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joshuabardwell
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Look up under the lip of your bucket and see if there is a piece of rectangular tubing welded in under the lip.
I appreciate the tip, Gary. As frivolous as it sounds, I really like the idea of maintaining the original look of the bucket! The bucket does not have a piece of rectangular tubing under the lip. It's just curled into a C-channel shape. But it wouldn't be too hard, I think, to find a piece of square tubing and weld it in there. If I understand correctly, the main issue is buckling the top of the bucket, right? There isn't any need for strengthening relative to pulling or torquing forces, right?