Highlighting the Amicus lineup of smokeless fire pits. Featuring different ways to use and various 3rd party products that are compatible with the Amicus. Also, there is some content related to my off grid lifestyle, motorcycle and kayak fishing.
Why not just compost it? Separate the urine and I can deal with the solid waste, toliet paper and medium of 8 people in my family with 3 times a 55 gallon drum. I leave it along for 12 months after it is full and worms and bugs turn it into black soil. Each spring I spread 160 gallons of black compost onto my lawn. 6 55 gallon drums takes 40 sqft of land space. 6 x 6 feet
Thanks for showing us! I took it one step further and built a permanent RV heater out of our (brand new) little buddy. Your method works amazingly well!
This is way better than those expensive incinerator toilets that I’ll never be able to afford, thank you very much for sharing. I’m also not really interested in composting unless it’s vermicomposting. I would like to get a septic tank eventually but it’s not a priority right now.
Its a shame you dont have some long charcoal pieces you can put in the middle. Spaced well apart you would still have airflow but the charcoal would keep it lit.
Well done! I must keep a Homer Bucket, with the ringed seat, in the back of my pickup truck! The windows on the P/U shell are heavily tinted. On any travels, be they local to interstate travels that bucket and bag of, yes, fine cut sawdust goes with. Not scared in the least to pull off in whatever convenient parking area and take care of business. Note: In March of 2019, I was misdiagnosed 2x in 3 days by a military ER Doctor who, after cursory examination, told me I was simply constipated. After second visit I passed my entire dead large intestine in my house. 10 days in ICU. Now, I don’t give a damn where I am at when the urge hits, I have very little response time! One of the large intestine functions is extract liquids, I cannot do that anymore! My story may be gross, yes, but I do think you hit a great idea for your throne!
2nd Comment: Might using a cylinder of rolled expanded metal down the center hold a "chimney" better? Expanded metal provides support, handles the heat, and restricts clumps from falling, thereby choking the flamefront. Just a suggestion. 😊
55 gallons of smoldering burning poop conjures up unspeakable horrors. I use a composting toilet utilizing tall draw-string plastic kitchen bags. Nugget: I eat a 100% carnivore diet and poop only a tiny amount about every 9 days. I have done this for 3 years. I enjoy robust health and do not gain weight. In fact, in 3 years, I have lost over 100 pounds and kept it off.
@@amicusfirepits I’m thinking of building my own compactor dump trailer and paying to dump once a year. Or perhaps twice. When compressed, it does not tale much space. I have an old garbage compactor to do each bag.
Generally, I'll burn after dark and pay attention to wind direction. I have several buckets so I can select ideal conditions so as not to offend the neighbors. Any smoke I get smells more like wood smoke than anything else.
@@amicusfirepits thank you. We have been trying to find an alternative to our current method that isn't very efficient. This is much better. Thank you again sir
As a mechanic, axles are rated for much lower than they can actualy handle. I would fill er up to the top. It puts more stress on the axles to have less weight sloshing like crazy than more weight stabilized anyhow. If you're still worried, repack the wheel bearings more frequently.
That Rooster freaking loves you!! LOL!! Great video and great to keep your cool while filming... I would have been having a chicken dinner and then re-videoing...lol!
I would choose a Olympian wave heater over Mr Buddy anyway . It’s sips the propane and produces a dry heat . I have used mine every winter for 5 years so please don’t tell me it’s a wet heat .
Okay...I don't have any experience with the Olympian Wave. So I won't tell you anything you don't want to hear. I admire your passion, but there seems to be a bit of hostility in your comment. Unless I'm just misinterpreting. Sorry
@@amicusfirepits not at all. It’s just everyone I try to tell how good it is says it bad because it’s a wet heat and I understand as the literature says it’s changes co2 to vapor. I had one guy argue with me a few days ago so sorry that sounded that way. It’s just that I feel it’s the perfect heater as it’s dry and incredibly efficient. Watch static vans utube video describing the same thing and everyone is telling him it’s wet. I even dry clothes in front of it and it uses less than 5 pounds of propane a month . I just wish the manufacturer did better job explaining to the public on it . Good luck.
Q about the urine youve diverted, then what... Do you let that evaporate somewhere, or cook it to evaporate it, or have an area where you dump it on the ground?
My urine diverting toilet drains into an underground plumbing system that combines it with our grey water. It's held in a buried 40 gallon drum and that gets pumped up to an elevated leech mound. Each time the pump cycles it delivers 2 gallons to the mound. The sloped discharge pipe then drains back to prevent freezing in winter.
you have the right concept but you can downscale the whole process to single use or daily use. I don't save buckets of composting waste. I use a wood stove and all my garbage waste except metal and glass gets incinerated. I also clean the cat's litter box the same way. None of my crap gets handled or taken outside. The ashes are reusable with the compost toilet along with sawdust.
set it up and try it yourself. I refuse to answer ignorant questions. when you pick up your dog's poop outside. it's that simple as an example of what I'm doing. The only difference is that I live in a motorhome and I have very little water. I had no other choice but to remove the flush toilet and black water waste because I was almost caught committing a bylaw violation that nearly had me subjected to getting huge fines and tickets. For years, people and neighbors constantly complained about the disgusting smells that come from people living in their RVs. I'm the first person in Canada living fulltime in the RV who no longer uses a black water tank. other people live fulltime in RVs as well but they're quitting it because they don't know how to manage their sewage waste. It's a disgusting and embarrassing major flaw in RV living, especially for many of us who live in a major city! Once the police and bylaw officers keep door knocking over ongoing complaints year after year. Many people feel they have no choice but to quit RV living because it's not worth all the bullshit and hassles. I've put up with all of it but I gave specific reasons why I was refusing to go back into housing to the point that I have threatened arson and threatened to endanger people's lives. I'm a rent free zero cost off grid pioneer who has taken this lifestyle to a whole other level and I don't even own land or pay property taxes. As much as some people have said that I am a genius for what I'm doing. Truth is, the rest of you are all gossiping backbiters and two faced backstabbers and none of you like what I'm doing! I no longer make videos to promote free living because I get rumored as being a loser and deadbeat. I don't make videos to show you how to do this because more people have tried to get into this way of living till they screw up and get caught with illegal sewage dumping and they get themselves caught in their own ignorance. I just make my own music or noise and the odd video of me and my cat. I no longer want a subscriber base on my channel. I could care less who watches me or thinks they know anything that can be of help to make my life better. everyone around me (in real life not the internet) are all stupid and ignorant or naive as fuck. I forcefully tell people everyday "you have no right to dictate to me how I'm supposed to live my life"
One thing I don't do is take it outside. What I did was I relocated my toilet next to the wood stove. But I can move it to make space so I don't risk burning myself too close to the wood stove. after I used the toilet, I take the ash scoop that's used for the wood stove and I move the compost mixture to cover up the smell. then I scoop it out and toss it directly into the wood stove. If I don't need a fire right away, I just leave it. But on cold days or nights, I can light a fire and the poop waste simply burns down to ashes. I also use the same method cleaning out my cat's litter box, except that my cat also pees and poops in it. I've seen a lot of DIY videos of composting toilets basically made out of a bucket. I made the same thing except that I use a smaller size pail. Instead of letting the pail get full of waste and then having to dump it, my setup is much smaller and way easier to deal with. Sometimes I've been out on a bike ride for a few hours and I gotta rush home urgently needing to use the toilet. For me it's ready to use immediately and I do my business, I also use a pump sprayer sort of like a bidet to quickly clean myself up. I don't always shower especially in the cold winters. The bidet method was also really handy if I'm sick with the flu or if I had eaten something that didn't agree with me. sometimes I have to go up on my roof to clear the snow off my solar panels or clean the soot out of the chimney pipe. Even if there is poop burning in the wood stove, the smell is barely noticeable. The best part is that anyone who passes by my RV, no longer has to put up with the smell of the black water tank ever since I removed the flush toilet! I no longer have to worry about the smell, the tank getting full or the valve freezing in the winter and being unable to empty it! I literally perfected the ability to living fulltime in my motorhome! If I had a family with a wife and kids, then I would just have to increase the capacity to accommodate more people to use the toilet. but I live alone. Just recently, another RV'er just parked on the same street where I am. Someone spotted his bucket under his black water tank and complained to the city about it. I was getting the same complaints for the last few years and I was able to find a permanent method to get rid of that problem. No more sani dumping and yeah I really am one of those people who thinks my shit doesn't stink! But it did take me a few years to get it worked out. I basically reinvented the lightbulb!
what's gross is when we drink the tap water just after flushing the toilet and our ignorant government keeps us worrying about air quality! Next time you pass by a city's water treatment plant. Open your window and take a deep breath! If you've passed by my place while the wood stove is burning, you wouldn't know the difference! Also look up "incinerator toilets"
perhaps replace the pvc with an expanded rolled up metal tub so you don't need to remove it (I'd be afraid the chimney column would collapse during burning)
It has collapsed in the past. I've since used 1/2" hardware cloth to make a wire frame tube. I think the next upgrade will be some expanded metal. That should hold up a bit better.
This is the closest to what I have. www.ebay.com/itm/324204719230?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=rZBCc7EYSj-&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=_-ydsLG8Ql2&var=513264695796&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY
great set up, thanks for sharing. Just a note, that fan sounds a bit loud for the setup. Not sure what you are using but 100mm cpu fan are super quiet, cheap to buy and run and should suffice. Either that or you have some cobwebs or bugs caught in your fan! My experience tells me they need cleaning out after a while.
Why not have the tank inderneath the outhouse and everytime you use it you finish by poring a spoon of saw dust then when its full you remove the tank and fire it up.
Daily burning may be possible. You may need an established fire to add it to or have to use an accelerant like the military does. They mix waste with jet fuel in remote areas where there is no infrastructure. Let me know how things work out please.
When they work, incinerating toilets don't use that much energy, although they are more pricey than they should be. While this process may be effective, keeping buckets of dung around isn't something I'd really want to do. Also, seems like it takes a lot more time and energy for this option than using an incinerating toilet (not to mention the state where I live prohibits "burn" barrels), which is essentially what this is. We also have burn bans, which prohibit ANY kind of burning - even recreational.
If it ever came down to not being able to burn, I'd switch to composting. I believe I have the appropriate mix of carbon to nitrogen for that to work. Generally it takes a minimum of 6 months to make it safe as a fertilizer. That's going to need a lot more buckets, close to 60 in rotation unless I just create a large singular pile. The upside to having a pile would be the heat generated. Could use that heat in winter to warm the house or greenhouse.
I do add paper with sensitive information in the center to keep it flaming until it's self sustaining. The biggest obstacle is keeping the center column open for maximum airflow. Sometimes the sawdust can fall in and block the primary air inlet. If there's enough clearance underneath you can clear away any blockage and the extreme radiant heat downward will sanitize/burn the fall off.
I wonder if you dumped a couple liters of diesel in the hole before you light it. It will continue to burn and get good and hot early to help ensure it stays hot enough to burn continuously. I say that because the military uses a diesel method when portajohns aren't feasible.
I have added some used oil and similar fluids between the layers as an accelerant. Once it comes up to Temp, it's pretty self sustaining. The sawdust keeps the process a little less objectionable. I've seen video of the jet fuel method, the constant stirring didn't appeal to me. 😷🫤
You'd be surprised, tailgaters don't seem to put it together. I've had 2 completely full tanks and still they're trying to climb up my bumper. Just habit for them I guess. I think even after rear ending someone and getting the citation I suspect many would still do it. 🤦
Unlikely, the toilet itself is based on batch loads. You could use some sort of auger in a pipe to convey the sawdust and excrement to a separate holding tank. That's a lot more of a build than I'm willing to attempt. I only have to do this method of burning once every 5-6 weeks. The toilet bucket is switched out a couple times per week for 2 people.
