DW and I just bought a beautiful piece of property for camping, only around three acres but on the river. Former owners had put in a 30 amp hookup for their camper and since it is in a flood plain that is pretty much all you can do to the property. Only 14 miles from home with a place we can dump for cheap about halfway in between. We can go quite a while on our fresh and waste tanks but sometimes when we have family get affairs which we will have I hate to fill our tanks. Considering a Port-A-Potty and a pop-up enclosure for these occasions. Looking at Amazon there is a bunch of each and am looking for people that have used a setup like this. Amazon has reviews but I like "real world" reviews. I have been leaning toward the Camco premium with the 5 gallon tank but there so many with 4 stars I just don't know. Thanks for the help, Jim.

If you don't have family get togethers often I would just rent a commercial maintained one.

Where are you going to dump the port-a-potty? They don't hold much.Consider doing this---get a used IBC (tote) and a macerator pump. Pump your black tank and/or gray tank into the tote and get a service to come pump it out as needed. Leave the tote on the property.

Porta potty works great for us tailgating with 20 people. No over fills.

Pretty hard to beat a monthly rental on a portable toilet plus, they clean it on a schedule and it comes with TP and hand cleaner/sanitizer too.Got a friend in the business, I call it flush, fill and fragrance....:B

We've been using a port-a-potty for 30 years of camping. We started using one when tent camping, continued using it with the pop-up, and then with 3 different travel trailers.Why a port-a-potty in a travel trailer with a perfectly good working bathroom?Winter! When the trailer is winterized, we use, exclusively, the port-a-potty and absolutely no water anywhere in the camper, to even run the remote risk of putting any down the sink drains or toilet. Been doing this for 20 years or so now.Our port-a-potty is a simple Wall Mart one, that's a white bucket that fits inside a black outer container with a plastic removable toilet seat and a lid that covers everything.After use, simply lift the buck out, dump it (wherever) and put it back.Of course we rinse ours every time, and put a few ounces of bleach in the bottom (when using it). We dump the port-a-potty every day, never miss. And with just the 2 of us, there is never very much, and it never smells. It doesn't sit long enough, and with the bleach, it usually smells strong of bleach (thank goodness).As we use the camper at home, in the drive way, pretty much all winter, I take it inside and dump down the inside toilet, flush, and use the bathtub to add a bit of water to rinse, dump down the toilet, and usually rinse a second time, then add a small amount of bleach, take it back to the camper, ready for the next 24 hours.In the summer, when we travel with no water in the tanks, we take the port-a-potty with us and use it, instead of the on-board toilet. It doesn't take any water and when we reach our destination, we can dump it there. Basically, if we are traveling 'dry' we use the port-a-potty. If we have water in the tanks, which we usually do not, we use the on-board toilet. 99% of the time, we have no water in the fresh tank.The biggest problem you will encounter is to find a place to dump the contents of the port-a-potty. If you don't mind hauling it in your vehicle, it's a great alternative. You can add chemicals to it also, but personally, I wouldn't want to use someone else's port-a-potty with "stuff" in it already. I don't like the commercial portable out-houses either. Looking down that hole is just ... well ... yuck!

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bartlettj
Explorer
Sep 20, 2017
If I was doing this on a regular basis I'd get a 5x8 enclosed utility trailer, attach the biggest black and fresh tanks I could find to it, and plumb it like an RV bathroom with a water pump, sink, RV toilet, and lights. Then, just tow it to an RV dump when it filled up. Could even add a shower if you put in a water heater and grey water drain.
4x4van
Explorer III
Sep 20, 2017
Why not just one or two of these?
afidel
Explorer II
Sep 21, 2017
bartlettj wrote:
If I was doing this on a regular basis I'd get a 5x8 enclosed utility trailer, attach the biggest black and fresh tanks I could find to it, and plumb it like an RV bathroom with a water pump, sink, RV toilet, and lights. Then, just tow it to an RV dump when it filled up. Could even add a shower if you put in a water heater and grey water drain.

It would have to be really, really often to go that route, ~$1,600 for a trailer and then the cost and time to modify it, figure $2,500-3,000 plus time. I can rent a unit from a company for $50 for the weekend.
DrewE
Explorer II
Sep 21, 2017
afidel wrote:
bartlettj wrote:
If I was doing this on a regular basis I'd get a 5x8 enclosed utility trailer, attach the biggest black and fresh tanks I could find to it, and plumb it like an RV bathroom with a water pump, sink, RV toilet, and lights. Then, just tow it to an RV dump when it filled up. Could even add a shower if you put in a water heater and grey water drain.

It would have to be really, really often to go that route, ~$1,600 for a trailer and then the cost and time to modify it, figure $2,500-3,000 plus time. I can rent a unit from a company for $50 for the weekend.

The other half of the equation might be renting out the trailer for $75 or $100 per weekend (or whatever the market would bear) when one isn't using it. I suspect there would be a market for a porta-potty with interior lighting, hot and cold running water, a shower, etc.
Shearwater
Explorer
Sep 21, 2017
Our first RV was a class B with a Thetford porta potti. They are a quality unit. It worked great for about 10 years until the electric pump that filled the bowl died. The seal between the top unit with the bowl and the bottom reservoir was never a problem.
That being said, we only used it for urine. The tube used for dumping seemed to be about 1.5 inches and i could imagine it getting plugged. Also be aware that water weighs about 8 lbs per gallon so that a filled tank could be difficult.
CavemanCharlie
Explorer III
Sep 24, 2017
If your property is out of the way and out of site you could probably dig a Outhouse. That's not legal of course.
SidecarFlip
Explorer III
Sep 25, 2017
DrewE wrote:
afidel wrote:
bartlettj wrote:
If I was doing this on a regular basis I'd get a 5x8 enclosed utility trailer, attach the biggest black and fresh tanks I could find to it, and plumb it like an RV bathroom with a water pump, sink, RV toilet, and lights. Then, just tow it to an RV dump when it filled up. Could even add a shower if you put in a water heater and grey water drain.

It would have to be really, really often to go that route, ~$1,600 for a trailer and then the cost and time to modify it, figure $2,500-3,000 plus time. I can rent a unit from a company for $50 for the weekend.

The other half of the equation might be renting out the trailer for $75 or $100 per weekend (or whatever the market would bear) when one isn't using it. I suspect there would be a market for a porta-potty with interior lighting, hot and cold running water, a shower, etc.

You can actually purchase pre built ones (on wheels) with his and hers restrooms.
SidecarFlip
Explorer III
Sep 25, 2017
CavemanCharlie wrote:
If your property is out of the way and out of site you could probably dig a Outhouse. That's not legal of course.

I'm 'out of the way and in the boonies'. I never leave my camper without a roll of TP. Carry one in the quad too. You never know...when you have to go......:B

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