danpaul000
A man, a van, no plan
Hi all,
I am currently planning the camper layout for my T1N 158" WB. My lady and I are planning to live in the van for 6 months in 2018. I am trying to figure out what to do for an on-board toilet.
We will be splitting our time between remote free camping, visiting friends (parked on their street/driveway) and extended stays in national/state park lands.
We have already decided that we are not going to include any sort of shower or enclosed bathroom in the van. I am hoping to keep the water system rather simple, to include a fresh water tank, small 12V pump for the kitchen sink, and a gray tank for the wash/cook water.
My hope is that 90% or more of the time, we can be somewhere for our toilet needs and use a fixed facility. Neither one of us minds peeing in the woods either. But over the course of months, there will surely be times when an on-board toilet is the only sensible option.
So I am trying to figure out what kind of toilet I can get away with that is least intrusive and less expensive, to be used as a backup/non-primary facility.
I am thinking about something like this perhaps: http://www.campingworld.com/shopping/item/portable-5-gallon-tan-toilet/61613
The site doesn't give much/any details about its construction but the general layout looks about what I am thinking.
I like the idea of having something that can be stowed away in a floor-level cabinet out of sight, and pulled out only when needed. Must be able to close and seal in odors. The one I linked looks like it has a removable lower tank so we can just manually dump it somewhere (where?) when needed. Plus it looks stout enough to just be an extra seat/footrest if we want it.
Does anyone have an experience with something like this, or words of warning? I like the simplicity of it all being contained in one cube, without the need to fabricate a black tank, but maybe manually dumping a box of poo just isn't so very wonderful either.
Thanks,
Dan
I am currently planning the camper layout for my T1N 158" WB. My lady and I are planning to live in the van for 6 months in 2018. I am trying to figure out what to do for an on-board toilet.
We will be splitting our time between remote free camping, visiting friends (parked on their street/driveway) and extended stays in national/state park lands.
We have already decided that we are not going to include any sort of shower or enclosed bathroom in the van. I am hoping to keep the water system rather simple, to include a fresh water tank, small 12V pump for the kitchen sink, and a gray tank for the wash/cook water.
My hope is that 90% or more of the time, we can be somewhere for our toilet needs and use a fixed facility. Neither one of us minds peeing in the woods either. But over the course of months, there will surely be times when an on-board toilet is the only sensible option.
So I am trying to figure out what kind of toilet I can get away with that is least intrusive and less expensive, to be used as a backup/non-primary facility.
I am thinking about something like this perhaps: http://www.campingworld.com/shopping/item/portable-5-gallon-tan-toilet/61613
The site doesn't give much/any details about its construction but the general layout looks about what I am thinking.
I like the idea of having something that can be stowed away in a floor-level cabinet out of sight, and pulled out only when needed. Must be able to close and seal in odors. The one I linked looks like it has a removable lower tank so we can just manually dump it somewhere (where?) when needed. Plus it looks stout enough to just be an extra seat/footrest if we want it.
Does anyone have an experience with something like this, or words of warning? I like the simplicity of it all being contained in one cube, without the need to fabricate a black tank, but maybe manually dumping a box of poo just isn't so very wonderful either.
Thanks,
Dan