Quote: Originally posted by clanjones on 16/8/2008
i dunno what the big deal is i really don't ..this we don't do a number 2 crap ..ain't none of you "caravanners " ralliers too..sometimes but not very often these days the elsan disposal point is just an open 4ft x 2 ft x 2 ft deep hole in the corner of a field,well away from any water course i don't bother me a bit ..but i'm a plumber and clear blocked manholes and toilets at work ..the only people who see the mess they make and feel ill often wretching as i speak to them are...wait for it.............blokes i've seen them bending over trying to throw up in flowerbeds such a laugh ..but there again an infants nappy will get me away pretty sharply..strange ...
We used to steward rallies often for the local Association of the C&CC and the first job was to dig the 'latty hole' unless a friendly farmer did it mechanically for us first. Then the last job of the weekend was to fill it in. That was the worst job for the men. (women had other jobs to do!!!)
Having just had to dismantle our cassette bog to change the lip seal I can assure the original poster that theyre not difficult to clean and deodorise even in pieces
Having to put up with the possibility of the odd pong is nothing compared with the moaning about "its alright for you, you dont have to walk half a mile for a wee, you can just go behind the van.........................."Use the loo for what it was meant for..........
------------- hawk
"Laugh and the world laughs with you, snore and you sleep alone"
I have the body of a greek god - its in my freezer
it is the best part of a caravan, although saying that ours doesn't have one we have to use a porta loo, we used to have a Swift tho and that had a loo, but in all cases we only use them for wee's, they never smell as everyone else says, long as you put the blue stuff in! No way I could go back to my tent days with no loo, would always just snuggle down in bed and then feel the need to go
Had to laugh at the 'only use it for wee's comments'. that was my rule until a particular nasty stomach bug hit at 3 am...............................................
Walk 200 metres in dark wet windy conditions and stay there for 3 hours, or break the rule? Hmmmmmm..........................
The wonders of our modern age, When I was a Lad.....as the saying goes, I had to walk 200 yards to a shared midden, That had to be shovelled out once a week into a cart and disposed of in a heap at the local farm,
And the toilet paper was torn up newspaper ( but not the Radio Times because that was to shiny!)
I must admit that since then times have moved on a bit with on suite etc but the task of emptying a chemical toilet is more pleasant that listning to someone filling it,
yes it is a bit smelly, used mine for the last week for both and especially a no 2 after being on the ale. It is not a pleasant job but it has to be done. one thing I dont like is that in a normal loo you can "inspect your work" after a particularly satisfying dump as you crap straight into the tank you cant do that with the thetford :-)
If it's very full take it in the car drive slow and make sure you have something under it just in case it leaks. Got to say wife always uses our's for everything and on rallys in the good old when kids were young we all did, never a problem ever and I don't give emptying it a second thought. It's nice to do it every day though!
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Topic: DOES IT SMELL
