Poor kid! Two gallons would be enough to give a helluva soaker. I hate spilling sap and with this nice deep snowpack finally starting to rot, punching through is bad enough. I have few enough trees (and a punky enough run so far) that I can collect with a 4-gallon pail with a tight-fitting lid. Don't know if it would actually stay on if I did go butt over teakettle though.