[Nhcoll-l] source of wide-mouth jars

[Bentley, Andrew Charles]

Carola

It is virtually impossible to find glass jars with openings above 110mm nowadays.  All manufacturers that we have sourced have stopped making them.

The only alternatives we have been able to find are the polycarbonate pails sold by University Products (https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.universityproducts.com_cart.php-3Fm-3Dproduct-5Flist-26c-3D165&d=CwIFAw&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=CLFZJ3fvGSmDp7xK1dNZfh6uGV_h-8NVlo3fXNoRNzI&m=yL2sxYYfYc1NABaPVxCzv2djTGH67xmR6a1FzvkfJ9k&s=AznivnyDOexcW4rpyeJH1ITwLGInaMm0LPft7BV3-1w&e= ) although these do not seal very well and long term exposure to alcohol has not been rigorously tested.  There are half gallon jars with the same footprint as a gallon jar (just half the height) that we purchase from Kols Containers for which I can send details if need be, but these too only have 110mm openings.

Andy

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Andy Bentley
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From: nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu [mailto:nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu] On Behalf Of Carola Haas
Sent: Monday, September 26, 2016 4:36 PM
To: nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu
Subject: [Nhcoll-l] source of wide-mouth jars

Hello all,
I'm having trouble finding a source of large jars for wide fish specimens.  Many of the gallon jars have such a narrow opening that we can't fish wide fish through them, and if we want something in a smaller volume but still with a wide diameter and wide mouth, that's even harder to find.   I've searched the suppliers list on the SPNHC site to no avail--the widest mouth I can find is 120 mm.

While I"m inquiring, I'd also be interested in short but wide jars for snakes.  We have many snakes in gallon (4L) jars, but these waste a lot of shelf height because the coiled snakes are less than 2" (50 mm) in height.  We only need a jar that is 1/2 or 1/3 of the height of a standard gallon jar.  Do jars exist that are 150-200 mm in diameter and about the same height?

 Does anyone have suggestions?

Thank you!
=c

Carola A. Haas
Professor, Wildlife Ecology
Dept. of Fish & Wildlife Conservation
112 Cheatham Hall (MC 0321)
310 West Campus Drive, Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA 24061
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