bathrooms when working, where to go

[milo]

i usually carry a cup in my truck for #1 but #2 i got to go find a store. anyone ever use a customers bathroom? my wife works with a lady and her husband is in the business and he carries a box in his truck. i dont know who would go in a box in there truck. to each there own.. lol ;)

[Brianslawn]

flower beds!! lol!

[Rhett]

Look up peeing in the bushes thread :) :)

[Lawn Masters]

It depends on just how bad I have to go as to where I'll go to do it.

[RedWingsDet]

take a gatorade bottle and go in the trailer and close the door and cross your fingers you dont need another bottle. but if you have an open trailer, then i dont know. lol


edit: I just realized you were talking about a dump. thus I would go home. No Place Like Home!

[olderthandirt]

A cathater for #1 and a colostmy bag for #2 :dizzy: :dizzy: :dizzy:

[Dirty Water]

I scout out nearby construction sites with sanikans for taking a #2. I usually just find a concealing bush for a piss :)

To the guy who uses a gatorade bottle...That stuff is already dangerously close looking to pee, don't get them mixed up :)

:laugh:

I think using a customers bathroom is never an option.

[EJK2352]

take a gatorade bottle and go in the trailer and close the door and cross your fingers you dont need another bottle. but if you have an open trailer, then i dont know. lol


edit: I just realized you were talking about a dump. thus I would go home. No Place Like Home!


There is really no place like home for a dump. I always have napkins in the glove box, so if the need arises, I won't hesitate to take a dump in the woods.

[EJK2352]

I scout out nearby construction sites with sanikans for taking a #2. I usually just find a concealing bush for a piss :)

To the guy who uses a gatorade bottle...That stuff is already dangerously close looking to pee, don't get them mixed up :)

:laugh:

I think using a customers bathroom is never an option.


Never been an option for me either!!!

[fga]

they sell toilet seats for the top of 5 gallon buckets.. don't forget the bag though. ( i haven't done this, just saw the product).

[fga]

or this, which is a real product... the "BUmper dumper". i think it goes in the hitch.

[jt5019]

Lol bumper dumper..id pass on that to public for me

[Varsity L&G]

I can see you sitting out in front of the Customers house with that thing hanging off the back of the truck reading the daily news.

I have always had this image in my head of someone using that on one of those front mount hitches and while there up there camping and doing there dead someone sneaks around the back of the truck and hits the HORN :waving:

[Nosmo]

Did ya ever see the movie Jackass ? The guy just walked into a plumbing supply store and used a display model stool. Why carry your own ? :p

[topsites]

flower beds!! lol!

just go right in your pants, it's easier. :rolleyes:

[topsites]

I scout out nearby construction sites with sanikans for taking a #2. I usually just find a concealing bush for a piss :)

To the guy who uses a gatorade bottle...That stuff is already dangerously close looking to pee, don't get them mixed up :)

:laugh:

I think using a customers bathroom is never an option.

I do want to say I have a gatorade 32.oz in the truck but before I go, my rule is I better have to go SO bad tears come out of my eyes (sometimes they do). I mean I understand if you gotta go, then you gotta go but I also feel there is a serious problem all it takes is ONE customer (or the neighbor) sees me ONE time and for some reason instead of being cool about it they figure it bad (well some people do). I lost a customer early on over this (no big loss, it was actually a GOOD thing) thou they never told me why, I knew that's what it was (i dun wanna give out details but lets just say I THINK someone saw me). still irks me some folk would be so uptight, but they just are.
Far as #2, I go find either a porta-john, a service station or a fast-food joint or I go home.
Far as using the customer's bathroom, I *WILL* go in my pants before I do that. Well if it's THAT bad that I crap my pants, then I'm headed straight home for sure but no, I will NOT use the customer's. It MIGHT work if there's a wooded area out back and wipe with leaves but watch out for poison ivy.
And I must admit I been lucky and haven't had to poop in my pants yet, lol.

[topsites]

or this, which is a real product... the "BUmper dumper". i think it goes in the hitch.

Man I shouldn't say it but it looks like something that Fareway guy would've invented.

[milo]

ha ha. so i guess all of us never use our customers bathrooms.. #1's are easy fix, but #2's a little tuffer. i just hit a fast food, store, anything. i do keep baby wipes in my truck, they are great for cleaning your hands off and your face. but someday they might be needed for a trip to the woods :waving:

[fga]

ha ha. so i guess all of us never use our customers bathrooms.. #1's are easy fix, but #2's a little tuffer. i just hit a fast food, store, anything. i do keep baby wipes in my truck, they are great for cleaning your hands off and your face. but someday they might be needed for a trip to the woods :waving:
i had to read this twice dude. i was thinking, clean your face??!! what the hell did you eat?! :D

[Woody82986]

I never use the clients bathroom. #1 is easy enough to take care of in an inconspicuous manner, but #2 is hard. Quite frankly, I do not like doing the #2 in a public bathroom, so I normally drive home to take care of that business no matter how far out I am. I just never have liked using public places for #2.

[Drew Gemma]

keep this thread going I am sure we are gonna heat some of the funniest things ever. When I have more time I 'll post something. Bumper Dumper!lol

[lqmustang]

There are tons of gas stations around here, never out of the way to stop at one.

[GreenUtah]

The bumper dumper..what fool thought of that?!...why not do as the Simpsons episode(yeah, I've got kids in my house) where ole homer converts his lazy boy into the ultimate lazy boy, throne and all...convert your rider mower seat! Suspend a bag down between the hydro pumps and off you go! ahhhhhh...there is a little matter of having your pants down around your ankles while you are mowing, but we all do that anyway, right? you can finish up when you get back to the trailer with some of the lawn crust that usually falls off the deck, the ultimate in organic, recycle friendly methods, certainly softer than a pinecone! Agreed, there are plenty of fast food/gas stations just abotu everywhere for taking care of that bit of business.

[TPnTX]

man I hate public restrooms. I raise the lid and flush with my foot. :dizzy:

I will not #2 in a filthy place. Walmart is like a gas station. However Lowes and Home Depot have clean restrooms. So thats where I go usually.

[kppurn]

I'll hit gas stations, parks with restrooms, construction sites with bathrooms on site, and when all else fails there is an emergency jug in the back of the cab. Construction sites and parks are the norm, since gas stations are usually off the route.

[surfisher211]

i find the nearest bush ! :cry:

[Dirty Water]

Since I usually work at each install for about a week, I scout out the nearest bathroom or construction site on the first day.

In my town, I'm usually never more than 5 minutes from a portajohn/sanikan.

[J&R]

Go to the store buy some Depends and crap and cut at the same time.

[PROCUT1]

I always wondered this when I was out with the guys........ The american guys would all at some point during the day ask to stop somewhere to use the bathroom...... But my mexican guys NEVER asked......... Makes you wonder....

[dcondon]

i find the nearest bush ! :cry:

YUP, will not go in a public restroom. We don't do many in any of the citys so it's easy to find a place. :D

[LC Scaper]

I usually have to drop a deuce at least twice a day some times more depending on what i ate. So I have gotten pretty good at spotting Dons Jons.I have other guys I work with that refuse to use them though and would rather use the woods. The worst it ever was I had to use a footer hole while I used a wheel barrow to block the neighbors view luckily the home owner wasnt home and I just sealed it in in concrete. :D

[mrusk]

I am just happy i live in the woods and all the houses have woods all around them. There is nothing bad about shitting in the woods.

On a side note, i think all customers realize landscapers have to releave themselves during the day just like everyone else. I doubt many people would be upset if they see you walking to towards the woods with a roll of tp in your hands and a magazine.

Matt

[milo]

to all the wood poopers, go to walmart and buy some baby wipes and keep them in the truck. they work great just for anything and only $1.50... i sometimes drive like a real nut when i have to find a bathroom and alot of times i go to a staples and every time i am there to use the bathroom and i walk in like a duck a guy will come over and ask me if i need help.. yea get out of my way.. when i dont need help they want to help ;)

[topsites]

The worst thing about living in a big city is there may exist clusters of trees but they never appear to be THICK enough to block ALL houses from view ... I thought buying Depends was funny. You waste NO time, crap and work.


The odd thing I noticed I used to get this one yard where EVERY single time I'd have to go pee REAL bad, yes, SAME yard no matter what. I learned over time this was a sign of a customer I really didn't care for BUT had no outward feelings towards it, almost like one of them you THINK you're doing it out of kindness (but not ALL of those), evidently it's a sign where someone has fooled me into BELIEVING kindness was the reason ... Yes, very interesting...

To a point thou, going on someone's prop to me is a bit like calvin peeing on #3 (#3 is not the point it could be #24, it's the basis of the thought)

[turfquip]

My solution is to position the truck just right, doesn't matter where--- a parking lot or street. Stand next to the drivers door which is fully open. Use your left hand to get the horse out of the barn. Go ahead and pee on the front tire so as to not make a splash. Here's the critical part - hold your cell phone with right hand up to your ear so it appears you're simply out of the truck getting directions or negotiating something important. Fake conversation is important too - adds emphasis.

Works great!

[meathead1134]

MA has some of the prisioners do some of the trash cleanups on the highway. Well I saw the prisioner bus with them in it. I aslo saw A ford explorer fully cked out with lights and badges the whole 9 yards towing a porta potty trailer. Everytime I saw that thing on the highway I would just laugh, the dam thing even had official MA paltes on it.

How about building something into the enclosed trailers, where you can pump it out from time to time..

[MarcSmith]

Wen to the Daytona 500 one year and sat in the infield from thrusday to sunday nite. Loads of fun.... We braught our own crapper. Bllue tarp (yeah you know the ones) some long 1x2" s, a wicker chair, 5 gallon bucket, paper plates, and duct tape, and TP paper....

Using the tarp, tape and the 1x2 build your sanctuary. Installthe 5 gallon under teh wicker chair. Using a knife cut a generous size hole in the wicker chair. Doo your deed, wipe, adn when finished place the paper plate on top of the steamer so the next guy in line has a "clean" john....

After the weekend, cut the tape that was holding it to the car and drive away.... The bucket, tarp, poles, and chair just became donations.....

Always had an enclosed trailer but never steamed it.....

[Woody82986]

When I get an enclosed trailer, I think I will use a little space to drill a hole in the obttom of the deck and pipe a hose down through it. I'll take a 5 gallon bucket and drill a hole through the bottom toward the edge and secure the hose down through the bucket and out the bottom of the trailer. If I angle the bucket just right it should drain correctly through the hose. I guess I could always keep a gallon of water to use as a flusher to keep the smell down during the hot days inside the trailer. I think it might work fairly well. I guess I could drop a numero dos in the trailer and just store it somehow until the end of the day.

[PurpHaze]

I CAN NOT believe that I read this entire thread. However, this appears to be one of the most PRESSING problems faced by all. :p

[MarcSmith]

Why use a 5 gallon bucket and hose. Just get one of those large and deep(for some) oil funnels and mount it in the corner with a the same hose going under the trailer...... At least for #1 it would be alot easier....

Although explaing the fluid spot underneath the trailer might take some explaining..:)

"Uh yeah officer, it was a fuel spill...."

[ofishil]

when hunting one time i found the importance of carrying a sharp knife to cut my underwear because of no tp.

[dcondon]

when hunting one time i found the importance of carrying a sharp knife to cut my underwear because of no tp.

Oak leaves will work also!! :D