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Community => Coffee Lounge => Topic started by: Bionic on April 02, 2014, 03:13:35 pm

Title: Trugs
Post by: Bionic on April 02, 2014, 03:13:35 pm

Are there any recommendations for a good trug?.


We find that no matter how much we spend they all seem to split down the sides.

Title: Re: Trugs
Post by: kelly58 on April 02, 2014, 03:32:44 pm

The black ones made of rubber, withstand all sorts of abuse, last ages ! :thumbsup:

Title: Re: Trugs
Post by: Fleecewife on April 02, 2014, 04:36:22 pm

I use willow baskets for cleanish things and plastic trugs for roots.  :garden:

Title: Re: Trugs
Post by: Bert on April 03, 2014, 07:21:03 am

Have a look at this link Bionic  ;D


http://www.accidentalsmallholder.net/forum/index.php?topic=43132.0 (http://www.accidentalsmallholder.net/forum/index.php?topic=43132.0)


Hope it helps  :fc:
but I doubt it   :innocent:

Title: Re: Trugs
Post by: Floyd on April 03, 2014, 08:52:50 am

I have found that it is best to drill a couple of holes each side and use thick rope as the handles.

Havn't had a split since so maybe the moulded handles cause a weakness in the fabric.

Title: Re: Trugs
Post by: Bionic on April 03, 2014, 08:54:21 am

Quote from: Floyd on April 03, 2014, 08:52:50 am

I have found that it is best to drill a couple of holes each side and use thick rope as the handles.

Havn't had a split since so maybe the moulded handles cause a weakness in the fabric.

Floyd, thats interesting. I might just try that. thanks

Title: Re: Trugs
Post by: Bionic on April 03, 2014, 09:10:22 am

Quote from: Bert on April 03, 2014, 07:21:03 am

Have a look at this link Bionic  ;D


http://www.accidentalsmallholder.net/forum/index.php?topic=43132.0 (http://www.accidentalsmallholder.net/forum/index.php?topic=43132.0)


Hope it helps  :fc:
but I doubt it   :innocent:

Bert, I absolutely love that but i want something to take rubbish i.e. chickens muck etc

Title: Re: Trugs
Post by: Bert on April 03, 2014, 09:43:28 am

Quote from: Bionic on April 03, 2014, 09:10:22 am

Bert, I absolutely love that but i want something to take rubbish i.e. chickens muck etc

Oops,wrong sort of trug  :-[  in that case I also like the plastic ones for my mucking out and weeding. I've never had one split and there not expensive or named brand ones. So I'm not being much help, sorry.

Title: Re: Trugs
Post by: Fleecewife on April 03, 2014, 11:39:47 am

Oh I thought you meant a trug for collecting veggies in  ::).   For cleaning out hen houses we just use a wheelbarrow.  I certainly wouldn't be using a willow woven basket for hen $h*t  :roflanim:

If you just mean those rubbery bucket things with two handles, I find most of them are too flimsy to take any sort of weight.  I do have one though, no idea where it came from, with big, strong, chunky handles which you'd be hard pressed to break with anything you could also lift.  So they are out there