Since the tank well in my kayak isn't wide enough to fit a milk crate without some serious modifications, and since it already has a recessed area for a 5 gallon bucket, I figured I'd go with the 5 gallon bucket as my carry all container. The only problem I was having was figuring out a way to tie it down. I had no luck with bungee's and I didn't want to use zip tie's every time. I remembered seeing someone using turnbuckles somewhere on the web and decided to give it a shot. I had to add two padeyes, but that bucket is not going anywhere. I can lift the back 1/2 of the kayak by the handle on the bucket and there is no play at all. I just wanted to share this piece of rigging in case anyone thought it would be useful to them. I'm sure some adaptation of this would work with a milk crate also. I bought everything at Lowe's for under $10 not including extra padeyes and rivets.
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