I found that they don’t radiate the heat, very well. The great fire buckets that I’ve had the pleasure of standing next to all have one thing in common, thickness.
I turned my first washing tub fire bucket into a plant pot for succulents. I filled the bottom 2/3rds with broken up foam and covered it with a few layers of shade cloth, weight is a problem when asking an old hand drill to hold up the bucket.
