dubj
11-29-2018, 10:13 PM
Well. Its official, Im "that guy"
I had been looking into new tow rig options and was nearly committed to buying a 6.0 powerstroke. But then Tyler gave me a call, about one of his clients getting ready to sell their old fleet of school busses. Now when it comes to commercial vehicles, Ive always thought that if their cheap, theres a reason. Cause who sells something that is making them money for cheap. But these werent old clapped out busses, the distric had simlpy bought an entire new fleet. And with busses, theres a lot of supply, but not much demand. so their cheap. Well I did some research and talked with the girlfriend and she was on board. So we drove out and did a test drive, decided on a price and waited for the distric to call saying they were decomissioned and ready to sell.
So I'm now the somewhat proud own of a 1992 71 passenger 38' blue bird bus.
The plan is cut the rear wall off and move it to about the rear axle and flatbed the rest, much like this. https://imgur.com/9y1feeD
https://i.imgur.com/9y1feeD.jpg
Then turn the front into a "full time" living area, we wont actually move into the bus, but it will be homely. It will have a Sower behind the driver seat that will have a door or something that will have a cassette toilet in it, so you will get in the shower and open the door and pull the toilet into the shower for use. then next to that will be the sink. I have a 46 gallon fresh water tank coming and will use a 55 gal drum as grey water for now. No black water. It will have two water pumps, one for the cold water side, one for the hot water heater loop. we will have cabinets going about another 5' to the rear. after that it will be an RV style bed/booth table combo. the passenger side will have a tall linen closet and then be cabinets with a counter going over two 110v mini fridges. The fridges will be ran off the smallest inverter i can get away with that will be wired with a relay off the fridges thermostat to only turn on when the fridges temp reaches the set thermostat temp. I will be running golf cart batteries for power and eventually add a small generator. will probably use a propane camp stove for cooking for now. I have picked out an indirect fired diesel heater that will be plumbed about and 1/8 from the bottom of the fuel tank for heating.
here she is
https://i.imgur.com/WvTe8CQ.jpg?1
backed into the shop while we dynomatted the floor
https://i.imgur.com/Kt1iNIr.jpg?1
https://imgur.com/9y1feeDthe seats ripped out
https://i.imgur.com/1Yo7aj2.jpg?1
junking everything at the scrap yard. got some very weird looks
https://i.imgur.com/y8z2yxv.jpg?1
The weight while gutted. a lot lighter than i expected for a 31k gvwr
https://i.imgur.com/ecOLJ9H.jpg?1
5/8"plywood over the fatmat
https://i.imgur.com/g8OMlQ2.jpg?1
cheap peel and stick vinyl. you can also see how I took the rear stubby seat and modified it to work in the front. these seats are temporary
https://i.imgur.com/f8VG6w2.jpg?1
planning on installing the shower this weekend.
and look! one with a zj onboard!
https://i.imgur.com/e4l8oOV.jpg?1
I had been looking into new tow rig options and was nearly committed to buying a 6.0 powerstroke. But then Tyler gave me a call, about one of his clients getting ready to sell their old fleet of school busses. Now when it comes to commercial vehicles, Ive always thought that if their cheap, theres a reason. Cause who sells something that is making them money for cheap. But these werent old clapped out busses, the distric had simlpy bought an entire new fleet. And with busses, theres a lot of supply, but not much demand. so their cheap. Well I did some research and talked with the girlfriend and she was on board. So we drove out and did a test drive, decided on a price and waited for the distric to call saying they were decomissioned and ready to sell.
So I'm now the somewhat proud own of a 1992 71 passenger 38' blue bird bus.
The plan is cut the rear wall off and move it to about the rear axle and flatbed the rest, much like this. https://imgur.com/9y1feeD
https://i.imgur.com/9y1feeD.jpg
Then turn the front into a "full time" living area, we wont actually move into the bus, but it will be homely. It will have a Sower behind the driver seat that will have a door or something that will have a cassette toilet in it, so you will get in the shower and open the door and pull the toilet into the shower for use. then next to that will be the sink. I have a 46 gallon fresh water tank coming and will use a 55 gal drum as grey water for now. No black water. It will have two water pumps, one for the cold water side, one for the hot water heater loop. we will have cabinets going about another 5' to the rear. after that it will be an RV style bed/booth table combo. the passenger side will have a tall linen closet and then be cabinets with a counter going over two 110v mini fridges. The fridges will be ran off the smallest inverter i can get away with that will be wired with a relay off the fridges thermostat to only turn on when the fridges temp reaches the set thermostat temp. I will be running golf cart batteries for power and eventually add a small generator. will probably use a propane camp stove for cooking for now. I have picked out an indirect fired diesel heater that will be plumbed about and 1/8 from the bottom of the fuel tank for heating.
here she is
https://i.imgur.com/WvTe8CQ.jpg?1
backed into the shop while we dynomatted the floor
https://i.imgur.com/Kt1iNIr.jpg?1
https://imgur.com/9y1feeDthe seats ripped out
https://i.imgur.com/1Yo7aj2.jpg?1
junking everything at the scrap yard. got some very weird looks
https://i.imgur.com/y8z2yxv.jpg?1
The weight while gutted. a lot lighter than i expected for a 31k gvwr
https://i.imgur.com/ecOLJ9H.jpg?1
5/8"plywood over the fatmat
https://i.imgur.com/g8OMlQ2.jpg?1
cheap peel and stick vinyl. you can also see how I took the rear stubby seat and modified it to work in the front. these seats are temporary
https://i.imgur.com/f8VG6w2.jpg?1
planning on installing the shower this weekend.
and look! one with a zj onboard!
https://i.imgur.com/e4l8oOV.jpg?1