Anyone have an outhouse design they'd be willing to share?

I will utilize a bucket with bags in it. Yuck, I know. it is what it is...

but I worry more about critters, wasps, scorpions, etc...

I've never sat in an airtight outhouse but I am certain that I would not want to.

1. find metal chair
2. find toilet seat
3. cut hole in metal chair
4. attach toilet seat to metal chair

Congratulations you now have a mobile latrine.

Two stories one hole.

will.mcg said:

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1. find metal chair
2. find toilet seat
3. cut hole in metal chair
4. attach toilet seat to metal chair

Congratulations you now have a mobile latrine.

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This

Get a shovel

Dig a hole

Pit chair over hole

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Profit

If you each a bunch of raw tomatoes you could also get quite the garden

Fishin Texas Aggie 05 said:

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If you each a bunch of raw tomatoes you could also get quite the garden

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This made me LOL!

No walls?? I still remember taking a dump back to back with my dad in Philmont - hell of a view.

Just wait until the last minute, squat and get it done. No need for a chair.

It actually is "healthier" or more natural to squat with your bum down by your ankles than how we normally position ourselves on a toilet.

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80sGeorge said:

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dang, beat me to it.

I had a black widow crawl on to my nuts one time while taking a deuce when I was in high school at our deer lease. Haven't used one since.

Make it mobile.

Use it and put lye on it when duty is done. Move after season to new location.

We built this one 8+ years ago. Still doing great.
Most important thing besides the led light that is running on 12v feeder battery is the led blinking light that we have poking through the wall. Ever run 100 yard to the outhouse at 5 AM in the rain/freezing weather just to find someone else using it?!? Ya I did...once. Then this blinking led light got installed. Now, when the light turns on, the red light blinks so everyone can see that it's occupied!!!

The pipe on the side is what helps reduce the inside smell. It allows the sheeeet smell to travel up and out with a little venting. Works well.

K_P said:

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No walls?? I still remember taking a dump back to back with my dad in Philmont - hell of a view.

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Is this the equipment they provide at Philmont these days? I remember sitting on a pilot/copilot setup ( as opposed to a pilot/bombardier setup) near Black Mountain camp that was made of old dilapidated wood. I had my paper roll sitting on top of the seat next to me. I pushed off the adjacent wood that my roll was sitting on and the wood gave way, falling into the hole, along with my roll. situation got western real quick....

Needless to say, looks like that wont be an issue if I go back with my kids....

On the property line?

funny story
Not my pic, I googled it up. I remember the all wood ones. We never saw anything plastic, though some of the areas had porta cans.

KorbinDallas said:

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On the property line?

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Now that would be funny!
It's an old oil pad that was fenced off. Keeps cows out.

AgsMnn said:

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Make it mobile.

Use it and put lye on it when duty is done. Move after season to new location.

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Did you mean lye, or lime? Thanks

buy folding camp stool with fabric seat. Cut away fabric and mount toilet seat to frame. Purchase pick axe or shovel depending on your location. Purchase roll of toilet paper (you can utilize the handle of axe/shovel as the tp holder). Purchase large golf umbrella for rainy days. We used this method for three years on our first lease in San Angelo.

You don't tend to dawdle doing your business on cold windy days. Only downside was on those days a lot of guys got lazy with their hole digging and you could drive by and see a lot of tp blowing in the wind from poorly covered holes

Words cannot describe the liberating feeling of resting your cheeks between the tandem of a grain truck and grumping in the middle of a wheat field in South Dakota.

BlueMiles said:

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AgsMnn said:

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Make it mobile.

Use it and put lye on it when duty is done. Move after season to new location.

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Did you mean lye, or lime? Thanks

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I do not remember honestly. I was young and would hold it all weekend to avoid it. Some type of white powder in poly lined bag. Probably lime

2012 high adventure trip to Buffalo Trails Scout Ranch (BTSR) in the Davis Mountains. They had a very nice rock pilot to copilot outhouse. Every morning bright and early I would grab the paper and go on a run for some morning deep thinking.

About half way through the week I am sitting on one of the two seats taking care of the morning business when I see a shadow come out from the void between my legs and the seat. The shadow bounds off my left foot and plunges down the adjacent hole.

It was over in a flash and in my morning daze it took a minute to realize I had just **** on a rat in the hole and it went scurrying for the safer hole.

Got a picture of the offender a day later.

Build it out of brick.

Because every time my dad sees a pretty girl he say "man she's built like a brick **** house."

Who gets this job?

need some windows so you can deer hunt out of it while you ****

These are the only pictures I have of it on my phone, but this is the outhouse at my in-law's property up in Northern Colorado. The nicest out house I've ever had the pleasure of dropping a deuce in. Father in law built it and installed an incinerator toilet. Release the 1 or 2, then hit a button, and it pushes everything into the back and proceeds to burn everything off. And it's for sale too! He has since built a cabin.

That's Bull Mountain in the background.

OP -

The hole in the ground approach is the way to go. Dig it deep. Make your outhouse simple and airy... Definitely not air tight. Assuming you'll use it for a few days at a time and not continually, put a couple green bean cans of lime or even ash from the fire pit on it. Will it smell like Martha Stewart's bathroom and potpourri? No, but it's not supposed to. You're in the country. Embrace it and don't overthink a **** house :-)

Pooh Ah said:

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2012 high adventure trip to Buffalo Trails Scout Ranch (BTSR) in the Davis Mountains. They had a very nice rock pilot to copilot outhouse. Every morning bright and early I would grab the paper and go on a run for some morning deep thinking.

About half way through the week I am sitting on one of the two seats taking care of the morning business when I see a shadow come out from the void between my legs and the seat. The shadow bounds off my left foot and plunges down the adjacent hole.

It was over in a flash and in my morning daze it took a minute to realize I had just **** on a rat in the hole and it went scurrying for the safer hole.

Got a picture of the offender a day later.

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Literally a ****house rat....