Urine The Life Now ;-(

[derelict77]

"I am stupid"... Just thought I`d preface with that. I have been keeping 2 pee bottles in my truck untill today. One bottle has a screw on cap and the other a pop-on pop-off cap. I have been meaning to throw away the pop-on-off cap bottle for obvious reasons but never got around to it. Well...that bottle decided fall over while I drove around a corner. Well...that cap decided to pop-off ;-( You can guess what half a gallon of urine smells like on the floor of your tractor, not roses. My advice, dont be stupid like me, only use screw top bottles when you must relieve yourself.

[wot i life]

I once took a relative of mine to Italy with me and the old bastard hid a pee bottle behind the passenger seat. He never mentioned it. Five days into the journey, I was nearly hewking with the smell in the cab. I couldn,t figure out where it was coming from and thought it was him..You know, that old geezer with bladder problem smell. I was too polite at first to say anything

[classicxl]

if for some reasons you have to use them dispose of them as soon as possible in the proper place

[Collard Greens]

How about not using them at all. What about going to rest area or truck stop to use restroom. That will solve that problem. As far as that smell try scrubbing with lysol cleaner and mop floor if you have rubber floors. If you have carpet try a steam vac with lysol cleaner.

[Sealord]

More than I needed to know. BOL

[BigBird01]

How about not using them at all. What about going to rest area or truck stop to use restroom. That will solve that problem. As far as that smell try scrubbing with lysol cleaner and mop floor if you have rubber floors. If you have carpet try a steam vac with lysol cleaner.

I wish it was that easy at times, I don't carry bottles or anything for that situation but it has happened that I needed to do it. And had an empty pop bottle. Some of these areas specially in the upper NE you have nowhere to go.... And alot of the shippers/cosignees I have dealt with has signs no restrooms for drivers......

[yoopr]

Live and Learn

[classicxl]

those signs are there because other drivers have ruined that privelage for the rest by leaving the bathroom a disaster area.

[emerlin]

those signs are there because other drivers have ruined that privelage for the rest by leaving the bathroom a disaster area.

"Trucker diarrhea" FTW!!!

[PackRatTDI]

How about not using them at all. What about going to rest area or truck stop to use restroom. That will solve that problem.

If I was parked at a truckstop and just had to pee, I'd just assume use a bottle and save the hassle of the walk to the truckstop and dealing with hustlers, lot lizards and JB Hunt recruiters. :wink:

[Justruckin]

Throw the bottles out.

I hate those things, I don't fit!

I have found the best way to number one in the truck, is to use a Ziploc bag.

Not just any bag, it must be the Ziploc brand 1 quart FREEZER bags. Any other brand, or non freezer bag will normally leak.

I keep an office type waste basket in the truck with plastic liners (garbage bags) from Sam's Club. I throw the bags in the trash, not the parking lot, preferably a dumpster.

I hate having to do that in the truck, but sometimes you have little choice.

[classicxl]

there are times you just have to do what you have to do

[fatman]

I know i'm a bit paranoid, but if I'm someplace where the lighting is bad and/or there isn't much foot traffic, I'm not going to get out of my truck if I can at all help it.
Sure, piss bottles are disgusting. So are most public toilets as is not bathing everyday. But as they say in the mob: "This is the life we chose."

[Rev.Vassago]

My advice, dont be stupid like me, only use a bathroom when you must relieve yourself.

Todays edition of Fix That Post.

[Rookie McRookerson]

I was looking at a portable toilet at an outfitter store. It was a small chemical toilet. It actually had a toilet seat and a lid. The pooh and such drops into a lower chamber when you flush it. The lower chambe is air tight (except when you flush it). It has a water tank for fresh water and a holding chamber that you put a small amount of chemical in. When you come to a rest area or truck stop, you can pull the lower chamber loose from the rest and dump and rinse it out. Then fill the fresh water chamber, put a little chemical in the bottom one and you're good to go. It is about 16" square and stands about 12" tall. It runs about $69. I thought it would be perfect for those who, for the most part, live out of your truck. No more getting up in the middle of the night and getting dressed to go potty!

I have read a lot about pee bottles/bags. But, I haven't heard anyone talk about using this type of toilet.

Does this sound like something truckers would use?

[Justruckin]

As far as your camp toilet. Sounds a little big for a truck.

They make one designed for truck drivers, or should I say trucks. A buddy told me about it the other day. He saw it in LandLine magazine (OOIDA). But he is the kind of guy that likes to be first one in in the morning. I normally stop at the nearest truck stop to where I have to deliver, or pick up, and take my time. I pull a flat bed, and normally am able to tell all parties concerned when I would like to deliver or pick up. It works out pretty good that way.

Myself, I think it all boils down to how you plan your trip. I know my bowels, and plan my meals and stops accordingly. In 17 years out here, I have only had to use the woods once.

[Roadhog]

PeePeeing Tom

For best results...train early. :?

[ML2PeaceWarrior]

How about not using them at all. What about going to rest area or truck stop to use restroom. That will solve that problem. As far as that smell try scrubbing with lysol cleaner and mop floor if you have rubber floors. If you have carpet try a steam vac with lysol cleaner.

Careful with that thought

How about not using them at all. What about going to rest area or truck stop to use restroom.

I am guessing you are a local driver and have all those options readily at hand. Any OTR driver will tell you that in most places Rest Areas are far and few between. And a bottle (as nasty as it is) is nessesary at times.


Holding your urine too long and too often can cause lots of problems. It can cause bladder infections, urinary tract infections, infections in your kidneys, kidney stones, etc.....

[classicxl]

so that is how peeing in a bottle got started

[Catman]

They have 'truck toilets'.....just check out post from Oct. Jackkal had the same type question as you. Solution; "bumperdumper" at bumperdumper.com........good luck