will these work?

I saw these at lowes today. A friend said that the rats would chew through em at the top. Does any one use them and how do you think they will work?

http://www.lowes.com/ProductDisplay?...m&rel=nofollow

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Originally Posted by Raverthug

I saw these at lowes today. A friend said that the rats would chew through em at the top. Does any one use them and how do you think they will work?

http://www.lowes.com/ProductDisplay?...m&rel=nofollow

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that's the tub many people use.

I took a look at those when i was building my rack. While I agree that is the style of tub many people use I found the tubs carried by lowes in my area to be of a lesser quality then the ones carried at home depot. The brand name escapes me at the moment but the ones at lowes seemed thinner and more brittle. The best ones I have seen are by a company called Tuff stuff I believe, but they are expensive.

KRK

the ones at my lowes are 12 bucks and weak, but the ones at home depot are strong and work well and even have a hole in the front of them that i ran a dowel down and it lock the tubs in the rack............cost 4 bucks.

thoes of you that use the home depot ones, Have you had any issues with rats chewing through because thats the main issue

No, no issues, my tubs have been going for 9 or 10 months now

i had my rack a year and sold it with no problems and the guy who bought it has had it now 6 months no problems....at all

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Originally Posted by Raverthug

thoes of you that use the home depot ones, Have you had any issues with rats chewing through because thats the main issue

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No issues here but then again i haven't had mine for that long.

The Home Depot tubs are WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY better.

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Originally Posted by tomfromtheshade

The Home Depot tubs are WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY better.

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We have had one lowes tub get chewed threw, We know use the Home Depot bins. They are the same size too..

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Originally Posted by Herp_Herp_hooray

We have had one lowes tub get chewed threw, We know use the Home Depot bins. They are the same size too..

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They're ABOUT the same size. They're not interchangeable. Made that mistake.

they can chew through the home depot tubs too, but it all depends on the RAT.if you have a chewer like I had they can chew through just about any tub.the rat i had chewed through the morter tub, and then through a sterilte birthing tub!!, needless to say her and her babies are snake food.......:gj:

p.s I screwed a piece of mesh screen over the morter tub hole and its o.k now:gj:

Another thing is the HD tubs are like 12 bucks a tub vs Lowe's are 5 bucks

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Originally Posted by MitsuMike

Another thing is the HD tubs are like 12 bucks a tub vs Lowe's are 5 bucks

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I paid $5 each for the HD tubs.

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Originally Posted by MitsuMike

Another thing is the HD tubs are like 12 bucks a tub vs Lowe's are 5 bucks

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the large hd tubs are over $10 a tub at HD...

but comparable sizes, they are comparable prices. (about $5 each)

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Originally Posted by suzuki4life

the large hd tubs are over $10 a tub at HD...

but comparable sizes, they are comparable prices. (about $5 each)

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Oh u guys are using the small mortar tubs? I thought u used the large ones.

ok i just built one of these and sold it, the tubs at home depot where 5 each they were 19.5 x 27.? x 6 inches somewhere in that area and it held 1.4 with comfort but i removed the babies asap or usally moved the momma to keep her from being prego back to back