Fernley’s Premier Provider of Deluxe Multi-Station Shower Trailer Rentals

The tanks on the trailer itself are enough for short jobs and small groups. Eight rooms at 1.5 GPM use a full tank quickly on a big crew, so a long job does best on a site water line or a supply from a local water hauler. Ask the property owner early whether the staging lot has a hydrant or a stub-out you can use.

The 8-Station draws power from one 50 A 220 V circuit, while the ADA + 2 and the 2-Station combo each need a pair of 120 V 20 A circuits. If the site has no power yet, a generator can be sized to the unit and placed away from the doors and any nearby homes to keep the noise down.

Often, yes. A single 8-Station can serve about 200 people in a day, though a crowd of 60 leaving at the same moment will still wait in line. Two units at two gates, or an 8-Station plus a 4-Station combo, cuts the line roughly in half, while crews with staggered start times can usually share a single trailer.

Yes. The 4-Station Shower, Restroom and Laundry Combo has 4 private bathrooms, each with a toilet, sink, shower and outlet, plus a washer and dryer in a separate room. Because the 8-Station only has showers, a long job near Fernley needs a restroom trailer parked beside it for the toilets and sinks the crew will need.

Both work. For a job that stays put for weeks, the largest trailer can connect to a septic system, which cuts down on trips to haul waste off the lot. The ADA + 2 and the combos carry 300 gallon waste tanks that get pumped on the service schedule.

Yes. January lows in Fernley average about 21 to 23 degrees, and July highs run about 91 to 94 with records near 110. In winter the water supply is planned so it stays protected overnight, and any hoses that sit in the open get drained. In summer the hot and cold controls let people take the rinse they want after a dusty shift.

The ramp sits at the door end of the trailer. Plan flat, firm ground there with a clear path from the parking area or building, and leave room for a wheelchair to turn at the bottom. A crew member who cannot step over a tub edge can use the single combo, which has a roll-in shower with a built-in seat and a wand.

Rentals run anywhere between a weekend race camp and many months on a build. For a need that comes back each season, renting usually wins, because pumping, restocking, cleaning, repairs and storage stay with The Lavatory. You also get the right size each time instead of owning one unit that fits only one kind of job.

Service follows the schedule set for your site, not a fixed weekday route. If your crew works Saturdays or runs a swing shift, tell us when you book and the visits get planned around the hours people actually use the trailer.

For four or five people, the 2-Station Shower and Restroom Combo is the right fit for a small yard, a farm or a short race weekend. The Single-Station ADA Shower and Restroom Combo is the smallest trailer, built for one person at a time who needs an accessible room.

Yes, if the ground is level, firm and dry. Pace off 35 ft of firm ground for the 8-Station with its tongue, and make sure both the tow truck and the service truck can reach it. Keep it off soft canal banks.

On a big job, planning around the busiest hour works better than planning around how many people are on the payroll. A crew of 60 that spreads out over a day is easy to serve. The same 60 people walking off a grading site at 5:30 in the evening is a different job, because they all want a shower at once.

Start with three numbers before you call: how many people will shower on a normal day, how many finish their shift at the same time, and how many days a week the site works. Those answers shape the setup more than the size of the site does.

The 8-Station serves about 200 people a day, and the 4-Station Shower, Restroom and Laundry Combo suits a group of about 30. Those are daily figures. When most of a crew finishes together, more rooms beat a bigger tank, because the line moves only as fast as the number of open doors.

Take a worked example. A site south of I-80 runs two shifts of 30 people, a day crew and a swing crew, and nobody overlaps, so 30 people want rooms at each change. One 8-Station handles that well and leaves room for the trades that show up for a week at a time.

Now say the same 60 people all start and stop together. Eight rooms still work, but the wait gets long at the end of a hot July day, so splitting into two units at two gates, or adding a 4-Station combo next to the 8-Station, shortens the line noticeably.

Plan for the people who are not on the schedule yet. Inspectors, delivery drivers and short-term subcontractors add up fast on big builds, so sizing includes a margin, and a unit can be added later if the job grows.

Water and waste follow the count too. A full crew empties a 200 gallon fresh tank quickly on 1.5 GPM heads, so a busy unit belongs on a water line or a hauled supply. The size of the waste tank decides how often the pump truck has to come, which is why the first question on the call is how many people will use the trailer each day.

Accessibility is part of sizing from the start. If anyone on site uses a wheelchair or needs a seat in the shower, plan an accessible room from day one. The ADA + 2 Private Shower Trailer adds one ADA room next to two standard ones, and nobody waits for a special setup.

Send your schedule, your peak shift and your start date. The unit, the spot and the service plan get laid out on one call, and you can change it as the job changes.

Most setup problems start before the trailer shows up. A soft spot, a blocked gate or a hookup 300 feet away can turn a short setup into a long one, and a few minutes of planning on your end saves an afternoon later.

Pick level, firm ground first. Desert soil around town is often loose on top, and a trailer on a slope drains poorly and feels off inside, so packed gravel or a graded pad is best. If the only open ground is dirt, choose a spot that sheds water away from the trailer when a summer storm rolls through.

Clear a path for the tow truck. With a 29 ft box and 35 ft overall, the 8-Station needs a wide turn, so check the gate width and turning room before delivery day. Watch for low wires, tight gates, trenches and stacked materials on the way. A foreman who walks the route while on the phone with dispatch saves a lot of guessing.

Think about where the service truck parks. The pump truck needs to reach the waste outlet on every visit, so do not box the trailer in with containers or equipment once it is set. Keep the outlet side open and easy to reach even as the site fills up around it.

Plan hookups early if you have them. Note where the closest water line and power panel sit and how far they are from the spot you picked. If the site will not have power for weeks, plan a generator or a different spot, since a unit on its own tanks works fine on day one while the hookups catch up.

Wind and dust are part of life on open ground east of Reno. Face the doors away from the usual wind if you can, and keep the trailer clear of haul roads where trucks kick up dust all day. The inside stays cleaner between visits that way.

Mind the neighbors. On a small lot near homes or a shelter building, keep any generator on the far side of the trailer and away from windows, and aim a work light at the steps and ramp so the trailer is easy to find and safe to use after dark.

If your site sits near the Truckee Canal, remember that the canal and its banks are federal project land managed with the local irrigation district, and the Bureau of Reclamation keeps a page on the canal and its work. Stage on solid ground away from the bank, and ask the land owner before you set up close to the water.

When the ground, the path and the hookups are sorted, the setup itself goes quickly. Call with your address and a photo of the spot, and you will hear whether it works before the truck leaves the yard.

Bureau of Reclamation: Truckee Canal

People often ask why two quotes for the same unit can look different. The trailer is only part of it. The rest comes from the job: how big it is, how long it runs, how often it needs service and what the site has to offer.

You are not renting a bare box. The Lavatory brings the trailer to your site, sets it up, services it while the job goes on and hauls it away, and the soap and paper are stocked from day one. Knowing that up front makes it easier to compare a full-service rental with a bare unit that leaves the cleaning and pumping to your own people.

Unit size and count come first. A 2-Station combo for a small yard is a different quote than an 8-Station plus a laundry combo for a grading site. If you are not sure, share the head count and the shift times and the sizing gets done with you.

Rental length is next. A weekend at a race camp and six months on a warehouse build carry different terms, and longer jobs spread the delivery and setup across more days. Plan the full length of the job when you call rather than renewing one week at a time.

Service frequency follows the crew. A unit used by 40 people a day fills its waste tank much faster than one used by 10, which means more pump truck visits. That makes head count the single biggest service driver on any quote.

Hookups change the plan as well. A site with water and power at the pad keeps things simple. A bare desert lot means planning a hauled water supply, a generator or both, and neither is a problem, though each one shows up in the quote.

Distance and access matter too. A lot off a paved road near town is easy to reach, but a yard at the end of a long dirt road, or a site with gate rules and set delivery windows, takes more time. Tell us the road in and any check-in steps when you call.

Special needs round it out. An ADA room for a public site, laundry for a long crew, or a contract spec that names shower requirements all shape what gets sent, so share the bid package if you have one and the unit will match the spec the first time.

The fastest way to a clear number is a quick call with the head count, the dates, the address and what the site has. You will leave that same conversation with a quote you can take to your project manager.

Out-of-town crews on a job near Fernley usually stay in a motel in Reno, Sparks or Fallon, or right in town if rooms are open. Many project managers ask whether a shower unit on site is worth adding when the crew already has rooms.

Start with the drive. Fernley is about 30 miles east of Reno, and a site south of I-80 or out on a line route can add more time on top of that. A crew that drives back dirty, showers, eats and sleeps is short on rest for the next early start.

A shower at the site changes the end of the day. People clean up before they get in the truck, the trucks stay cleaner, and nobody brings desert dust back into a shared room. On a camp where people sleep in trailers or RVs, the site shower is often the only real option.

Then look at the budget. A crew costs money before anyone lifts a tool, between wages, motel rooms in a small town, fuel along I-80 and a schedule that does not bend. Next to those costs a shower unit is a small line item, and people who can clean up where they work tend to stay through the whole job.

Rooms in town are not always open. Heavy summer traffic on the Black Rock route, a fire evacuation in the Reno area or a large event can fill motels fast. In August 2026, the Hawk Fire in the North Valleys of Reno pushed more than 450 people into the Red Cross shelter at the Reno-Sparks Convention Center. A trailer on site does not depend on what the motel count looks like that week.

Motels still make sense in some cases. A small crew on a short job with a hotel close by may not need a unit at all, and a week-long job near Reno with easy roads might work fine with rooms and a quick drive.

For long jobs, the math leans toward the site. Crews that stay for months, rotating subcontractors and camps with no beds nearby all do better with a hot shower where they work. Many sites end up using both: rooms for sleep and a unit on site for the end of the shift.

Look at privacy too. Every room in these units has its own door, so a mixed crew showers in private, which matters on jobs where men and women work side by side and on public sites where privacy is expected.

If you are weighing the choice now, call with the crew size, the job length and where people are staying. You will get a plain answer on whether a unit is worth it for your job.

A shower day at a shelter or relief site feels very different from a day on a job site, because people may be tired, worried or living out of a car. The setup should feel private, clean and easy to use, with no one left out.

Plan for accessibility first. Every accessible trailer arrives with its own ramp attached, so nobody has to build one at the gate. The ADA + 2 Private Shower Trailer has 2 standard rooms and 1 ADA room and meets federal ADA requirements. The U.S. Access Board publishes the federal ADA standards if your program needs to check the details.

Place the unit on flat, firm ground close to the building or the check-in table, in a spot where a wheelchair user can reach the ramp on a clear, lit path and still have space to turn. Avoid spots where cars park tight against the trailer or where people have to cross a busy lot.

Think about the line. Many programs use a sign-up sheet or a time slot so people are not standing in a crowd, and a small table with towels and a place to wait in the shade makes the day calmer. Your volunteers know your guests best, so build the flow around them.

Supplies make a big difference. Soap and paper come stocked in each unit, and many programs add towels, clean socks and basic hygiene kits at check-in. A private room with its own door and a hot shower gives people back a bit of normal life.

Set the hours with service in mind. A unit used all day by many people needs cleaning between busy blocks, so plan a short break in the schedule for a wipe-down, and the last guest of the day will find the same clean room as the first.

For an ongoing program, a unit can stay at one site for a season or move between sites on a set route. Longer stays are simpler to manage because the water, power and service plan are already worked out.

Agencies and nonprofits often need paperwork before they rent. Spec sheets and waste plans are ready on request, and our self-contained shower unit rentals for Nevada agencies come with the details your board or grant may ask for.

Call with the site, the expected number of guests and the days you plan to run. The room mix, the spot and the hours get set with you so the day runs smoothly.

U.S. Access Board: ADA Accessibility Standards