Addiction sign #1: 5 gal pail in the car

[ghh3rd]

I haven't been into casting for long, but have taken the first step and admitted that I am powerless over lead.

I carry a 5 gal pail tied down in the pick up truck bed, and have a couple in the trunk of the car, just in case.

My vehicle seems to have a mind of it's own and makes sudden turns into parking lots of businesses that are know to have lead.

I have cast boolits after my wife has gone to bed, just so she won't notice this addiction (however, she is on to me).

I'm afraid I may come home to an intervention someday...

Anyone else have symptoms?

Randy

[supv26]

I have a steel 5 gallon bucket in the trunk of my car!
I'm not addicted!

[snaggdit]

Does the fact my wife has started calling me Boolit Man mean I might have a problem? The other day she asked me "Why do you need all these bullets?". I told her since I have lots of free time right now, why not do a whole season's worth? She bought it. I think she is an enabler

[home in oz]

Mine says, "Why do you need all these bullets?" or "Why do you need all those guns?"

Must be a basic need carried in the DNA...

[Slow Elk 45/70]

Yes, you have IT, and IT is addictive, intervention only makes the urges worse,
Trust me I've had it for 40+ years, it only gets worse...good luck..S.L.45/70

[Bret4207]

Not only did I carry 5 gal buckets in my truck, I carried them in my work van to and stopped often to pick another 5 gal bucket up off the roadside. "Oh look, the fat old Trooper is cleaning up the roadsides! How thoughtful of him!" HAR! Little did they know my diabolical plan was proceeding nicely. I did stop short of removing WW from the trucks I was inspecting, but the thought did cross my mind.

I still find WW's that have been spilled around my yard. The kids are trained to pick them up, along with any nuts, bolts, nails they find. Little buggers are good at it.

[redneckdan]

Not only did I carry 5 gal buckets in my truck, I carried them in my work van to and stopped often to pick another 5 gal bucket up off the roadside. "Oh look, the fat old Trooper is cleaning up the roadsides! How thoughtful of him!" HAR! Little did they know my diabolical plan was proceeding nicely. I did stop short of removing WW from the trucks I was inspecting, but the thought did cross my mind.

One day I was cruising down m-28 with my riding buddy at well over the legal limit. Next thing he knows I slam on the brakes, whip a u-turn and tear back east. He catches up to me and finds me standing in the middle of the road holding up a huge truck wheel weight, that sucker musta weighed a couple ounces. At that point he knew I was nutz....

[Boerrancher]

My wife has gotten to the point that she will not let me drive anywhere, she does the driving. I can spot a WW laying on the pavement while driving at 60+ mph. I guess she got tired of my slamming on the breaks and pulling over in the ditch to jump out and pick them up. I still carry a five gal bucket in the back of the truck and have a good number of tire shops saving WWs for me once again now that the bottom has dropped out of the lead market.

Best wishes from the Boer Ranch,

Joe

[Three44s]

You are not really addicted until you come home with "fives" ........ two by two!

Three 44s

[mold maker]

One day I was cruising down m-28 with my riding buddy at well over the legal limit. Next thing he knows I slam on the brakes, whip a u-turn and tear back east. He catches up to me and finds me standing in the middle of the road holding up a huge truck wheel weight, that sucker musta weighed a couple ounces. At that point he knew I was nutz....

Do you mean everybody doesn't do that. I thought that was the reason for the breaks in the median.
I once ran over an extension ladder, in my lane, (didn't see it) but I can spot a WW on the other side of the 4 lane. The ladder was useless, and I am addicted to even little wheel weights.

[HABCAN]

Boyoboy, this thread sure makes me feel better!! I thought I was the only lead-prepper with buckets in his truck!

[Charlie Sometimes]

I have driven 85 miles (one way) to a buddies house (who was moving cross country) to get his wheel weights before he left- he gave me 10 five gallon buckets full and I put them in the rear of the wife's Windstar. If I had not taken the family with me for counter ballast I would not have made it back home- the front wheels barely touched the road and I had lot's of play in the steering. Luckily, I had enough contact for forward motion, too.

Yes, it is a sickness.
Starve a cold, feed a fever- FEED THE FEVER.

[Old Ironsights]

I purchased a small lot of 5gal buckets at the discount house and put my Name & Phone# on them with instructions to call when full.

Then all I do is swap out buckets when I go get my weights.

The Name & # makes a good reminder for the flunkies that it's not a trash bucket.

[NSP64]

Its not an addiction, unless you hang out with others that have the same problems.

[NSP64]

buddies he gave me 10 five gallon buckets
Starve a cold, feed a fever- FEED THE FEVER.

That my friend is a great buddy

[Ole]

I went to Laughlin, NV over the weekend, and took the opportunity to scrounge at about 10 different tire shops. 8 of them said no, but 2 said yes .

I got these all for free.



50lbs stick ons, 85lbs and 65lbs clip ons (after sorting).

[Recluse]

Mine says, "Why do you need all these bullets?" or "Why do you need all those guns?"

My wife says, "When are you going to buy some more guns?" and "Will you reload me up some more of those fun loads for the little .38?" (She has several)

Couple of months ago, she asked me to get some stuff out of the trunk of her car--told me it was too heavy for her.

I went out, opened the trunk and found two five-gallon buckets half-full of wheel weights. A friend of hers is a shadetree mechanic and has his own little shop. He'd been collecting them for years and gave them to her.

Can't remember NOT having a five-gallon heavy-duty bucket in the back of my truck. . .

[clodhopper]

I have been taking some coffee cans whenever I go to the range. My plan is to ALWAYS bring back more lead than I brought. There was several years there that need made up for.

[Fire_stick]

I stopped at a tire shop last week about 140 miles from home, and found 2 - 5 gal buckets of ww's. The guy would not give them away and I was on a tight schedule with no cash, so I had to pass. I dreamed of those ww's all week and through the weekend. Today I found my way back to town and the ww's were still there. He remembered me and we talked and agreed on a price. About 500# of ww's are now safe and secure.

[waksupi]

I stopped at a tire shop last week about 140 miles from home, and found 2 - 5 gal buckets of ww's. The guy would not give them away and I was on a tight schedule with no cash, so I had to pass. I dreamed of those ww's all week and through the weekend. Today I found my way back to town and the ww's were still there. He remembered me and we talked and agreed on a price. About 500# of ww's are now safe and secure.

How big are the five gallon buckets some of you get, that hold 250# of WW's? None I have ever seen will weigh that much, by about 100#.