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It depends on what it is made out of. True. A typical, plastic, 5-gallon pail, without a lid, will weigh around 2 pounds. But, it depends on the type of plastic it is made of, the thickness of the walls, etc. The best answer is: It depends...
Water weighs 8.34 lbs per gallon, so 5 would weigh 41.7 lbs.
not counting the weight of the bucket itself, the oil would weigh around 37 pounds.
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I just weighed a five gallon bucket of unshelled pecans and it was a little over 20 lbs
Weigh an empty container; pour a gallon of water into it. Weigh it again. Calculate the difference. That is the weight of the gallon of water.
83.4 lbs - excluding the weight of the bucket !
40 pounds
around 40 lbs
about 40 lbs.
62 lbs
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