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Delivery dropped our porta potty on the wrong side of the fence. Can the crew slide it over ourselves? ✓ Solved

Brad L.asked 42 viewsDelivery, Placement & ServicingPlacementDeliveryConstruction siteRepositionStandard unitFence

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Do not tip-and-walk that unit through the six-foot gate. A standard portable toilet on skids is not built to be rolled on its edge, and tipping it with a charged holding tank is how plastic tanks crack and doors rack out of square. Read the full answer

The truck left a standard unit on our gravel pad while I was at the lumber yard. Problem is it landed on the street side of the temporary fence, about forty feet from where the crew actually works. The gate is only six feet wide and the unit will not roll through on its skids without tipping.

Can two or three of us tip-and-walk it across, or is that a guaranteed cracked tank / voided rental? The yard said call for a reposition, but I am not sure how long that takes and we need the unit inside the fence before Monday.

What do operators actually allow renters to do here? Any tricks that do not trash the holding tank or the door? Photo of where it sits now if that helps.

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Tyler R.Columbus, OH

Do not tip-and-walk that unit through the six-foot gate. A standard portable toilet on skids is not built to be rolled on its edge, and tipping it with a charged holding tank is how plastic tanks crack and doors rack out of square.

Call the yard for a reposition instead of DIY. Wrong-side drops are a truck job. Tell dispatch the gate width, how far the gravel pad is from the street, and that you need it inside before Monday so they send a lift truck rather than waiting for the next vacuum route. Sliding upright on flat firm ground for a few feet is sometimes fine when the tank is light; forty feet plus a narrow gate is past that.

Lock the door until it is inside so street-side traffic does not fill it before the crew can use it. If the rental agreement bars relocating the unit yourself, a cracked tank or twisted door usually lands on you, not the yard.

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Marcus B.Chicago, IL

Tyler is right that you should call the yard for a reposition, but he missed the timing: most operators have a same-day or next-day reposition option if you call before their routes are set, which is faster than waiting for the next service. The driver will check the gate width and use the truck's boom to lift and place it exactly on your gravel pad without tipping. If you move it yourself and the tank cracks from stress, the repair cost falls on you, not the rental company. Lock the door now to prevent public use.

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