Toilets????

Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by ihford350, Jan 15, 2010.

  1. ihford350

    ihford350 <strong>The Grease Monkey</strong>

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    Has anyone out there themselves, or heard of anyone using one of these chemical toilets in the truck? Are they expensive? Where do you empty them? I havent researched anything yet i was just wonderin what everybody thought. thanks
     
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  3. socal

    socal Medium Load Member

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    Had to drive a guy to the Terminal in his Truck After He broke his Arm at a Delivery.
    He had a small Chemical Potty for his wife. Truck was clean and Driver was a Normal guy but the toilet gave the truck a chemical smell Much like a Porta potty.
     
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  4. Allow Me.

    Allow Me. Trucker Forum STAFF Staff Member

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    Yeah, you can get them at RV stores, real small, need to squat down. Saw a guy emptying one yesterday at the Hook in Kingman into the RV dump thingy near the RV fuel island. He was a big rig tow driver. Stands to reason when you are doing a recovery somewhere and there are 5 cops, 5 medical techs, injured folks araound and you need to do a dump right now, right?
     
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  5. jtrnr1951

    jtrnr1951 Road Train Member

    Just need to be emptied legally !!!!!!

    Some states rest areas have dump stations.

    Not sure if carrying it THRU the truckstop to the mens room is proper !!!!
    I have seen folks do this.......
     
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  6. phroziac

    phroziac Road Train Member

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    just dump it out the window while you're going over bridges with grates that happen to have tour boats passing under.
     
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  7. jtrnr1951

    jtrnr1951 Road Train Member

    There are rumors of certain drivers cutting a hole in the floor of the sleeper,

    use your imagination.............
     
  8. simplyred1962

    simplyred1962 Betty Boop, One Bodacious Babe!!!

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    I know someone who works as a mechanic in a major repair shop...this is NOT rumor. They refused to work on the truck. Told them their company shop must work on it.

    And yet again....EEEEEWWWWWWW!!!

    Judi Kay
     
  9. Rollover the Original

    Rollover the Original Road Train Member

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    The smell from them can get pretty bad! Have a small trash can and good plastic trash bags? In an EMERGENCY these work very well. Just roll the windows down and drive for a few miles and everything is good. Throw the bag in the trash when you get stopped. But having a porta potty will get you in the habit of using it more than a regular toilet. I had a driver friend that had one and the smell got really bad in his truck to where you didn't want to even stand on the tank to talk to him. It's not only the chemical smell but the "other" smell that gets into the upholstery if it's that velor kind!
     
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  10. jtrnr1951

    jtrnr1951 Road Train Member

    Will I need to Placard my tractor ??????
     
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