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We also used FDL square buckets and had to find a replacement last year. Despite many initial objections, we are now using rectangular buckets with plastic handles and current opinion is that they are even better than the square ones. They are easier to carry as the rectangular shape means that they don't bash legs when carrying a bucket in each hand. The handle is also more ergonomic and we haven't had any break so far. The supplier assured me that they are equal in strength to the metal ones. I actually prefer the plastic handles as our site staff had taken to pulling the metal handles out of the attachment in order to feed through a punched label (obviously using string is too much trouble). This had resulted in most of the handle attachments breaking and thus buckets with no handles (or labels) at all. Subsequently I now have staff asking to use plastic labels (what is wrong with string???)but previous experience has shown that the plastic labels either come off or refuse to do so leading to confusion on subsequent sites.
The rectangular buckets stack well and are less likely to be pinched for finds. The suppliers are:
Involvement Packaging 01926 650100
Chesterton Estate Yard Banbury Road, Lightborne, Warwick. CV35 OAJ
If you ask for Robert Barton he can actually source metal handled buckets for those of you who are able to use string!
Marker pens - Artline 700 and 70 - available from most stationary suppliers
Rachel
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Dear all,
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Dominique
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>Does anyone know a current manufacturer/supplier for the 10L square
>plastic buckers with metal handles used by many Units for storing soil
>samples? Until recently Oxford Archaeology sourced these buckets from FDL
>packaging and also Fibre Drums LTD - however neither company now stock
>them as their manufacturer has withdrawn the product line. We have found
>suppliers for round 10L containers and rectangular ones with plastic
>handles (which don't look very strong). In our experience the square
>buckets with metal handles are preferable due to the economy of stacking
>and the strength of the handle (and handle attachment).
>On a similar topic - does anyone have a favoured supplier for strong
>adhesive waterproof labels which can be used on the plastic buckets, and
>thick waterproof and lightfast marker pens. The AEA published the results
>of a trial on marker pens many years ago - has anyone done anything more
>recently?
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>Many thanks,
>Rebecca
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