36736fps]

Generally good advice, but the problem is more due to the wedging action than the vacuum. That is why some kind of lubricant between the buckets works. Pouring hot water in the inner bucket will probably make it more stuck because the inner bucket will expand more than the outer bucket and get wedged more tightly. Cold water works better.

[@zanderday4466]

or . . . try the easy "hack" if you will. Put a couple inches of painters tape where you were putting paint sticks etc - it stays put and lets air in so easy to pull apart :-)

[@johneaton4364]

old rope or pieces of lold fire hose. Anything to keep an air passage - use a heat gun to warm the air in the bottom bucket..

[@jameskrivitsky9715]

Most everybody has sticks / small branches to place between the buckets. Also, stones / rocks or most any other items can be placed between buckets before storage. Let your scraps / junk items work for you and let your imagination run wild.

[@Daniel-lk3sy]

Well you don't happen to have quarters and during your Workshop washers would do the same thing that they're narrowing up on the edge you can take two of them use your grinder make bench grinder to shape them a little bit so they're tapered just right and put them in there and pry the buckets up that way and you can use a string to tie the two washers modified to the bucket so all you have to do is use them for the handle

[@ZenGardenOasis.]

Excellent tip.

[@EvilDaveCanada]

I really like that zip tie idea. Most Dollar Stores in the US or a Dollarama in Canada sell 'really' cheap zip ties. Just buy a few bags of the smallest ones and only use them on your buckets when you acquire a new one. Even a screwdriver and a large enough screw should make the hole big enough to work. Maybe then just buy a bag/box of the screws from the same store you bought the zip ties from. That way, you are NOT about to use those crappy screws for real work, and just put one of those screws into each bag of zip ties. Once the trick of those zip ties hit me, all these other ideas just popped into my head as I was typing.

[@dennisbarney869]

You will go to the store and buy new buckets before you will get my COFFEE. Was a great vid though, After I got my breathing under control after the coffee idea I did give you a like LOL

[@ZenGardenOasis.]

Coffee addiction here too. 😂

[@BillHunclebuncle]

@@ZenGardenOasis.…..the guy was having withdrawals just from imagining that!

[@berthongo8531]

I drape a rag over the side of the bottom bucket.

[@bonesrhodes3762]

---- short bit of copper wire - bend it so it slips over the lip of the bucket - single piece per bucket - the ground wire from romex is perfect - nary a stuck bucket

[@RushWorkingMan]

I tried the hot water trick, but the manager at the home improvement store got really upset with me and asked me to leave. 😂

[@ZenGardenOasis.]

Just go back in disguise. 😂

[@RushWorkingMan]

@@ZenGardenOasis. 😂wearing those big glasses and fake nose. Act like I’ve never been there before.

[@jenette16]

I have 2x4 chunks that i put in each bucket then add another bucket.

[@eledhwenmare2403]

Hot water in bucket, 10 minutes- check. Gorgeous bonsai ❤

[@ZenGardenOasis.]

So nice of you

[@judyl.761]

I just put a flat head screwdriver in between them and turn a quarter turn to break the seal.

[@JH-fv1gq]

I drop a plastic milk bottle top into each bucket before stacking them. UK. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@bit-tuber8126]

Going to remember, and share, some of these STUCK BUCKET tricks. Also, how about a painters stick or piece of draped nylon rope to prevent vacuum sticking

[@ZenGardenOasis.]

There’s probably a 100 ways. Just wanted to put up so e that worked for me. Cheers

[@allentisthammer4763]

Dude, you had my undivided attention, up until the using coffee method! Bet you light up the internet with this inflammatory statement! Nice presentation and I'll live through the coffee instance and try not to kick the bucket. Thank you.

[@ZenGardenOasis.]

😂🔥

[@bobmorris9240]

Great bonsai!! Thanx for bucket hacks.

[@ZenGardenOasis.]

Any time!

[@WaningGibbous]

Wet buckets stick together...i stord my buckets upside down and usually no problem

[@karlsborgwi.jewell9919]

Put the top bucket handle inside of the bucket below…never had one stuck doing it that way

[@Suz_408]

Why in the heck do they not build something into these things to prevent this?? I've used a length of string tied to the handle to dangle into the bucket. Works pretty good if you remember to do it.

[@bobbg9041]

8:33 fireworks? Just use compressed air.

[@funtimevideos2160]

At 1:12 you say you took water from a "hot water heater" ! I have a water heater that makes the cold water hot. Maybe you need one like that to save energy !!!

[@dptp9lf]

One thing you never want to do is "kick the bucket"... LOL

[@ZenGardenOasis.]

😂long ago I got so angry at the stuck buckets, I kicked them as hard as I could out of frustration. 😂

[@johnndavis7647]

I stack half a dozen buckets together loosely and I lay the stacks on their sides.

[@stuartgray5877]

Or use a blast of compressed air

[@ourv9603]

Before the guyz on my crew would give up their coffee they would their !

[@ZenGardenOasis.]

I pay the new guy to collect all their coffee while their in the can….😂

[@pestpro6606]

Air hose

[@Packerfan-qc6cs]

Store the handle inside the bucket going into. No vacuum

[@charlesdavaro8554]

Put a small rock between the buckets before you stash them away. Acts like a spacer They come apart no problem years later

[@jackslapp9073]

Hmmm... If you can do that with two quarters, then it seems like you could use two house keys and have more leverage as long as you don't bend them and make them unusable as keys. Of course, there are other possibilities such as two screwdrivers, but if you are toolless and only relying on what you have in your pockets, quarters or keys would be the most probable.

[@ZenGardenOasis.]

Exactly….just thinking outside the box. Cheers

[@warpig372]

I insert 2 knife blades on each side and turn the knife. It pops right out.

[@barbarahering484]

I had my garbage men cram my garbage cans together so I used a hose and put water in the bottom one which forced the top one out.

[@btsantiago52]

compressed air separate stuck buckets.

[@bomaite1]

I like to use a welding torch on my buckets, and then I go inside and read a book.

[@ZenGardenOasis.]

😂

[@larryabrams3559]

Pressure washer will blow them apart.

[@markshirley7773]

Stick em in hot 🔥 water 💧! Air expands and the bottom 1 comes off. Now heating up the next bottom bucket 🪣! You're welcome. I love yall

[@stairman3151]

Thank god for 2x speed and fast forward

[@ZenGardenOasis.]

I use it on 90% of vids. 😂

[@bobbo0708]

put a piece of cardboard, on edge in the bottom of the bucket, this will prevent the buckets from seating all the way down.

[@davidboone2190]

buckets stuck? hammer the side. still stuck? bigger hammer.

[@ZenGardenOasis.]

Thermite works best.

[@gerdberg4188]

The only way is a compressor

[@sidelinerbeekeeper]

I was a commercial scallop fisherman for 25 years and never had a problem separating bucks. Scallops were cleaned and transported in bucks onboard. He briefly mentioned the correct way, the way that uses no tools, no hot water, and takes only 5 seconds. Everything else he said is foolish. Stand on the handle and pull the other bucket up at right angles to the handle that you are standing on. If the bucket has no handle, get a friend to pull with you at right angles to the bucket you are pulling. Separating is effortless.

[@StarwaterCWS]

Better idea… don’t get them stuck in the first place by placing a small spacer such as an empty water bottle in between them.

[@johnnywstrayhorn7839]

aw bucket, I'll deal with it later

[@joenewman6494]

Wow nice bonsai trees

[@ZenGardenOasis.]

So nice of you

[@mdh6977]

Work smarter, not harder...

[@4phishn]

If you pour my coffee on your buckets you will need to figure out how to get your head unstuck from the buckets.

[@ZenGardenOasis.]

I pay the biggest and dumbest guy to steal all the coffee. He’s bout 8’. 😂

[@whynotcnc8828]

use an air hose, fat and simple

[@ZenGardenOasis.]

I failed to mention dynamite. 💥

[@crazysquirrel9425]

Did not work on mine...

[@themikeyone]

I just use my vacuum on blow,and with a crevice tool on, job done.