Big Blue Bus Prjt. #3

[AugsterA]

One other thing, having my own land, water well and school bus and also the whole wind gen, solar thing going on one can get the sense of Freedom.

[AugsterA]

Hello, Augie here. I have a '85 international that will be going to my 10 acre parcel in the high Desert in Montello Nevada. I have a camp trailer there now but I want the bus to be my home away from home. May I ask if you are a member of Skoolie.com For there is a wealth of information there and good people there to help with many questions one might have with their School Bus Conversion. Good work going on with your conversion, And I like the music too..

[TheCaddy84]

yo, why is there no window in the door,its gona be hard to see to the right.the rest is a pretty slick latout.keep it up man lookin good!

[iKloveKtoast]

wait wait wait. what happend to the woman? in the first video, there was a woman speaking about her hippy lifestyle...?

[pyroman675]

oh ya are you going to add any ports out side so you could run a stove out side like electric out ports and a propane hook up

[pyroman675]

wow, i have always wanted to do this so much but i don't think i could do it as good as you :) , you made that buss look like a high class RV!. running water heater, WOOD STOVE!

[feltingme]

4:14

[egf68]

Seems like a waste of space.... Our bus we made two rooms with 4 bunks per room in the back, and then a shower and a toilet, and then the rest!

[skipperfound]

I like this idea and send me some ideas this is brilliant thanks Wayne/A.K.A Northern Wanderer

[unclesonnyonutube]

alrighty, well the reservoir was just one of many ideas.

Harbor freight tool stores carry this pretty nifty $250 (sometimes cheaper on sale) solar setup @ 45w and you could rig 3-4 of these in series and 3-4 deep cycle batteries with an AC converter...all together for around $1k and have enough juice to run all night.. The investment would save you that much or more within a year.

Just one of the $250 setups and a single battery is enough for lights and later you can upgrade piece by piece

[unclesonnyonutube]

I was thinking, if you put the water tank up high you can gravity feed it instead of wasting power on pumping it...

2 tubes of 3 inch pvc capped on both ends running the length of the roof should make a nice reservoir to hold plenty of water and would be in an ideal spot for gravity feed and maybe collect some heat from the sun for warm showers.

just a brainstorm idea... let me know if you like the idea I have "blueprints" in my head and plenty more sufficient space saving ideas... ya dig?

[DexDizzy]

i would limo tint the windows as dark as you can, instead of sealing it, it will be more good looking too

[livetodrive68]

i am actually looking into a conversion project like this one, how did you go about registering and what type of license do you need to drive it?

[skipperfound]

As far as I know you dont need a C.D.L to drive it. If the Bus is CONVERTED TO A PERSONAL motor home. I have a CDL with Bus indorsement I have had it for a long time. I insured it with GMAC they do RV conversions. It was cheap like 500 for the year.

[livetodrive68]

are you going to put a window in that door to see traffic??

[skipperfound]

Yes I put one in like three months ago lots has changed on the Bus I'm going to do a new video tomarrow and post it on the new work on the Bus.

[abseconPC]

how would you put a bathroom w/ shower in that

[skipperfound]

I will put in a shower and bath by taking out one of the closets this winter. I have a porta potty in the Back of the Bus now for treaveling. But every where I stay or part i have tiolets and showers most of the time, Thanks for the coment though. And watching my videos. Wayme L.

[MakeYourOwnMotorhome]

This is a great project! I love how you've been ingenious to get the bus into a usable state so quickly too.

[cwright07]

nice how many seats was the bus before the convert?