[QUOTE=DeadGrandpa;17495097]
I'm no expert, but I don't think your camping gear in a bucket on top of your front wheel is a good weight distribution plan. The bike handling will be affected negatively, IMHO. They make low rider front racks because the bike handles better with weight riding low. Collapsible buckets are available for bike camping, at reasonable prices.
The quotes got messed up. I would never do that. That is the OP's idea.
However, and speaking from experience, the weight doesn't have to be at the level of low riders to produce good handling. As mentioned, I have only toured with mid-level pannier mounts. No handling problems whatsoever. In fact, the famed Robert Beckman, who made my first racks and panniers, was only making mid to high level mounting racks when I bought mine. But I do thing the bucket idea could be unsound.