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A work bucket vertical extension apparatus provides a lower pedestal bucket, an upper, elevated bucket vertically aligned into a nested position above the lower pedestal bucket, an da a sliding track mechanism such that the internal volume of the upper bucket is sufficient to receive the upper, elev

A work bucket vertical extension apparatus provides a lower pedestal bucket, an upper, elevated bucket vertically aligned into a nested position above the lower pedestal bucket, an da a sliding track mechanism such that the internal volume of the upper bucket is sufficient to receive the upper, elevated bucket when nested.

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1. A work bucket vertical extension apparatus comprising:a lower pedestal bucket formed as a generally cylindrical inner sidewall forming an internal volume; a base extending outwardly relative to said lower pedestal bucket; a plurality of wheels connected to said base and movably supporting said ba

1. A work bucket vertical extension apparatus comprising:a lower pedestal bucket formed as a generally cylindrical inner sidewall forming an internal volume; a base extending outwardly relative to said lower pedestal bucket; a plurality of wheels connected to said base and movably supporting said base above a floor surface; an upper, elevated bucket formed as a generally cylindrical outer sidewall forming a storage volume, said upper bucket located within said internal volume defined by said lower bucket in a vertically aligned, nested position relative to said lower pedestal bucket; a sliding track mechanism having a lower sliding track portion affixed to said inner sidewall of said lower pedestal bucket and an upper sliding track portion affixed to said outer sidewall of said upper, elevated bucket, said upper bucket selectively movable to and retained in multiple different elevated positions relative to said lower bucket, said upper bucket extending outwardly above an open upper edge of said lower bucket in each of said multiple different elevated positions; said base, lower bucket and upper bucket movable as a unit on said plurality of wheels relative to said floor surface when said upper bucket is located in any one of said multiple different elevated positions. 2. The work bucket vertical extension apparatus of claim 1, wherein said lower pedestal bucket has at a lowermost surface a radially, horizontally extended support base in order to provide lateral support when in use.3. The work bucket vertical extension apparatus as set forth in claim 1, wherein said base is formed integrally with the lower pedestal bucket.4. The work bucket vertical extension apparatus as set forth in claim 1, wherein said base is selectively and removably mechanically fastened to a lowermost end off said lower pedestal bucket.5. The work bucket vertical extension apparatus of claim 3, wherein said support base forms a flat bottom surface that supports a plurality of castor wheels.6. The work bucket vertical extension apparatus of claim 4, wherein said support base forms a flat bottom surface that supports a plurality of castor wheels.7. The work bucket vertical extension apparatus as set forth in claim 1, further comprising means for selectively locking at least one of said plurality of wheels to prevent unintended movement of said base on said floor.8. The work bucket vertical extension apparatus of claim 6, further comprising at least one castor locking means.9. The work bucket vertical extension apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a bucket locking mechanism for locking said sliding track mechanism into a fixed position.10. The work bucket vertical extension apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a pivoting handle affixed to an upper portion of said upper, elevated bucket and spanning the upper opening thereof.11. The work bucket vertical extension apparatus of claim 1, wherein said sliding track mechanism provides for a linear extension of said upper bucket in relation to said lower bucket, and wherein said lower sliding track portion functions as a linear track guide, as well as a level gauge for securing said upper bucket at a predetermined positions, and wherein further said upper sliding tracks portion of functions as a guide, as well as a locking means for securing said upper bucket into said same predetermined position.12. The work bucket vertical extension apparatus as set forth in claim 1, wherein said lower sliding track is formed as a main vertical channel extending a majority of a vertical height of said lower bucket, and wherein said main vertical channel intersects with a variety of horizontal level tracks.13. The work bucket vertical extension apparatus of claim 12, wherein extending radially outward from said upper sliding track are a equal number of guide pins for engaging with and traveling along said vertical channel.14. The work bucket vertical extension apparatus of claim 13, further comprising a lower horizontal level track placed at the vertical height corresponding with a fully nested position, and allows for the upper bucket to be locked into position with the lower bucket to allow the buckets to be picked up together.15. The work bucket vertical extension apparatus of claim 9, wherein said bucket locking mechanism comprises an inverted L-hook pivotally affixed to and extending upward from said lower bucket outer sidewall; anda hook receiving keyhole affixed to said upper bucket sidewall for receiving an upper hook element of said L-hook. 16. The work bucket vertical extension apparatus as set forth in claim 1 further comprising a removable liquid-container insert removably connected to said upper bucket within an open upper end of said upper bucket.