Port-a-potty stand

Glue several layers of pink construction foam together. Very light, cheap, and should hold the weight just fine.

 

Cabela's has a chair that looks like a camp chair but it has a commode lid in place of a seat. When folded it looks like a camp chair.

 

I took a metal milk crate turned it upside down , added some plywood with carpet stapled onto it to the bottom, raised the potty about 12-14 inches, DW is satisfied with it.

 

I guess some pottis must be a lot lower than others? Our Thetford Curve is the same height as a standard home toilet. If I put it up on a milk crate you'd have to have a ladder to use it, and it would literally be a "throne" lol.

That's why I figured a few inches of foam would convert it to "handicapped" toilet height.

 

Generally speaking, the seat on a "small" porta potti will sit ~ 12" above the floor and have a 2.5 gal waste tank while the seat on a "large" porta potti will sit ~ 17" above the floor (similar to a home toilet) and have a 5 gal waste tank. I've always preferred the larger size as it sits at a normal toilet height and a larger waste tank means we could get through a long 3 day weekend of camping without having to empty the waste tank.

 

I had to Google Thetford Curve. I've never seen a tall porta-potty. I was thinking about the milk crate also if I could make it work by setting it on the side of the crate instead of the bottom. Then you'd have open storage for toilet paper. I will have to measure. I have a bath and a half at home. One with the tall commode and the other with a standard height.

 

They no longer make the Curve, but they have another model which is essentially identical that replaced it (can't remember the model # offhand). It's the same height as a standard residential toilet.

 

Thetford 565E

https://www.thetford.com/product/porta-potti-565e/

20 yrs ago (geesh, where did the time go?! ) we had a Thetford 585 electric flush porta potti which was excellent. If buying a porta potti today I'd be looking for electric flush, a 5 gal waste tank, and standard toilet height of about 17".