Buckets!

[snl]

Who struggles to open (and sometimes close) 5 gallon buckets?

[Sam Fugate]

There is a tool for that. But I don't have one !

[jkola404]

This is what I use to open pails. I have never had any problems.

http://www.bascousa.com/drum-and-pai...ener-1932.html

I use a rubber mallet to close them.

[Ramona]

I close them with a section of 2x4 across the top, then hammer down on the 2x4 with a mallet, working side to side until all sections are completely down.

[StevenG]

Get the opening tool from a bee supply house, and a rubber mallet from an auto parts or big box store. I just go around the rim with the mallet. Both are a piece of cake to use.
Regards,
Steven

[westernbeekeeper]

Not me.

[Riskybizz]

or use gamma lids, and you don't have to hammer anything.

http://www.bayteccontainers.com/gamma-seal-lids.html

[mulesii]

Home Depot sells a tool to open the 5 gallon bucket lids a lot cheaper than the bee supply houses. It is in the same aisle as the 5 gallon bucket lids.

[snl]

Home Depot sells a tool to open the 5 gallon bucket lids a lot cheaper than the bee supply houses.

Thanks Mulesii!

[snl]

Not me.

What Ben, you don't open or close buckets?

[EastSideBuzz]

Get the tool from home depot costs like 4 bucks and then you wont have issues. It is in the paint department near the buckets.

EDIT: oops should read the whole thread before answering someone already said this.