Crap in comfort

[rivi40]

Anyone wanted to go bush camping and found that the missus won't go cause of the toilet thing??

I made a thunder box out of 9mm ply with $10 toilet seat on top. 2pack estapol finish (for easy cleaning), and sized for the larger man who likes beer and beans. It all screws together, and apart for flat packing. All up cost around $70, but really comfy!

Set up is just a matter of digging a hole, keeping pile of soil to the side. We line the inside with some plastic bags or black plastic which is then disposed of at camps end (helps keep it a bit more hygenic). The "flush" is just a bit of soil. So far, no smells, flys, or diseased campers.

Yes it's just more crap (scuse the punn) to carry, but at least you can camp away from it all with the family happy.

Looking for suggested improvements to the "Bush Bogger 2000" or any other more refined models.

Already a step ahead of you, only ours has a dunny roll holder and a stubby holder built in for those stubborn jobs ;D

[rivi40]

Already a step ahead of you, only ours has a dunny roll holder and a stubby holder built in for those stubborn jobs ;D


Options that will be fitted tomorrow

Thanks

[Grimsey]

you can buy them at camping stores for about that much.

weve got one of them plastic chemical ones, its ok but a bit bulky to cart around and a real bastard to empty out

[Grimsey]

weve got one of them plastic chemical ones, its ok but a bit bulky to cart around and a real bastard to empty out


lol we have one of them in our boat and when it comes time to empty it everyone runs in the other direction.

it's funny, we were talking about making one of those up at the Barrington trip for the next trip, which will be toiletless....... we were discussing ways to make it so that the women folk would come along....... not many like to crap like a savage in the bush ::)

[rivi40]

Chemical is definitely OUT for camping. It even gets left behind when boating in preference for a bucket due to the emptying duties.

You can buy the ply ones from the camping shops, but not as strong. Besides, the satisfaction is increased when sitting on your own creation.

[Sea-Dog]

I needed one of your creations last night after typing a long speel to post only to have it spat back at me and not accepted.... That gave me the sh*ts I can tell you.

In short what I said was that I have only just used my brand new chemical loo for the first time last weekend with the wife and two teenage girls in tow.... I have the big porta loo and it didn't even last 48 hours and it was full as a boot..... I only got to back up twice also so it has me buggered who was in there snapping em off in rapid succession but there you go! And guess who had to empty the bloody thing at the end of the weekend........ How gross it that!!!!! Nearly hurled my guts up!

In short the thing nearly broke my back getting it in and out of the trailer full of water (20litres that I didn't want to use out of my drinking water)... It smelt bad and it was full in just over a day...

I am with you guys...... go the collapsable crapper!!

[crusher]

I have the Thetford Pota Potti chemical toilet which has a holding tank of 20 litres plus a flush tank. We take it away camping all the time. As long as you put the right amount of chemicals in. It breaks the crap up pretty good into a liquid.

The only problem is on short stays (say overnight) when the chemicals haven't got time to break it down or someone has a crap the night before you break camp; then I agree its not much fun cleaning it out.

I am trying to train the family not to use it the night before we leave for number twos and instead use the facilities (if available) or dig a bloody hole ;D

I haven;t found the smell to be a problem as yet as the chemicals for the holding and flush tank are pretty heavily scented. It would be nice if the hole was bigger though lol

[JusCruisin]

Anyone wanted to go bush camping and found that the missus won't go cause of the toilet thing??


Yes - this is what makes the bush such a tranquil place to be ;D

[Navman]

Jimmys thunderbox - a wee ripper (no pun intended). Dig a hole put the box on top and refill once finished
http://www.2daloo.com/erected_toilet_pic.jpg

Folds flat for easy packing as well

[Brendan]

Already a step ahead of you, only ours has a dunny roll holder and a stubby holder built in for those stubborn jobs ;D


Sir, I take my hat off to you :D :D

[slowlux]

Having to take a dump like half squatting/standing is quite discusting. But i dont think this is much better.

I have a chair thingy that you dig a hole undernetah and just sit on it then bury your mess. This is the go in my opinion. I usually just pile on toilet breaks the night before i leave though ;D

[Just Cruizin]

For those extended stays in the same spot, LIME, LIME, LIME, the powder not the fruit. Keeps the smell down so you can actually breath will taking a crap. Just sprinkle some over the offending turd then the scent goes away. Bwertiful.

[Wilesy]

ROTFLOL,

I remember a few years ago, I purchased a you beaut Porta Potty, a top of the line jobbie for us to take Camping. 8)

I thought it was a good Idea at the time, then everyone & their dog wanted to use it and I was left holding the bag (Of crap) so to speak.....

My job to empty it.... >:(

There is a brand new Porta Potty somewhere in Yengo National Park which someone has now, worth about $200.....I left it beside a tree, and after going home and thinking about how slack I was in leaving it there, I returned to get it the next weekend and it was gone ;D

[MazDan]

I was reading on another forum about what appeared to be a new craze of burning the toilet paper after u have used a bush toilet.

Now unless im missing something, I just dont get it..........

1. How many fools are going to start bush fires doing this.

2. Is it really that difficult to carry a spade and cover it with 2 shovel fulls of dirt??......... as far as im aware the paper will brake down and quite quickly.






Also to the original poster............ Are you saying that you collect the stuff and then remove it in the plastic bags???

Once again, I stand corrected but I just cant see the problem in simply filling in the hole afterwards and letting nature take its course.

[Nemesis]

I think the burning thing is more desert orientated. It stops the ferals from digging up the ground at night to investigate smells, and have toilet paper flying around the countryside.

[MazDan]

I think the burning thing is more desert orientated. It stops the ferals from digging up the ground at night to investigate smells, and have toilet paper flying around the countryside.



aha.........well in that context it makes sense.

thx.

[mudlux]

I put a nissan badge on my shita, now I can say I crap all over nissans.

..... I only got to back up twice also so it has me buggered who was in there snapping em off in rapid succession but there you go! And guess who had to empty the bloody thing at the end of the weekend........ How gross it that!!!!! Nearly hurled my guts up!




HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! thats friggin funny!! toilet humour cracks me up LOL!!!! http://members.westnet.com.au/klown/emotes/roflol.gif

Jimmys thunderbox - a wee ripper (no pun intended). Dig a hole put the box on top and refill once finished
http://www.2daloo.com/erected_toilet_pic.jpg

Folds flat for easy packing as well


looks like the go for the next trip me thinks ;D

[crusher]

Jimmys thunderbox - a wee ripper (no pun intended). Dig a hole put the box on top and refill once finished
http://www.2daloo.com/erected_toilet_pic.jpg

Folds flat for easy packing as well


looks like the go for the next trip me thinks ;D


This toilet would be fine in good weather but what if its pissing down rain at night and you need to go. Of a night we bring the chemical toilet in the camper so if you need to go 1's or 2's its close by and under cover

Our bush can cost about $10..the steel from work free all ibought was a cheap dunny seat from bunnings! the missus loves it as long as i dig the hole ;D

[Redfox]

Already a step ahead of you, only ours has a dunny roll holder and a stubby holder built in for those stubborn jobs ;D


How about a satelite dish and a portable TV. Or maybe a portable DVD player. ;D ;D

[rivi40]

Also to the original poster............ Are you saying that you collect the stuff and then remove it in the plastic bags???


No mate. We just line the thing to avoid having to wash off the walls after a stay.

.... and before anyone asks..... yes, after a few beers or tins of steak & onions you can hit the back & sides

[Bucko]

I was going to make up a toilet seat that slots into the Hayman Reece tow bar. When the urge call take the 4WD for a quick spin and sit on the back and enjoy the country side.

I saw it some where else and it was called the "Bumper Dumper" ;D

you mean one of these??
http://www.bumperdumper.com/art/road8.jpg

hehehe http://www.bumperdumper.com/

[Bucko]

That's the one! Except I wouldn't bother with the bag, just dig a hole when required.



I like the quote they have "When it comes to No.2, we're No.1!"

[barneys]

a group that i go away with have one the same as you described. It has legs made from about 50mm
galvinsed water pipe, cut to the appropriate length. The trick is to put the legs at an outwards angle and then hang the bag as you said.

[kitch76]

Jimmys thunderbox - a wee ripper (no pun intended). Dig a hole put the box on top and refill once finished
http://www.2daloo.com/erected_toilet_pic.jpg

Folds flat for easy packing as well


looks like the go for the next trip me thinks ;D


This toilet would be fine in good weather but what if its pissing down rain at night and you need to go. Of a night we bring the chemical toilet in the camper so if you need to go 1's or 2's its close by and under cover


Sportiva make a great ensuite tent for under $100 perfect!! I got 2 1 for the Porta Pottie and 1 for the shower, Note to porta pottie people, it realy realy realy realy realy realy realy realy realy sux when the hole u dig to empty it in is not deep enough!!!! :-[ :-[ :-[

[baby_troupe]

So who is gonna bring one on the Lithgow trip ;)

We are going to set up a "loo area" for people to unload in peace ;D

Bumper Dumper!...what a classic ;D

[barneys]

a good and easy cheap cover for privacy is to get 6 star pickets bash them in the ground in the shape of a 6 and wrap a trap around it a make door way at the end like a hallway

[baby_troupe]

a good and easy cheap cover for privacy is to get 6 star pickets bash them in the ground in the shape of a 6 and wrap a trap around it a make door way at the end like a hallway
That's the plan ;)

[100 TD]

Well at least you aren't in antarctica, when you go hiking in the field, you have to do your business in a plastic bag and carry it with you on your pack, and eventually bring it back to the base to be burnt in the incinerator!

[ford]

how does one get his hands on the thunder box

[100 TD]

how does one get his hands on the thunder box

http://www.2daloo.com/

[Troppo]

you mean one of these??
http://www.bumperdumper.com/art/road8.jpg

hehehe http://www.bumperdumper.com/

Aweswome idea for saving time when travelling: you could go on the go, if you know what I mean. Though it would get a bit dusty back there at 100 km/hr on dirt roads. Perhaps it should go on the front of the vehicle . . . ;D

[Bucko]

On the front could be exciting, as long as you didn't get any "splash back". Could be more than the windscreen wipers were meant to handle...

[chooky]

We own a Jimmy's Thunderbox and if you want comfort with no dry reaching Jimmy's Thunderbox is the go.
3 minutes to dig a hole and 2 seconds to erect it.
It folds down flat to 2.5cm. thick and has it's own carry bag.
We tried a plastic porta loo emptied it once, that was enough.
You can buy the above here for $89.00 including postage.
http://www.2daloo.com
and guess what it's made in Australia.
They also have a very compact camp shower which will be on the market soon, tis well worth a look.

Make it idiot proof and someone will make a better idiot.

[Bucko]

We own a Jimmy's Thunderbox and if you want comfort with no dry reaching Jimmy's Thunderbox is the go.
3 minutes to dig a hole and 2 seconds to erect it.
It folds down flat to 2.5cm. thick and has it's own carry bag.
We tried a plastic porta loo emptied it once, that was enough.
You can buy the above here for $89.00 including postage.
http://www.2daloo.com
and guess what it's made in Australia.
They also have a very compact camp shower which will be on the market soon, tis well worth a look.

Make it idiot proof and someone will make a better idiot.



You'll do well here Chooky, your first post and you're already talking shit. ;D ;D
welcome.

[chooky]

My first post answered within 2 minutes.

Thanks Bucko, tis nice to be welcomed on my first post.

[razorback]

one of those little fold out stools with the seat on a hinge and a shovel is all it takes unless u got the brickshits then it takes a few more cans hehe

[Troppo]

On the front could be exciting, as long as you didn't get any "splash back". Could be more than the windscreen wipers were meant to handle...

Bucko, that is so funny, I cracked up! ;D

I've learnt some good stuff on this topic and the laughs have reduced my stress levels. Good on ya fellas. :D

[nostuhere]

Just thought I might post a pic of the dunny we use when we camp at Sunny Corner each year during June, I'm not sure you would call it comfort though !

http://img64.echo.cx/img64/3898/pic0047a5cf.jpg

[Troppo]

From the snow that's collected on the seat, I take it people don't use it often? ;D And that's called Sunny Corner? ??? Where I come from (far north) we have to use shadecloth over outdoor loos otherwise you get sunburned! That's what I call sunny! 8)

[nostuhere]

From the snow that's collected on the seat, I take it people don't use it often? ;D And that's called Sunny Corner? ??? Where I come from (far north) we have to use shadecloth over outdoor loos otherwise you get sunburned! That's what I call sunny! 8)


The photo was taken first thing in the morning, no one wanted to be first to use it !!

To be honest I've not seen a lot of sunny weather there over the last 10 to 15 years myself.

[ferremit]

ours is a folding model made from 16mm plywood.. folds flat and is fully braced...

Just whack it over a hole, get the 4 pine poles (created from regrowth) out from under the lux sills, peg em up with a nice bit of hessian around it and youve got a nice private toilet ;D

[-BURTY-]

Note to porta pottie people, it realy realy realy realy realy realy realy realy realy sux when the hole u dig to empty it in is not deep enough!!!! :-[ :-[ :-[

Mate I think you missed the point of the perta pottie completely!!!!

You are NOT supposed to empty them in the ground. Those chemicals will stuff the environment quicksmart. You are supposed to take it with you, that's the whole point. Use a dump point most towns and caravan parks 'have 'em or tip it down a toilet. Otherwise you may as well dig the whole and empty the better part of yourself in it.

What a waste of money when your gonna dig a hole for it anyway.

We use a thunderbox and the lime thing is a great idea.

Remember, you are camping.

Where can you buy lime anyway?

Burty

[D Hall]

Boy does this bring back so many memories of our family camping at Big river when I was a young`n. We had a thunder box,lime and a toilet tent.Dad used to dig holes for sec power poles,so digging a hole for a crapper was a since.Remember the time though when the toilet tent blew away with my older sister sitting there.:D Another episode with a thunder box relates to my brother and his mate and a steep slope.They were at a school camp.They got the job of emptying the can(this was the night can type of thunder box).Brother and mate put a pole through the handle.Brother went up the hill first.Can slid down the pole.:D
Lime is used also for dog crap.Just have a compost bin in the back yard.When you need to tidy up after the pooch,pop it in the compost bin with some lime.
Cheers D Hall

[Jeeps]

ahhh.... lol bwahahaha awesome thread.

Good timing as i have just bought a portable chemical toilet and a new toilet tent to meet the requirements of future camp grounds and the girls in the family.

cheers

[larcie]

Well at least you aren't in antarctica, when you go hiking in the field, you have to do your business in a plastic bag and carry it with you on your pack, and eventually bring it back to the base to be burnt in the incinerator!


Been there, done that.
Squatted on the shovel and hurled it into the surf on Heard Island, while singing "shitting on the dock of the Bay". still have flashbacks every time I hear Otis Reading.
MMM A backpack full of Jobby backs definitely has lumps on it!!!!!

[Guss]

Just found this thread & thought I'd share this pic which was taken on the Road out to Lawn Hill it was just sittig there miles from anyone..

http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg270/gusvin/IMG_2936_14wd.jpg

Guss. :D

[-BURTY-]

Didn't you have a towball gus?

This is reminding me of that Robin Williams movie about the Guy who goes camping in the winnebago and he can't work out the poo pump!

Funny Movie.

I think woman might be going soft. My mother used to go and snap barras in the desert around alice springs when we were camping as kids. I still have memories of her walking off into the bush with a shovel and a roll of paper. She'd be gone for ages coz she would walk for half a kilometre rather than be seen by anyone!!!!

My wife got sprung on the beach with her pants around her ankles (going to the toilet people) in the middle of the nigh when she thought everyone was in bed, and a mate came roaring up behind the dune blind drunk with his Spotties on. FULL MOON THAT NIGHT!!!

Funny Thread!!!

[LowLux00]

You can also buy a book called 'How To Shit In The Woods'. Very interesting reading, helpful for those not in the know and worth the laugh.

[Agent 13]

Go The Jimmy's Thunderbox. We used one on our 3 weeks through the simpson and outback and it was fine. Two couples and 4 kids, 2 teenage girls, using it, no dramas, set up the way the original post says. Plus a colapsible shower tent for privacy... pay the extra for the laminated seat though! We had to varnish ours to seal it!

[Guss]

Didn't you have a towball gus?

This is reminding me of that Robin Williams movie about the Guy who goes camping in the winnebago and he can't work out the poo pump!

Funny Movie.

I think woman might be going soft. My mother used to go and snap barras in the desert around alice springs when we were camping as kids. I still have memories of her walking off into the bush with a shovel and a roll of paper. She'd be gone for ages coz she would walk for half a kilometre rather than be seen by anyone!!!!

My wife got sprung on the beach with her pants around her ankles (going to the toilet people) in the middle of the nigh when she thought everyone was in bed, and a mate came roaring up behind the dune blind drunk with his Spotties on. FULL MOON THAT NIGHT!!!

Funny Thread!!! Your not wrong lol & was towing at time so couldn't hitch it on...:D

You can also buy a book called 'How To Shit In The Woods'. Very interesting reading, helpful for those not in the know and worth the laugh.

Yea I can see it now.. Unbukle belt pull down strides, turn page, ........:crazy: :D

[-BURTY-]

Did that book have a few blank perforated pages in the back for emergencies? LOL

[DieselJack]

We use a chemical toilet all the time (Porta Potti). Yes they are bulky and heavy to carry but still convenient.

The trick to emptying it is to leave it sit for a few days. e.g. get home from a trip on Sunday afternoon and put the toilet down and leave it. Come back to it on Wednesday afternoon and empty it down the toilet, no lumps and hardly any smell. You have to give the chemicals time to do their job.


John.

[crawla]

The days of the old thunderbox in certain areas is over. Take 40 mile beach in the Pilbara (NW WA). If you don't have a porta potti you are not allowed to camp in the area. The ranger comes around to check you have one. I have heard other popular places going the same way. Makes sense really because prior to this (40 mile) you had metres and metres of toilet paper blowing around the place not to mention the problem of flies that have landed on god knows how many different persons shite and are now landing on your food etc. Gee it's not hard to then understand why they have brought the porta potti rule into some popular camping areas.

Many people are just fair dinkum pigs, it's not hard to do the right thing, not hard at all. We are doing the CSR in June next year. A porta potti is obviously out unless we want to tow a trailer with enough porti pottis on the back to cover 3 weeks of sewer!! Bugger me.............now there's an idea.............an offroad porta loo you can tow behind your fourby with a 300 litre holding tank!! Great for those extended trips away from civilisation. I wonder if ARB/TJM/O.L have thought of this? Will have to give Kenny a call in the morning :D

As for smelly porta potties..............harden up ay.

[Stampy]

For those extended stays in the same spot, LIME, LIME, LIME, the powder not the fruit. Keeps the smell down so you can actually breath will taking a crap. Just sprinkle some over the offending turd then the scent goes away. Bwertiful.

Lime powder is the preferred method of Mafia employees also!:D

[Luxster]

Boy you fellas talk shit!!!!!

[-BURTY-]

Aaaaahhh........yeah!!

[Junior 91]

Isn't that what this thread is about? :crazy: :D

[foogill]

As kids we used a folding shovel with the dunny roll on the handle, mum called it the key to the dunny door.
Mate got us a folding toilet seat for our wedding, looks like a folding chair, works a charm.

[Andrew8683]

Yep i ain't no softy . But I'm not gunna be the one to empty the dunny after long weekend.

Take a shovel and be responsible about how you dispose of your unwanted goods .

Interesting to here what crawla says about the chemical dunnys being a requirement.

[nilla60]

A bit of lime helps a lot. Properly managed short drop with a bucket of lime near the dunny roll makes a good proposition for popular, large or long term camp sites. Better than creating a minefield of randomly buried poo in a radius around an otherwise pristine camp site.

[Sea-Dog]

There are two types of toilet chemical.. the nasty one that works really well at melting stubborn turds and the environmentally safe ones..

From what I am led to believe the strong ones are detrimental to trees etc and should only be put down a dump pit etc... they are usually in a brown or dark coloured container..

Then there is the environmentally friendly turd buster, if there is such a thing, that is usually in some kind of a green container and is not supposed to harm trees etc..

From what I am led to believe these "green" chemicals can be buried... as long as they are put as deep as you can dig them in.. they just take a couple of days to break down the nuggets so you have to be patient if you don't want to be shaking the lumps out of your dunny!

Feel free to correct me but I think that is correct.

[PajeroGuy]

Porta Pottys fill up very quickly as soon as Women are involved (the main reason most of us use them, to get the women camping) The trick I find is to only use the Porta for number 2. That keeps the liqid content to a minimum. I have one of those porta loos which is essentually a bucket with a toilet seat. It's stricktly for number 1 and can be empied quickly and easly leaving a longer time before having to deal with the porta potty. not always ideal but it helps. You could do the same thing with one of those seats and a whole for just number 1 instead.

That's my system and it works.

[bluegu]

Two types of people in this world...

Those that have crapped with a spade and those that insist on the comforts of home...

To the spade wielders I salute you... After washing my hands of course...

'Confession' as a small tacker learning to keep ones balance and not step in it after getting spooked by a large red roo... Then spending next 10 minutes dragging new hiking boots through sand and rocks to extricate last nights dinner...

[revin]

Ok ,I`ve never really thought this subject thru properly before.

But what is the go with port-a-potties.

So Im guessing you fill them up with X amount of water and a chemical solution. You guys are posting to bring them home to empty.Wont they spill in the trailer etc ??? or is their a good safety measure. Also is normal toilet systems suitable to empty them into as I dont know of anywhere around my area to empty these at. And the toilet issue is 1 reason why my wife wont come camping now,so if toilet can happen her and the new baby can come away again :D

[lindlake]

i had to get a port a pottie for my wife because she will not go out of the camper trailer at night on her own she would wake me up so now i can sleep all night long i just bring the port a pottie home to empty it never leaks

[orejap]

Have just got back from camping on the Murray River Vic. To the filthy Morons who did number tooos and just left it on the ground with used toilet paper as to the only warning of your excretement I hope you read this post & take some advice from people who are offering FREE advice as to what you can & cannot use as far as toilets go. I take a porta potti for the Minister for War & Finance, using enviro friendly chemicals (approved by Parks & DSE rangers ) I empty our PP in the pit long drop when provided by Parks. If no Long drop I use a Jimmy's Thunderbox to sit on over a hole I have dug 100 metres plus from any water way. The thunderbox is great as it folds down flat and is perfect when packing your camping gear as it takes up no room. Back to the uneducated, unhygenic morons, Bunnings have a sale on long handle shovels at the moment & when you are next in the bush you might put it to good use burying your waste!! By the way,if you decide you cannot be bothered to use the shovel & cover your deposit, don't worry about "drop bears" look out for the wild eyed ex vet with a long handled shovel who just might assist you when you squat on a pathway & attempt to leave said deposit!!

[Jeeps]

LOL :)

i also use 'septic system' safe chemicals because i have to empty the toilet into my septic system when we get home. The best thing is that the top tank holds 15 litres of water and the bottom tank holds 20L. I fill up the top tank before we leave (it only leaks slightly from the small air vent) and then put the chemicals into the bottom tanks when we arrive. We can go away for at least a week and not fill it which is good because that's 15L less water i have to carry somwhere else in the trailor.

[niftienev]

hi we too have a porta pottie we used to take camping and now you it in our caravan.. we store it under our bed while traveling and never had a spillage or stench at all.. we are sometimes 4 weeks on the road and we it fills we just empty it down the bowl at a public toilet.. we are heading across the simpson next year and plan on taking it with us in the back of the canopy with all our belongings

[-BURTY-]

Man you wanna hope the corrugations don't break your seals. Imagine that!!! No water to clean her up with either!!! Enjoy that one.

I think the simpson is a great place for Jimmy's thundabox. Soft sand and heaps of space. You could sit a top a dune and crap in the open air and not worry about upsetting anyone. I've done this on the beach at night and it's quite an experience to empty yourself while looking at the heavens!! Just take enviro paper. I know it's rough on the old khyber but youn bury it with piece of mind.

Burty

[low&slow]

top of a dune hey burty,,,,,lucky bj's not there with his trusty camera mate!!!!!!!!!

[smokie greylux]

same as a lot of you blokes i had the porta loo when the kids where young now its just me and the misses its a jimmiy and the long handle shovel, as for thous how drop a nugget and run what you doing out in the bush with out a long hande shovel in the back of your 4by .i also have a pole with a peice of strig on it to hang the paper on witch now reading this i mite fit a stubby holder on to