 Boy, oh boy have I missed daily vlogging man. Sometimes we need to do something every day It can seem as a chore But then once you stop it And you have like all of a sudden a very different Routine through the day you start to like miss what you did like every single day, so That's what I'm feeling right now Are you guys doing thorough comment? Let me know how you're doing today. I miss you guys So let me give you the quickest update a possibly can Right now I'm going to drive a hundred miles to check out Possible bus number two the only problem is doesn't have AC I'm also looking for a Josh to find a bus. I'm gonna help him find one as well Uh What else is going on? Okay, so for bus number two I haven't even made a PDF Explaining like my mission statement and stuff like that to send to companies and things like that But I already have like it looks like a full solar system set up I have Michael navigation nowhere. He's helping me out. I have I just got off the phone with a vegetable oil person He wants to Be a part of it too And not just like in financial sense in in in in help, you know He's done a bunch of conversions and thing like that. We got bad. She guys know bad She wants to help install the vegetable oil system Shoot what else? I mean, it's just it like it's crazy This really nice dude. I met at the RT actually at Jamie's van build He's in the credits Dell he's got some contacts. He's working some stuff this company turned into something really awesome, and I'm super stoked and so, yeah, I Yeah, we're gonna go for a ride today and we're gonna go fire up one of these mid-sized buses full-sized chassis You'll see exactly what I'm talking about in just a minute There seems to be quite a few buses over here Um Yeah, that's a let's jump inside one. All right, so I I kid you not I walk in five minutes later I'm taking this baby for a spin. So we got some dealer plates on the back This is uh, this is what it looks like here a Freakin school bus you guys have seen school buses before This one does have a wheelchair lift the only thing that I don't like about This bus it does not have air conditioning, but look at all the space here give run laps. So this is what's called a 14-3 bus, I don't know if it's 14 chairs or room for 14 Plus three would be three wheelchair positions. Nice little kitchen door, I suppose But this is I'm not a huge fan of that, but the number one thing with me is uh Nice seat Number one thing with me is air conditioning. So dude so far so good. I've made it only a few feet out of here But the engine sounds so good and the mechanics that work on these things are actually here You know, obviously, I mean they work on these things all the time But they're here so I could potentially talk to them, but this thing is a beast Um, yeah, they just gave it to me. They're like, yeah, go run it on the block like Okay That easy, huh? Unbelievable makes very sensitive. Honestly, this thing is so much fun to drive It's a little on the squeaky side Nothing I'm not used to it's probably gonna get even squeakier But it's a very very smooth bus in a very smooth engine Um, and I like the fact that I can see out of the whole entire thing As well as uh being a little bit higher up and having a a little nose in front of me Um, but yeah, this thing handles super well super smooth Transmission uh shifts very smoothly. He's like, you know, he said, you know, make me a deal So, you know these buses, you know, they don't hold their value that well Only thing is like the air conditioning part But I mean I'd be tempted just to buy it just to You know, like worst case scenario this like this is my bus, you know, and then if I find one with ac I don't know that kind of wouldn't make sense really The air rakes though are very sensitive very strong very powerful This cracks me up The because you know what it is like the last one was like a van front end, you know But this one is such a school bus for an end like look at all these cool buttons here like booster pump like what the heck's a booster pump driver heater Like rear, you know dome. I don't know override all these panel lights. I don't know What's that this thing? high low fan What's this? I don't know throw some throttle button There's so many like new interesting things in the air brake thing. Check this out If you guys didn't know these massive trucks don't even have park You just put that sucker in neutral and then this is like your parking brake basically so I know it's bizarre Anyways, so So this is like a legit school bus and I don't know it comes with a camera perhaps Um a little stereo all that would be ripped out all this. I don't know if I would keep this or make it would but You know, we can we can do some fun things in this bus A little weird because It's not in park because it doesn't have park. But anyways, it rides really well Look at all this extra room. That's some good head. That's some good space, huh? The last one they had to do this so there's plenty of space and if you guys didn't watch the the build videos this right here Takes up about maybe three quarters of an inch so Because there's plywood down there and then there's the rubber on top and actually There it's not too bad You know a nice little Opening here and one in the middle. That's okay. That could be a skylight. This potentially is the better area This potentially is the Bath room. I don't know how that's gonna work with that Wheel well there, but you know, maybe put the toilet on top of that shower at this part. I don't know There's there's plenty of space I think in this how many windows we got one two three four five Six seven so what's that eight nine so it's potentially a nine window bus This is actually maybe a little bit bigger than I thought Which is a okay with me. I just wanted that shorter wheel base um because the The big long ones are just a little bit too long for me, but let's I'm gonna open up the hood in a sec I'm gonna leave this sucker running and uh I'm gonna I'm gonna look in there for batch and also for myself and for you guys Uh a lot less rust than my bus. There's a little rusting on the the headers down there for the exhaust This bus is a 2002 so we're talking 16 years old and the blue paint is still on The valve covers right here as well as the turbo um This is the cleanest This is cleaner than my 2003. This is a 2002 But look at this amount of tread on the tires looks like somebody spit shine the engine before I got here Let's check out the chassis underneath and see what kind of rust we're looking at By the way, this is up by Seattle, there's no freaking rust no rust at all. So I don't know. I'm gonna say this is a very very good bus here I'm gonna take a wild guess and say this one is uh No good I'm just walking through their bus lot because they They said there was another bus over here That is available although it didn't start And it has done done done no handicap door. However, I don't know the condition of the bus Quality-wise here it is bus number 52. I don't know the condition of the bus And obviously I would not want to trade a bus In my opinion that bus I took for a spin was in fantastic shape. I wouldn't want to trade a fantastic shape bus with something that looks better But doesn't operate as well. I guess it could be the batteries. I'm not really sure if that's If that's the case could swap them out, but Here's the other bus Not as nice on the inside. Looks like they did rip out some seats which Actually, they did me a favor I don't know if it's longer, but this one is a nine-window bus So It also has the shorter wheelbase, which I like But would provide a little bit extra space You know inside More windows more space each window Well, that's the front ones each window here is about I don't know two and a half feet three feet whatever however long my arm is I'm six foot one So I'll have to call back and inquire Um a little bit dirtier on the inside Keys are in it bus number 52 So the question is What's a scoop on this thing look at the tires here Okay, tread nothing fantastic No tire rot nothing super super crazy old. It's okay. This one's all right too So guys, what do you think? They're on some comments Do you think I should go with one of these buses without air conditioning? I just don't know The price though the price is going to be fantastic I already know just from talking to them so Could I live without onboard air conditioning? Or could I mount air conditioning on the roof? I don't know. We will see only time will tell my friends Interesting day if you asked me before I started bus number one It made the lights go off. I would not I would not have guessed it would Be busless hunting for another bus. I thought bus number one was the ultimate perfect version of a school bus That I could possibly build. It was different. It was unique. It was rustic. It was uh one of a kind it was uh rustic Recycled man cave Reclaimed a man cave. Um There's no way. Yeah, there's no way I would have Guessed I would be doing this all over again I would have thought to myself why on earth would would you ever want to go through that torture again But in fact it is a kind of expression in a way of Of of design of space of functionality of of traveling and also um a way to Make others Feel comfortable. It's a home. It's not a school bus That's the thing, you know like used to be a school bus, but it it's a home. It's a place of of Of cooking meals and and of course the traveling aspect of it and sharing stories and You know sorts of wonderful things meeting new people and friends and strangers and uh Yeah, giving lots of tours I know it's gonna be even more in this one um I called badge I talked to him about the bus. I told him how fantastic that engine sounded Um really it was a Pretty darn good bus. I mean there's no rust no any of that stuff and uh I was thinking about the air conditioning situation. I I was adamant about having air conditioning and then I realized With all this power this electricity. I'm gonna have on board on on this bus. It's gonna be slightly different setup more powerful I can run one of those rv style uh air conditioning units on the roof So cold air enters the vehicle. It doesn't matter if it comes out of the dash or not um And instead of uh and I mean they're under a thousand bucks I think some of them are even like five six hundred bucks. Um if you get the low profile ones that I don't know There's different models, but uh, you know, I spent like $2,500 on the last one trying to get it fixed I could have bought like Two to five air conditioning units I mean and then I wouldn't Yeah to to have it unattached to the to the engine. That's um interesting also If I have it parked and I can plug it in someplace If it is summertime Just like a trailer park, you know, uh, then I can just leave the air conditioning on that'd be fantastic I don't think I'm gonna have enough battery to keep it going to operating off of the batteries You need some major major power for that. Um But who knows me. I don't know. Maybe I'll get a generator or something or just avoid hot climates That's kind of what I've been doing. Anyways, the exception of uh vidcon, but that was just That was worth it wouldn't you wouldn't you say So anyways, um, oh also before you know what I'll do it in the next one I forgot the last two videos to thank the new patreons But uh, I don't want to shove it at the way end where nobody Not nobody or less people watch it. So I will call it a day Very optimistic very excited. I'm also shopping for a bus for josh I'm not sure if I mentioned that before if not. I'm also I'm in charge of that Um, so I have some news for him. He's off at the shorty wards in new york city So we'll catch you uh on the next upload which I think we'll do every other day until I get back in a bus And back on the road. Thank you so much for watching. I really appreciate it. Appreciate it No, I'm saying