50-person film crew, 12-hour days: how many units?
We're scouting locations for a 12-day indie film shoot with a 50-person crew. The days run 12 hours, craft services will be on site, and the ground…
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Questions tagged “Long term rental”
158 questions across all categories.
158 questions
Well down until spring 2027: one porta potty for family of four?
Our well pump died last week, and the replacement is a big job that will take until spring 2027. That's at least six months. Our family of four, two…
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Jake W. replied
Well down until spring 2027: one porta potty for family of five?
We're gutting our only bathroom and won't have running water until next spring, so we're renting a porta potty for our family of five. The rental…
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Jake W. replied
Family of four, no plumbing until spring 2027. One porta potty enough?
We're gutting our only bathroom for a full renovation, and the contractor says we won't have plumbing again until spring 2027. That's over a year…
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Marcus B. replied
OSHA 1926.51: 95 workers, how many toilets and urinals?
OSHA 1926.51(c) requires one toilet seat and one urinal per 40 workers for crews of 20 to 199. For 95 workers, you need three toilet seats and three…
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Deb K. replied
Mice moved into the staff porta potty behind our barn. Will the service tech clean that up, or is it on us?
We keep one standard unit parked behind the barn for staff and the bar crew on wedding weekends. It stays out all season and gets serviced once a…
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Ray M. replied
Missed service due to overgrown vegetation. Who trims it, us or the driver?
I run a ranch with seasonal crews and have three standard units and one ADA-compliant unit on-site long-term. They're on level ground near a dirt…
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Owen G. replied
Hunting camp October 2026: 10 people, weekends only. Service frequency?
I run a hunting camp on my ranch for 10 people on weekends through October. The camp has no septic. I rent a standard portable toilet and an…
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Marcus B. replied
50-person film crew, 12-hour days: how many porta potties?
We're running a three-week film shoot with a 50-person crew on a rural location. The days are long, 12 hours on set, with lunch catered on site.…
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Priya N. replied
Hunting camp used weekends only: monthly service or per-use?
We run a hunting camp on our ranch, used weekends only from September through November. The crew is 10 people, no alcohol, just coffee and…
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Ashley M. replied
Building a tiny house on our rural lot ourselves. Can a porta potty cover us until the septic gets approved? ✓ Solved
Sam covered the basics, but you need to confirm the rental company's policy on extended service intervals. Some operators require weekly service…
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Marcus B. replied
OSHA 1926.51: does a 'mobile crew' exemption apply if the nearest gas station bathroom is 10 minutes away?
The gas station 10 minutes away does not qualify as 'readily available' under the OSHA 1926.51 mobile crew exemption. You must provide a portable…
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Marcus B. replied
Can a standard porta potty handle a wheelchair user for a 6-week remodel?
We're redoing our only bathroom for six weeks and renting a portable toilet for the family. My dad uses a power wheelchair, and our contractor says a…
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Jules T. replied
Well pump failed until spring 2027. Can a family of four rely on one porta potty for 6 months?
Our well pump failed last week and the replacement parts are backordered until spring 2027. We're a family of four with no running water until then.…
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Marcus B. replied
Family of five, no plumbing until spring 2027. One porta potty enough?
We are a family of five living in our house while we do a complete bathroom gut job. The contractor says we won't have plumbing until spring 2027, so…
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Jake W. replied
Hunting camp porta potty: will it freeze in October in Montana?
We have a hunting camp up in the mountains, about 40 miles out from town. It gets used every weekend in October by a group of 10 to 12 hunters.…
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Sam O. replied
6-month farm rental: can we reduce service frequency in the winter?
We have a standard portable toilet for our ranch crew. They use it weekends only, maybe four people max for eight hours. The ground is gravel, and…
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Marcus B. replied
Hunting camp used weekends only: monthly service or pay per pump?
We have a hunting camp on our ranch that gets used weekends only, maybe two days a week tops. It's just a small crew of 4 to 6 guys, no alcohol, and…
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Ashley M. replied
Hunting camp used weekends only: bi-weekly service okay?
I run a hunting camp in Montana that gets used maybe two weekends a month, mostly October through December. We have a crew of eight guys, no alcohol,…
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Ashley M. replied
What factors make a monthly rental rate go up after the first year?
Our bathroom renovation ran long, so we've had a standard portable toilet on our driveway for a year now. The rental company just sent the renewal…
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Ray M. replied
Hunting camp in Montana: will a standard porta potty freeze solid in October?
Setting up a hunting camp in western Montana. We have four guys coming up most weekends in October and November, using a standard unit we rent…
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Ray M. replied
Family of six, well down until spring 2027. One porta potty enough?
We're a family of six with a well pump that just died. The repair is scheduled, but the parts are backordered until spring 2027, so we're looking at…
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Jake W. replied
Family of four, well failed until spring 2027: one porta potty enough?
Our well pump died and the wait for a new well is until spring 2027, six months without running water. We're a family of four: two adults and two…
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Marcus B. replied
What factors make a monthly rental rate increase after a year?
We have a 12-month rental for a commercial site with 40 workers. The cluster has three standard units and one ADA-compliant unit on level gravel,…
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Brad L. replied
50-person film crew, 12-hour days: how many porta potties to avoid downtime?
We're running a 50-person film crew in a remote field for 12-hour days over a two-week shoot. There are no existing facilities, and we absolutely…
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Priya N. replied