Gerbils are BY FAR the most relentless chewers in the rodent world. At one point I had over 200 breeding pairs of gerbils and they would spend HOURS AND HOURS digging and gnawing at the corners of their 10g tanks. I wouldn't imagine that they would do well in plastic tubs, but I never tried it.

My rats have never chewed out of a mortar tub or a litter pan, but they made short work of some 90qt Sterilites that I was using for grow out tubs.