Composting head info

[bobjarrard]

Yup, I have not sat on an AirHead or NaturesHead but they are molded lids that work as the seat. The C-Head that I have uses an actual elongated adult regular buy them at HD seat. It is modified to have a seal and a hole for the agitator handle but it is comfy. When at Lake Powel I put it up outside and enjoy the view (not as pretty as once was, the bath tub ring is really bad now). See ya.
Bob
PS: Why not make a DIY with a regular seat? If you don't like the concept, no harm as all the parts are still OK to re-use. My wife for some reason does not like things that look fine to me but to her have just too much oddity. BJ

[forrest]

Thanks for all the info Bob.

[Pat Anderson]

[bobjarrard]

On the boat I used a funnel and a short section of garden hose. If you buy a composting toilet, consider having a stand up urinal on the wall, just a flat backed funnel and hose to the same one gallon bottles used for the C-Head or if you can lift, a plastic five gallon diesel can. I use a bit of sugar in the holding tank or you can add some other smell good stuff. If you have the energy, a raised bed planter made with concrete blocks laid without mortar that is 32" wide and ten feet or so long with a perforated drain pipe in the third will allow you to grow non-edibles and bioremediate your donated nitrogen. A plastic sheet from your local concrete contractor laid in the very bottom and up the sides and ends will keep it all local. If the bed has a mounded rounded top you will not gather rain (whatever that is - we live near Lake Mead - rain is like bugs in the evening at the beach - you know - NoSeeUms). I like to add a bag of vermiculite to the mix and a bag of wood chips from HD to the very top. You can put bird netting over the top if the wind is bad in your areas. I would eat fruit from this bed, if only I made the contributions. You will likely have to add water as you will not believe the amount of transpiration that happens.
!!! Invite me to stay at the cottage and I will bring the tools needed and we can build the whole SheBang. I like to put this on the sunny side of the outhouse or better yet, build two rows of planter about four feet apart as the entry to the south facings outhouse door and run the hose from the urine collector right out the side of the outhouse and into the raised beds.
Bob in Nevada
PS: Here is a link to some great wall mount urinal ideas, never could post a picture here!!! I like the little strait shooter using the frog urinal!!! The link is long but it works - I checked. BJ
https://www.google.com/search?q=wall+mount+plastic+urinal&sxsrf=ALiCzsawVeucHmCEAsDC9XiSOlY-0sjoag:1658589481453&tbm=isch&source=iu&ictx=1&vet=1&fir=ZlL194IrFKwEIM%252CYuy_BLImBs1oAM%252C_%253BklVubtaSwvHpWM%252ChRXZyt6FD6KM-M%252C_%253B9WW9Su415CtDMM%252CvXKebh8tskqPeM%252C_%253BM4rPni4KZQS2GM%252CxNY-o1w1tvQRtM%252C_%253BvYu6Txj6GpAErM%252CbQisSONqpnCFWM%252C_%253BYVyUJ40wRyU-bM%252CYuy_BLImBs1oAM%252C_%253BzOhbBKvHx9X6_M%252CKSPECdROb2xXCM%252C_%253BlAOMl7LVzbhm-M%252CIpsydfb3kDt3IM%252C_%253B2XnRMgHiOccxbM%252C24uwtou8Snur-M%252C_%253BetC1GK599iSWkM%252CGRvEaP85aldJHM%252C_%253BYw5FgyGaMFg2TM%252CQ-_TdtdlUyUV2M%252C_%253BWQx0HnwxqMv46M%252CctVPQ_sJAWDG_M%252C_%253BDXp_7nZTOKU9YM%252CMdHLe1RCwq5tRM%252C_%253BTX2IpY7SeJQynM%252CQ5Jw83fEd9gyfM%252C_%253BXdGYmO3u1rr_HM%252CYuy_BLImBs1oAM%252C_%253BmblKhZaJbIUoMM%252CulIshm6gI2DaFM%252C_%253BCDDsJiNo2ZAf7M%252CxYvfrrP7UvD6LM%252C_&usg=AI4_-kSVyWnoMFRqArtWX9p1z5Qyc1fsvA&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi7xfqmp4_5AhVvJUQIHR3QDg8Q9QF6BAgQEAE&biw=1920&bih=975&dpr=1#imgrc=TX2IpY7SeJQynM

[Salmon Fisher]

I'm with Bob, I do not see the harm in dumping urine overboard.
Think about the dilution factor when dumping 8-12 oz in millions of gallons of water. If we put a composting head in, I would not transport urine to dump in a "safe" place, but would dump when water is over 50 feet deep.
Call me crazy, I guess...

[ssobol]

[bobjarrard]

-- The real issue is where you are and who is watching. I would not pee in the water or dump any human waste overboard at Avalon but five miles out, whales do it and so do I. The big whales have started showing up again in Arctic waters and the prior absence of their huge clouds of waste had caused a bit of an ecological issue with no plankton and other small critters cause guess what them critters eat?
-- The world was designed to recycle long before I got the funny colored can from our town refuse company. Once had a lady who took care of my sis and I. Her husband raised meat rabbit in wire bottomed cages that were hung over worm beds. He sold the worms to Disneyland for use by we tourists (this is old info - I am old) on Tom Sawyer Island (they gave you a cane pole and a can of worms - trust me, I know these things).
-- We really have to get something more adult to "talk about" here than this line of drool. How about we start a thread on "single vs double engines" or maybe "Should I keep repairing my Wallas?" or best yet, "Looking for an high quality inexpensive camper back for my C-??"!!
-- After all these years of lurking on this forum, I am now too old to buy a C-Dory. However, I see that the Cook's Blue Moon is back on the market. Maybe I should go take a look!!! Naw, no way I can keep an out drive running especially if connected to a Volvo.
Bob Jarrard

[thataway]