In Honor of the out-house

DanG · February 09, 2003, 04:39:49 PM

That's a pretty nifty looking rig, Bib. It will surely be a comfort to Mary to have that convenience so close to the saw shed. I'm a little concerned, however, that production will drop, come the heat of summer. That A/C unit on top is gonna be mighty inviting on those hot days. Does WoodMizer offer a wireless remote for the Accuset?

Ron Scott · February 09, 2003, 04:46:52 PM

Modern Day Camping at the "Mill Site".

Good idea! Call it a second home and get a tax break. ;)

Kevin · February 10, 2003, 04:29:04 PM

There was a rumor circulating around the gun club where a guy was using the facility and dropped a magazine down one of the holes.
He said, I ain't going down there for just a magazine so he unholstered his shooter and dropped it down the hole and went in for both!

Don P · February 10, 2003, 07:26:55 PM

Now your stylin Bibbyman 8). Our motorhome lives down at the sawmill. Nothing like a hot coffee pot, microwave and fridge...not to mention heat. Makes a pretty good spare bedroom too. I did have trouble with ants at one point. The big carpenter ants kept appearing inside. I finally found them in some foam insulation, they had done an impressive number on it, they seemed to like the break room as much as we do :D.

Ron Scott · May 26, 2003, 09:44:17 AM

Outhouse in Aspen Harvest Area. Witte timber harvest 5/03.

Bro. Noble · May 26, 2003, 10:59:14 AM

A while back, Haytrader sent me some pictures that includid a two story out-house. He reccomended that in case a guy ever had an occasion to use one of those, it's best to use the upper story.

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Noble

Jeff · May 26, 2003, 12:54:41 PM

Hey, dats a U.P. 2 seater, ya only use da top one durin sleddin season. When da snow gets up to da top door ya start using dat one. Usually about mid january

breederman · May 27, 2003, 04:40:08 AM

I once helped rebuild a three holer! It had seats for papa bear,momma bear and baby bear! It is the only one I've ever seen that had a drawer underneath that was slid out and emptied.It was a fun project house was around one hundred years old and was built with some very wide boards.Always wondered whos job it was to empty the drawer! :(

Frickman · May 28, 2003, 07:33:34 PM

Back when I started college it was a tradition at homecoming for the freshman class to build a bonfire in the field behind the stadium. We used donated scrap railroad ties and built a tall, fortlike stucture cribbing them up like you would in the mine. The crowning glory was an outhouse perched up top. To a country boy like me it seemed like a waste of some perfectly good facilities, but I guess my city cousins saw it differently. Nobody knew the reason behind the outhouse, but it was a tradition and we were expected to follow it.

Frickman

Ron Scott · June 23, 2003, 07:45:18 PM

"Green" Outhouse. In a red pine harvest area, first thinning. Krantz pine harvest 6/03.

Linda · June 23, 2003, 08:00:40 PM

Ron,

Nice color!? :-/

Is that a rug out front? If so, is it for use on the way in or out? :D :D :D

Linda

Ron Scott · June 24, 2003, 08:22:33 PM

Linda,

I believe they were wooden blocks to clean your boots off on before entering.

Ron Scott · June 26, 2003, 07:29:55 PM

"Roadside" Outhouse. Very attractive with a Welcome sign on the door and flower boxes on its exterior walls.

Tom · July 13, 2003, 09:11:56 AM

One of my bygone recollections, as I recall the days of yore
is the little house, behind the house, with the crescent o'er the door.

'Twas a place to sit and ponder with your head bowed down so low, knowing
that you wouldn't be there, if you didn't have to go.

Ours was a three-holer, with a size for every one. You left there feeling
better after the job was done.

You had to make these frequent trips, whether snow, rain, sleet, or fog, to
the little house where you sat and read the Sears Roebuck catalog.

Oft times in dead of winter the seat was covered with snow.'Twas then with
much reluctance to the little house you'd go.

With a swish you'd clear the seat, bend low and, with shivers in mind, you'd
blink your eyes and grit your teeth as you sat on your behind.

I recall the day that Granddad, who stayed with us one summer, made a trip
to the shanty which proved to be a hummer.

'Twas the same day my Dad finished painting the kitchen green. He'd just
cleaned up the mess he'd made with rags and gasoline.

He tossed the rags in the shanty hole and went on his usual way, not knowing
that by doing so he would eventually rue the day.

Now Granddad had an urgent call; I never will forget! This trip he made to
the little house lingers in my memory yet.

He sat down on the shanty seat, with both feet on the floor, then filled his
pipe with tobacco and struck a match on the outhouse door.

As he took a long puff on his pipe, he slowly raised his behind, tossed the
flaming match in the open hole, with not a worry on his mind.

The blast that followed, I am sure was heard for miles around; and there was
poor ol' Granddad just sitting on the ground.

The smoldering pipe was still in his mouth, his suspenders he held tight;
the celebrated three-holer was blown clear out of sight.

When we asked him what had happened, his answer I'll never forget. He
thought it must of been something he had et!

Next day we had a new one which my Dad built with ease. With a sign on the
entrance door which read: No smoking, Please!

Now that's the end of the story, with memories of long ago, of the little
house, behind the house where we went cause we had to go.

pappy · August 09, 2003, 01:22:28 PM

Some people call it an out house or a sh** house we call ours a privy. Six foot square, floor framed with 2X6 and decked with t + g red oak flooring, walls framed with 2X4's, roof with round purlings, exterior walls boarded with double V match (t + g) rough side out, all northern white cedar. It sits atop a cedar tank 4 ft. deep. All the cedar came from our land and sawed at our mill and planed in our shop.

It's got a small window, gas heat and gas lamp (propane) cause in the winter it's just to DanG cold up here like last winter we had minus 10 degrees fer three weeks and that was daytime temps. We went big at it cause we're in the process of building a log camp "out back" and we snowmobile in for happy times friends,food etc. Just a great place to get away (out back that is), and if you don't have a comfortable place for the ladies "to go" hey guys you drop your drawers when it's that cold outside and never mind the flies in the summer!!!

termite

Ron Scott · August 09, 2003, 07:44:42 PM

Nice! More than the standard "outhouse" in the woods.

Ron Scott · August 17, 2003, 06:56:10 PM

Da-2-Holer. At the Yooper's Museum.

Ron Scott · August 25, 2003, 02:33:11 PM

The Old Outhouse in the Pines.

Ron Scott · August 27, 2003, 05:46:23 PM

A new Outhouse in the Pines

pappy · September 04, 2003, 05:56:59 PM

Found this one while exploring out on a canoe ride this summer.

His and Hers Out House.

Hers

His

Weekend_Sawyer · September 25, 2003, 06:43:54 PM

Been wanting to add our West Virginia comfort to this thread.

nough said.

ohsoloco · September 25, 2003, 07:40:50 PM

Why doesn't da 2 holer have a separate door for the top hole ??? How would you open the door when the snow got too deep to use da bottom hole :-/

Ron Scott · September 30, 2003, 07:11:55 PM

We'll need to ask Chet; Yooper engineering :P

Ron Scott · September 30, 2003, 07:25:09 PM

Linda · September 30, 2003, 08:02:55 PM

Ron,

That is a great one! I guess Montana has all the seclusion a person needs! ;D :-[

Where do you come up with all these pictures?

You must be trying for the Guiness Book of World Records on owning the most outhouse photos! :D

Well, keep them coming! ;)

Linda