What's the funniest porta potty story from your years on the job?
Sixteen years hauling portable toilets, you see some things. The best was a three-day music festival, hot as hell, three hundred people, all…
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General Discussion
General Discussion is for introductions, lessons learned after an event or a job, portable toilet etiquette, history and industry news, and anything that does not fit a specific category.
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What's the most unusual thing you've found in a porta potty?
Nine years on the route, and I thought I'd seen it all: the usual phones, wallets, the odd shoe. But last week took the cake. An entire, fully…
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What's the most creative solution for a porta potty on a slope?
We've got a cattle pasture on our ranch that's more hill than flat, and the seasonal crews need a toilet up there for a month at a time. The service…
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What's the most unusual porta potty placement you've seen?
I've been driving a vacuum truck for nine years, servicing construction sites, fairs and farms. I see a lot of creative placements. Last summer, I…
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What's the strangest thing you've fished out of a porta potty?
Five years driving a vacuum truck for a rental company, and I've pulled out my share of surprises. A full set of car keys from a standard unit on a…
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What's the most creative solution you've seen for a porta potty on a difficult site?
I've seen some wild setups over nine years driving a vacuum truck. Once, we had to crane a standard portable toilet onto a high-rise construction…
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What's the most unusual location you've ever had to place a porta potty?
After nine years driving a vacuum truck in Akron, I've hauled units to some wild spots. Once placed a standard portable toilet halfway up a muddy…
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What's the most creative placement you've seen for a porta potty on a tricky site?
We've got a new hunting camp site this season that's all slope and shale. The only flat spot big enough for a standard unit is a good hundred yards…
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What's the most creative solution you've seen for a porta potty placement on a difficult site?
I've been driving a vacuum truck for nine years and I've seen some placements that made me stop and take a picture. One time on a rocky slope for a…
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What's the most overlooked step when setting up porta potties for an event?
Nine years of driving a service truck have taught me that the most overlooked step when setting up porta potties for an event is confirming truck…
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What's the one thing you wish every event planner knew?
After 16 years running a portable toilet rental company, I've serviced thousands of events. The biggest misconception is that one standard unit…
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What's the worst weather you've serviced porta potties in?
I've been driving a vacuum truck for nine years, and the worst was a January morning after an ice storm. The construction site was a mud pit. I had…
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What's the best way to clean a porta potty after a long-term rental?
Our church group had a standard portable toilet on site for a month during a building project. We had about 15 volunteers using it a few hours each…
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What's the most common mistake people make when ordering porta potties for an event?
I’m setting up for our annual ranch open house and I want to get the portable toilets right this year. We’ll have about 80 guests for six hours with…
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What's one thing you wish every customer knew before renting a porta potty?
I run a rental operation in North Texas, and I spend half my phone calls explaining the same things. The one thing I wish every first-time customer…
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What's the weirdest thing you've ever found in a porta potty during service?
Ten years on the vacuum truck, and I've pulled some strange things out of holding tanks. Last week, a full set of car keys, still on the ring. Before…
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What's the most challenging site you've ever had to service a porta potty?
I've been driving a vacuum truck for nine years now, and I've seen my share of tough spots. The worst was a spring construction site on a steep,…
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Sam O. replied
What's the worst weather you've serviced a porta potty in?
Last January, I had a route of 15 standard portable toilets on a construction site that was an absolute sheet of ice. The wind chill was about -15,…
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What's the hardest part of being a porta potty service driver?
I've been driving a vacuum truck for nine years, servicing 40 to 60 units a day. The hardest part isn't the smell, you get used to that. It's the…
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What's the worst weather condition you've serviced a porta potty in?
Last week, I was out on my route pumping a cluster of standard portable toilets at a new subdivision site when a hailstorm hit. The sky went dark,…
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What's the most unusual place you've ever had to service a porta potty?
Nine years driving a vacuum truck, and I've seen it all. Last month, I had to service a standard unit perched on a half-finished bridge deck, 200…
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What's the best way to stop kids from tipping over a porta potty on a remote worksite?
We've got a remote worksite that closes on weekends, and vandals keep tipping over our standard portable toilets. We stake them down with rebar and…
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What's the strangest thing you've had to pump out of a unit?
After ten years driving a vacuum truck, I've pulled some strange items out of portable toilets. A full set of car keys from a standard unit on a…
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What's the most creative solution you've seen for a blocked unit?
Had a head-scratcher this morning. A concrete truck parked right in front of a standard portable toilet on my route. The truck was there for the day,…
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What's the one mistake you see first-time renters make?
Hi everyone, I'm helping organize our community garden's annual plant swap and potluck next month. We expect about 80 people over a Saturday…
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