Upgrading a '73 Boler with a toilet

[Mike Bromley]

Here are some pics of my '73 Boler during its restoration. I have it rigged up for several camping modes, most of which allow for flush toilet.

[Mike Bromley]

Toilet and modified front bed/dinette/storage unit, rigged up at full-hookup RV park

[Len Cater]

Mike, nice job on the toilet. Do you have a clearer picture what it looks like in situ? As well do you have any privacy curtains?
Thanks
Len

[Vickie B.]

Very nice, indeed! Love your slip covers, too!

[DonDeutsch]

Wow! Love that toilet modification. Best mod ever.

[Mike Bromley]

Mike, nice job on the toilet. Do you have a clearer picture what it looks like in situ? As well do you have any privacy curtains?
Thanks
Len

Thanks for the compliments, all.

As this is a personal trailer, I didn't make provision for privacy curtains, although one could easily rig up a curved rod supported by the curbside closet.

I put a gate pull on the inside of the door which doubles as a handhold for the toilet.

Originally I considered facing the low-profile toilet sideways into the 'dinette well', but I figured it would be awkward. One could redo it that way; the flange was installed using an adjustable residential flange. Here is a picture of the installation in dinette mode, before the laminate floor was put into the well. The table merely cantilevers on a 'leg' of 1/2" birch ply, employing the original bunk hinge bracket.

[Frederick L. Simson]

Wow! Love that toilet modification. Best mod ever.

I agree!

[Raya]

Nifty! And I like that you rigged it up for how you want it, and not for the theoretical family of four who may someday buy the trailer (you know, living for re-sale).

I feel as though I am missing something obvious, but where does the toilet flush to?

Raya

[Mike Bromley]

Nifty! And I like that you rigged it up for how you want it, and not for the theoretical family of four who may someday buy the trailer (you know, living for re-sale).

I feel as though I am missing something obvious, but where does the toilet flush to?

Raya

In one of the above photos you can see the setup for an RV park with full hookup, there is no holding tank, only a Thetford Smartdrain sewer hose and a Sidewinder hose support. Basically, I plumbed it like a house, using the greywater line as a vent. Below is a closeup of the full hookup configuration, and one of the options: A SmartTote sewer tank connected to the drain stub. Either system works great. The SmartTote can be disconnected and towed to the sanitary dump in a park with no sewer hookup. The vent stinkpipe doubles as a flagpole....seen in regalia in the service-side view below.