Sap freezing busting plastic buckets?

[len]

Any experience with this?

[talahi maple products]

Gee- I used plastic buckets for years & don't recall any busting. Maybe its the Manufacturer of the pail your using a lighter gauge of plastic/??

[len]

I cracked 2 lids so far, one that I was drilling out for 5/16 tubing, and the other when I slammed my hand down on it to "set" it in place. I'm not sure if it's just the lids, which I'm inclined to think, as I drilled the sides of the pails for the tubing, and they were as cold as the lids were (about 35 deg F), and were OK.

[talahi maple products]

yea ;that could be, watch that broken plastic. It can be as sharp as glass.

[TF Maple]

Didn't experience that so far, never had a bucket freeze solid, there is always some unfrozen sap in the middle. But when plastic gets old it gets brittle and breaks pretty easy.