Help me Understand Trasharoo bags

[fuzzymarindave]

What are the pros/cons. Not so much on this forum but other forums seem to have lot of the SUVs and Jeeps with trash bags hanging off the back. I try, try to generate as little trash as possible but usually bag it and store inside camper until I find a legit trash receptacle. When camping do those folks worry about little critters being attracted to trash outside?

 

[PJorgen]

I agree with Dave, don’t understand the benefits of a Trasharoo. I also try to generate as little trash as possible and separate out the recyclables as well. I use plastic grocery bags for trash, usually from shopping trips while on the road.

 

[ski3pin]

We agree with the above two posts. No need for another item to tote along with us.

 

[Wandering Sagebrush]

Yup, I don’t get it either. I seem to have more than my share of junk to drag around.

 

[Vic Harder]

I camp a lot where there are bears. No trasharoo for me!

 

[CraggyMan]

Never thought the idea of having it hang around outside would be very workable. We try and keep our trash pretty compact and on trips where garbage service is few and far between I've been bringing along a dry bag to put our small trash bags into and stuffing that in our turnbuckle area till we reach a place to dump. Seals up well and hasn't been a issue with small critters, yet.

 

[WanderingBison]

I LOVE my “thrasharoo” which is really a large Blue Ridge Overland tire bag and will echo the same concerns about being in bear country, etc.

But I’ve also found myself in the backcountry for a week or longer where I’m not in bear country and my “thrasharoo” was a great place to keep a bag of garbage and an even larger bag of recycling that I couldn’t dispose of properly.

But it’s not without its risks … I was woken up by a juvenile wolverine that I had to chase out of my tire bag because he had taken a linking to some of the recycling.

My tire bag is used most often to carry firewood - save me bringing firewood bags into the cab or habitat.

 

[Wango]

Try to minimize trash, we do have a trasaroo, mostly for coastal areas and the desert for recyclables. Don't like to smell the beer/wine soup after a few days.
Trash goes into (usually) grocery bags, then these into a contractor bag.
I would say i use our t-roo about half of our trips.

 

[craig333]

I use on on my Jeep but I haven't figured out a good way to use one on the camper yet.

 

[lqhikers]

Use ours all the time.
Makes it nice when we end up picking up other
campers crap in areas we use.
Les,lqhikers

 

[JWL]

I don’t have a Trasharoo but I do have an old dry bag that I attach to my fuel can and holder on the outside when I’m out for more than a few days. Like others have said it is used for cans etc, other than those we actually produce very little trash ourselves. The bulk of it is from cleaning up others trash around our site. Oh and if we need to dispose of a WAG bag. All of which I would prefer no to keep in the camper.

 

[Mighty Dodge Ram]

I have and use a Trasharoo. There are others available that are better designed and built. Agree with JWL on the wag bag issue!

 

[firemen7]

I don't really use mine for trash, I tend to store my folding step, collapsible table and other items that I don't necessarily want in the camper. If I am going to take firewood with us I store it in the Trasharoo...

 

[fuzzymarindave]

Good feedback. Storing the WAG bag outside of camper makes sense. I ditched the Thetford cassette for a Go Anywhere folding unit. It is in the camper but we have not used it yet. If we are in developed campground we use their facilities and if we are remote we have so far been able to go as we do when backpacking.

 

[nikonron]

When traveling in bear country the TrashaRoo stays home, but desert travel it is on the back of the rig. Ron

 

[CPT Davenport]

Never used mine for trash. They are great, sturdy bags though. I have an inside mounted spare tire on my K5 Blazer with a trasharoo strapped to it.

Mine holds:

• Recovery straps
• Shackles and blocks
• High lift jack, sand base
• Gloves
• Winch remote
• Winch cable damper bag
• Jumper cables
• Flares
• Ball hitch
• Tarp
• Toilet paper
• First Aide kit
• Couple wrenches
• On some trips, extra ammo

 

[Zoomad]

I use a trasharoo almost every time we go for a trip. I don't have a lot of room in my camper to carry a bag of trash, plus being open to the cab I don't want to smell it.

I will say I've lost one trasharoo that was loaned to me that the nylon straps around the tire failed where they were sewn onto the bag. They don't like being left on a tire all the time between trips and exposed to a ton of the suns rays. I replaced it for my buddy I borrowed it from and bought my own. I take it off between trips to avoid the uv damage. They are pretty nice units, but I found another one that so far works well and seems to be constructed.

It's from Rhino USA and it really held up great on a 2500 mile trip I used it on.

I can see for some they aren't needed or can manage trash in other ways. They work well for me. I packed out trash for our trash for a week with 3 trucks and 5 people. We also were able to make room for others trash if we saw it at campsites.