Just posting a little winter cat box project I completed. Also wanted to thank the person who suggested this for a potential cat box. I used a Polypropylene bunk feeder. Each half of the bunkwas 10ft long and cost 60 bucks.
Granted Trey's cat boxes are very purdy, but this one has a bit of Red Neck Flavor to it.
http://www.hackettsailing.com/CatBox.htm

What a great idea, thanks!

seems like making the cover is a little high effort, unless I am reading it wrong.

What's a "bunk feeder"?

It's a livestock feeding trough. If you would like to experience loading one at 4:30AM I can talk to some friends. I am sure they would love to have you...

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Hi Mary. A bunk feeder is a Polypropylene trough used to feed animals on farms. Basically a plastic 10 foot long trough you can put water, hey in there for the animals. They are pretty tough and very light weight. Being a software developer I had no idea either until someone here posted the idea. I went to a local farm feeder supply store near by and took the chance on ordering two of them since 120 dollars seemed like a reasonable gamble. Will they work? I think so, nice and light, waterproof. They should hold up to UV exposure. The fiber glass covers I made display my lack of skill in that area, but they work.

Thanks.
I thought maybe that was the case. I know we had trough feeders for our chickens, but they were much smaller. And we also had some kind of troughs like that for our pigs, but I can't remember much about those, because it was 55 years ago at least.

nice . . . .not only does it serve the purpose of a great cat-box, but they can bury you in it when you die. I couldn't think of a more fitting casket for a catsailor.

Perhaps you should fit a cup holder on the inside for later use (and store a pack of matches, if you catch my drift).

Thanks for sharing the pics and idea. That looks great.