Well, or a tougher bucket. I know all about how to tip ice out of a frozen bucket so I can fill it. I can show ya, come on over we can do the horse buckets ;~)
Or a deeper bucket. This one is shallow enough that it froze solid on a few of the colder nights. And the plastic is brittle when it’s that cold, so I’d already partially cracked it when trying to get the ice out of it.
It’s actually still sort of usable for the moment...just has a big chunk out of one side. Making it still more shallow. ;-)