| View previous topic :: View next topic |
| Author |
Message |
gigi_roxx
Joined: 09 May 2007
Posts: 96
Location: Charleston, WV
|
| Posted: Tue May 15, 2007 1:15 pm Post subject: Porta Potty |
|
|
I truly thought I'd find a thread on here asking about the best product for going poo on the road without getting outta the truck. As a soon to be lady driver who is very safety minded, I would like to know what will be the best investment for the amount of space I will have in a standard sleeper bunk to do "muh biznezz" in.
I've seen quite a few items in the camping sections at sporting goods stores, but most of them are bulky potty's that I'm not sure there would be room for.
Any advice?? |
|
| Back to top |
|
ssoutlaw
Joined: 06 Sep 2006
Posts: 793
Location: Indianapolis,In
|
| Posted: Wed May 16, 2007 7:55 am Post subject: |
|
|
| This is a real crappy thread....lol get it..lol |
|
| Back to top |
|
gigi_roxx
Joined: 09 May 2007
Posts: 96
Location: Charleston, WV
|
| Posted: Wed May 16, 2007 8:15 am Post subject: yeah I know |
|
|
| Yeah I know it's a crappy thread.... :wink: But I'm serious... *sigh* |
|
| Back to top |
|
ssoutlaw
Joined: 06 Sep 2006
Posts: 793
Location: Indianapolis,In
|
| Posted: Wed May 16, 2007 8:17 am Post subject: |
|
|
| Was just kidding....lol I never carry anything, just use the restroom some where. |
|
| Back to top |
|
gigi_roxx
Joined: 09 May 2007
Posts: 96
Location: Charleston, WV
|
| Posted: Thu May 17, 2007 12:34 pm Post subject: yeah but... |
|
|
You're a dude. I'm a lady.
I'm more worried about getting the :dung: beat out of me if I leave the truck at night.
Guess I'll learn what's good the old fashioned way... keep buyin' til it fits the :dung:'s
Thanks.... I suppose a moderator can delete this crappy thread! :!: :? |
|
| Back to top |
|
terrylamar
Joined: 25 Apr 2006
Posts: 1427
Location: Austin, TX
|
| Posted: Thu May 17, 2007 10:56 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| Use a 5 gallon bucket lined with two 13 gallon trash bags. When you have done the dirty deed, tie the bags off and drop them outside your door and place them in the trash during the daylight. |
|
| Back to top |
|
Uturn2001
Joined: 10 Jan 2005
Posts: 4648
Location: East Central IL between the corn and the beans
|
| Posted: Fri May 18, 2007 2:12 am Post subject: |
|
|
How much room you will have will depend on what you are calling a "standard" sized sleeper.
A 2 gallon porta potty should fit in most sleepers and could be stored either under the bunk or on the passenger side floor boards.
If you think space will be at a big premium then you could go with something like:
THIS |
|
| Back to top |
|
Oakdancer
Joined: 26 Jan 2007
Posts: 54
Location: Oneida, TN
|
| Posted: Fri May 18, 2007 8:45 am Post subject: |
|
|
| The problem I see with the bucket/bag rig is that the bucket still takes up a lot of space when not in use. An even more compact solution is the folding camp potty. It's basically a camp stool with a toilet seat on top and bag underneath. When folded for storage it would probably fit just about anywhere. |
|
| Back to top |
|
terrylamar
Joined: 25 Apr 2006
Posts: 1427
Location: Austin, TX
|
| Posted: Tue May 22, 2007 5:20 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| The main purpose of the 5 gal. bucket is for trash. In an emergency and it really has to be an emergency I use it for a toliet. It can also serve as a stepping stoole for the vertically challanged. I've used it as such and I'm 6'1". |
|
| Back to top |
|
kilog55
Joined: 13 Dec 2004
Posts: 231
Location: Lenoxville PA
|
| Posted: Wed May 30, 2007 4:59 pm Post subject: |
|
|
i found these they neutralize odors, and gel liquid waste
http://www.zyz.com/survivalcenter/Emergency%20Toilet%20Supplies.html#Solid%20Waste%20Bags
but its the same old 5 gallon bucket deal |
|
| Back to top |
|
PhuzzyGnu
Joined: 15 Jul 2005
Posts: 319
Location: Planet Houston
|
| Posted: Wed May 30, 2007 8:12 pm Post subject: |
|
|
And now, a little insight from the less glamorous side of trucking...
I have a 5 gallon bucket I use when I'm placarding one of our rental trailers with the adhesive placards. Sometimes I'll have up to 10 placards to put on each side, so the bucket helps to hold the placards and then the backing once I peel them.
Anyway, twice, and only twice since I've been driving (which isn't as long as some of the veterans on here) I've been in some, well, ummm... "intestinal distress" with no facilities available. So I did what I had to do- opened the vents, cranked up the fresh air A/C, lit up a cigarette, and popped a squat on the double-bagged 5-gallon bucket. And then drove with the windows open for a bit.
I also have a case of baby wipes as well- great to get grime off the hands and also for those rest area nights when a shower is not available. They also are great for, well, wiping your butt.
Do your business, tie off the inner bag, tie off the outer bag, and dispose of properly.
It aint glamorous, it aint pretty, but sometimes in the middle of nowhere you gotta do what you gotta do and I lost my affinity for those fresh-air bombs back in my boy-scout days.
Maybe one day if I own my own KW with the 86'" studio sleeper with the accompanying storage space I'll get a proper camper's porta-potty, but fo now the bucket has served me well enough.
-p. |
|
| Back to top |
|
silvan
Joined: 24 Mar 2006
Posts: 808
Location: Working at Wal-Mart.
|
| Posted: Thu May 31, 2007 8:06 pm Post subject: |
|
|
PhuzzyGnu wrote: And now, a little insight from the less glamorous side of trucking... While we're being less than glamorous... I used to drive a cabover, and not one of the modern flat floor varieties either.
You haven't been trucking until you've taken a crap into a Wal-Mart bag while squatting on your bunk with your head jammed against the ceiling.
I really think this should be reserved for emergency circumstances though. It stinks for hours. It's humiliating and degrading.
If you're so afraid for your own safety that you're planning to :dung: in your bedroom, then I wonder if you really want to go trucking.
I think it would be better to $&!+ in a toilet like a normal, civilized human being, and carry a baseball bat on your way to the loo. |
|
| Back to top |
|
gigi_roxx
Joined: 09 May 2007
Posts: 96
Location: Charleston, WV
|
| Posted: Fri Jun 01, 2007 7:46 am Post subject: |
|
|
Quote: I think it would be better to $&!+ in a toilet like a normal, civilized human being, and carry a baseball bat on your way to the loo.
Amen to that! Baseball bat...check. :wink:
I suppose I should have posed my primary question in a 'what do you have in the case of a dire emergency' sort of way. I plan on using any facilities available of course, and hope that I don't find myself in a place where I have to poo in a baggy or bucket in my bunk. I'd probably just hold it anyway until I could get to a proper facility.
But there is always a "what if" factor to consider.
Thanks guys! :) |
|
| Back to top |
|
Wolfman
Joined: 01 Jun 2007
Posts: 19
|
| Posted: Sat Jun 02, 2007 3:26 pm Post subject: |
|
|
Glad I used the search function. Anyone ever bought/used one of these? Known someone who has and said something about it?
http://www.biorelief.com/store/Century_Tool_Portable_Toilet_5gal.html
I knew one dude who swore by having a portajohn in the rig, but I didn't catch the brandname. He said he bought it from wallyworld for less than a franklin.
I also found some here: http://www.preparedness.com/chemportoil.html |
|
| Back to top |
|
Phantom433a
Joined: 28 May 2007
Posts: 325
Location: Chino Valley, Az
|
| Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2007 9:26 am Post subject: |
|
|
| I have a 5 gallon bucket strapped to the back, outer wall of my sleeper and I keep a toilete seat in the cab. Someplaces I deliver to arn't human friendly and in the middle, dark night....and ONLY if I can't wait, will I use the dreaded bucket. |
|
| Back to top |
|
| |
