Traveling with the toilet cassette after free camping?

Col Rennie · Veteran Member

Traveling with the toilet cassette after free camping?

Happywanderer · The Master

Yes of course. You have to get it to the dump point, don't you??

RustyD · Guru

I have a spare cassette and a big shovel. Both have saved me.

Eaglemax · Guru

Gee Rustyy, you must manufacture a lot?

Desert Dweller · Guru

No worries at all, mixes it all up & breaks down the solids nicely.

We've used ours & then emptied it a few hours later after traveling 50-60kms & no lumps whatsoever.

-- Edited by Desert Dweller on Sunday 7th of January 2018 05:15:00 AM

Ron-D · Guru

Too much information DD smile

hako · Guru

To answer the OP's question, you can carry your portapottie/whatever for as long as you like providing you add the daily dose of Napisan/whatever to the contents.
On our lap trip we carried one with a 10l capacity in the bottom container and found as long as you only used it when there was no other toilet available you only needed to empty it every week or so. We also found that what helped to keep the "deposits" to a minimum was to use a squirt bottle full of water to flush the pan rather than the flush water in the top tank which is pretty wasteful.
Always carry a small shovel just in case you do need to dig a hole to dump the contents although we never found the need.

Good Luck.

Hey Jim · Guru

Thankyou DD,

I was just getting suck into my breakie Saugages. bleh

Kebbin · Guru

Yeah it becomes a bit of a sheet fight in the cassette when it's in the back of the tug. Dig a good sized hole out of everyones way make your deposit and put a couple of pumpkin seeds in for the return journey, mmm spicey pumpkin soup.

Col Rennie · Veteran Member

Thank you all for your feed back .

I get the message and will ensure I carry a shovel just in case.

thank you

Desert Dweller · Guru

Hey Jim wrote:
Thankyou DD,
I was just getting suck into my breakie Saugages.

Best to CHEW them rather than SUCK them Jim. Is that where the saying comes from'' fair suck of the sausage''.

We're amazed at the speed that the paper disappears at too.

We love our loo, it's our favorite piece of kit mainly because it enables us to camp way out in the scrub away from the masses.

Enjoy your big lap with your loo Col.

-- Edited by Desert Dweller on Sunday 7th of January 2018 10:23:00 AM

Cupie · Guru

Just make sure that you have the flap lid CLOSED.

ps. I am in the habit of emptying ours every 3 days. It's lighter & doesn't slop about. The cost of chemicals is nothing in the scheme of things. Just glide down a few hills to save the equivalent in fuel costs perhaps. I don't even bother to use the cheap napisan anymore.

RustyD · Guru

My cassette is emptied every 3 days regardless (just about full at 3 days anyway) as the tablets that we put in are exhausted and things start to get a bit smelly. It never lasts for 4 days; volume or smell.

Izabarack · Guru

Col Rennie wrote:
.....can you travel with the Toilet cassette till you reach a dump site?

That is what most people do. Lubricate the slide/blade, use something like Sodium Percarbonate to reduce (to pretty much nothing) any odours, and minimise the time between dumping. A pee bottle is a good idea as pure urine is much easier to dispose of when free camping.

We never pass a dump point without clearing the cassette and very, very rarely use a public toilet because my toot is cleaned to my standard.

Iza

Desert Dweller · Guru

We keep ours spotlessly clean too, using it is a far more enjoyable experience than many shared amenities.

After emptying & cleaning thoroughly we lubricate the rubber seal at the blade with a spray can of olive oil. Works well.

jules47 · The Happy Helper

We very rarely use public toilets - that's the reason I thought we all purchased a RV with a toilet and shower! What is the point of spending the money on an onboard loo - then go and "spend a penny" elsewhere? I know people who have only ever used their built in toilets for urine, why? Or the "houseproud?" woman banning the hubby from using the toilet on board - again - why?

If using only for urine - a couple of drops of eucalyptus oil is ample, put your used loo paper in a bag, and you can empty anywhere. No need for expensive chemicals, or the clothes soaker (cheap home brand) - they are used to break up the "product" and paper.

We only use the sodium percarbonate clothes soaker, and if travelling with a half load, and the rocking and rolling has released a smell, stop, put a capful in and - voila - smell gone!!!

Another point - PLEASE NEVER USE THESE IN YOUR ONBOARD LOO - baby wipes, hand wipes, hygiene wipes etc. - this is the result in the septic and sewage systems =

nappy wipes.jpg

RustyD · Guru

Even worse than an overfull cassette is no loo paper. Polls show that the most unforgivable thing to run out of in a house is toilet paper. Here is how to conserver paper.

www.youtube.com/watch

jules47 · The Happy Helper

"One up, one down, and one to polish"!

brickies · Guru

How deep should you dig the hole to empty your cassette into .

rockylizard · Guru

Gday...

I reckon thissun' wood do, Terry

Toilet Hole 01.jpg

cheers - John

Col Rennie · Veteran Member

LoL

I need a bigger shovel!

brickies · Guru

Some of the places I have been you would need a jack hammer to dig a small hole , If it was a soft dig someone might have been there before , I hate to play in someone else hole .

landy · Guru

Kebbin wrote:

Yeah it becomes a bit of a sheet fight in the cassette when it's in the back of the tug. Dig a good sized hole out of everyones way make your deposit and put a couple of pumpkin seeds in for the return journey, mmm spicey pumpkin soup.

Hey Jim · Guru

brickies wrote:
Some of the places I have been you would need a jack hammer to dig a small hole , If it was a soft dig someone might have been there before , I hate to play in someone else hole .

Hi Terry,

Ryobi might by now have released there new 18v Kanga version, of the jack hammer.

Use it first to soften up your inner workings, for a good download. biggrin biggrin

Jim

Desert Dweller · Guru

How'd you like to empty this cassette!!!!!!!!!!!!

Gaz n Shell · Senior Member

We usually dig a 6 inch hole ,sometimes with a hammer and chisel and try to find a rock to put on top to keep the dingoes at bay

Peter_n_Margaret · Guru

I suggest that the contents should be at least 150mm below the surface of the earth covering after filling.
That will mean a hole much deeper than 6" and of sufficient area to accommodate 10 or 20 litres or whatever volume is being emptied. It may also be necessary to wait while the liquid soaks in before filling. If this is not done, animals WILL dig it up and spread the mess widely. "Toy" shovels are not appropriate.
This hole was for 2 cassettes holding about 15L each.

Cheers,

Peter

jules47 · The Happy Helper

Lady we know, not young mind you, takes a posthole digger with her - one that you screw and bang into the ground - puts her shower tent over hole and pile of dirt - as she "visits" she puts a shovelful of the dirt back into the hole - pretty clever I think.

Cupie · Guru

jules47 wrote:
Lady we know, not young mind you, takes a posthole digger with her - one that you screw and bang into the ground - puts her shower tent over hole and pile of dirt - as she "visits" she puts a shovelful of the dirt back into the hole - pretty clever I think.

The 'Long Drop' becomes a "Short Drop".

Sounds like a great idea if well located.

Perhaps an honesty box outside might attract extra custom.

A plastic chair with a hole cut out of the seat might be a great addition too.

(In fact I think that you can buy them with a fitted plastic bag. Yuk.)

brickies · Guru

Jules When I was a young lad on building sites when they dug the holes for the stumps , They would dig an extra hole in the back yard put wooden thunder box over the hole tin sheeting around it and that was toilet , After no. 2 back fill shovel of dirt nice and smelly should have planted a fruit in it at end of the job .