5 Gallon Bucket holder

[Neathawk Designs]

I already sent this one off to festool a while ago but haven't heard back from them...

But I'd really like to have a 5 gallon bucket holder/systainer that would mount on my CT vac to hold a 5 gallon bucket of drywall mud.  I'd like to be able to roll the bucket around with me to and from the jobsite... especially on the commercial jobs where I have to go down long hallways, up elevators... etc...  It would essentially be a 5 gallon systainer holder that could also mount onto a sys-roller or cart.  Then you could also set an empty bucket in it and add it to the top of the stack.  The 5 gallon buckets are heavy and it would be nice to wheel them around.

I set a bucket on top of my CT36 and it seems to be a great working height for mixing and scooping the compound out.  It would also help in tight spaces where there just isn't enough room for the vac, planex, and bucket of mud... and whatever other tools are hanging around.  I'd like it to also integrate a planex holder into it. 

I think this could be done pretty easily by cutting a round hole on the top of an MFT systainer....  I don't have a spare systainer to mess around with - but I do have my CNC machine to mess around with... so if Festool doesn't have any interest in it then I'll have to get started myself!

 

[Paul G]

I can see the convenience of that but I'm gonna guess that Festool wouldn't offer this accessory as a holder for a bucket of wet stuff that could easily be slopped onto the CT controls and possibly causing a problem that they would be responsible for since its their own accessory. Call it a trash bucket and it may get some more official traction.

 

[AlexThePalex]

Maybe I'm crazy, but I wouldn't do that kind of thing on top of my CT. [blink] Unless you want a CT covered in drywall mud. Which might, I think, interfere with it's functionality. Why not get a $25 cart for it?

 

[Neathawk Designs]

I guess that's why mine has drywall mud on it!  You can still use it for transport

 

[Paul G]

I guess that's why mine has drywall mud on it!  You can still use it for transport

Sounds like you will need to fab this device for yourself, or consider Alex's suggestion of a cart, probably cheaper in the long run and better for your CT as well.

 

[Neathawk Designs]

This is more about transport from the vehicle to the worksite and back and trying to make it in 1 trip.  And it's not just for joint compound - and I doubt you would transport it with the top off.  It could be an empty bucket that you throw other things in.... or whatever else people can come up with.  A recent job that I did was a small drywall job at our local college (it was actually my first planex job).  Everything had to be carried across the parking lot, through the doors, over to the elevator, up the elevator, down the long hallway, and into the office.  To and from the truck each night.

 

[peter halle]

There is always the Sys Roll with a home made platform.  Maybe a short cabinet with even crude drawers to hold knives, tape, etc.  At end of day place CT on top, strap, go to truck.

Peter

 

[Paul G]

This is more about transport from the vehicle to the worksite and back and trying to make it in 1 trip.  And it's not just for joint compound - and I doubt you would transport it with the top off.  It could be an empty bucket that you throw other things in.... or whatever else people can come up with.  A recent job that I did was a small drywall job at our local college (it was actually my first planex job).  Everything had to be carried across the parking lot, through the doors, over to the elevator, up the elevator, down the long hallway, and into the office.  To and from the truck each night.

Would a bucket mount have solved the transport issue for that school job? Seems like a folding platform truck would be a more flexible solution for situations like that. Of course nothing really addresses stairs.

 

[Neathawk Designs]

There is always the Sys Roll with a home made platform.  Maybe a short cabinet with even crude drawers to hold knives, tape, etc

I really like this idea... Then there would be no more looking for the roll of tape before the job begins.  And I can still integrate the planex holder (or maybe even just a way to stack the planex systainer on top - and it can all be stacked neatly against the wall and tied down in the trailer.

Would a bucket mount have solved the transport issue for that school job?

I think so... but I wouldn't know until I tried

 

[peter halle]

As a related subject, I have been thinking about doing the cabinet thing on a Sys Roll for some time with drawers or pull out trays for hand tools for a while.  In talking with one of our members here who is not afraid to mod anything and everything he has actually taken a CT Mini and bolted a systainer to it upside down.  When he uploads his vehicle to take stuff inside the job the Mini gets flipped upside down onto the top of the stack and the systainer latches it to the stack.  Saves him a trip twice a day.  Might not work for everybody or all situations, but for him and possibly parking a couple of blocks away it sure does save him time and thus makes him money.

Just another thought.

Peter

 

[Corwin]

I've used an empty Systainer to hold a 5-gallon bucket for years now.  I don't use it to hold drywall mud, but rather the 5-gallon serves as the container for my cyclone.

So, why not try placing your bucket in a Classic Systainer?   It will fit atop your CT or a Systainer Cart.  [big grin]

 

[otis04]

I would be surprised if the CT's are designed to hold 70 lbs on top of the unit.  Likely top heavy and with a full vac i would bet well over 100 lbs on the wheels.

 

[AlexThePalex]

I would be surprised if the CT's are designed to hold 70 lbs on top of the unit.  Likely top heavy and with a full vac i would bet well over 100 lbs on the wheels.

Easily. Triple at least.

 

[epicxt]

Yeah, I shudder to think how much weight I've stacked up on my ct26 when rolling large stacks of systainers into job sites. It's typical to have to stop at entryways to reduce the height...

 

[epicxt]

Btw, I used Corwin's idea of the classic systainer to put my ghetto Dust Deputy on top of my midi!

 

[Davehuber]

5 gal buckets stack neatly. 

Why not just screw a cut down bucket to a chunk of scrap that you fasten to the top of the CT?

Be as fancy or crude as you want.

The bucket of mud will just drop in and stay put in the cut down bucket.

Make the scrap wider than the CT and keep the slop off the sides of the CT if you want to keep it clean.

Not my idea, BTW.  The dust deputy folks use this idea for mounting buckets