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04-27-2016, 01:08 AM
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Bus Nut
Join Date: Jan 2016
Location: Greater Boston
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Maybe the bumper isn't the best place to put it.
It would take a little more room to get a grill with legs/stand, but if you could put it on the side of the bus (closer to the door), you might find it easier to cook in not-so-perfect weather, and you might be close enough to your kitchen sink inside so you don't need a second one. I like that table/sink combo, but it looks a little shallow for doing dishes. If you've got a limited water supply, you might want a sink you can soak the dishes in rather then a constant rinse.
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04-27-2016, 05:19 AM
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: MNT CITY TN
Posts: 5,158
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something to think about, where does your exhaust exit?
if the back, might be a strong smell of residual diesel in the air, ours is out side by the door and it smells for a day or so after a long trip
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04-27-2016, 09:50 AM
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Feb 2016
Location: Willamina, Oregon
Posts: 6,409
Coachwork: 97 Bluebird TC1000 5.9
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Just a thought. If you want your grill to be off the back of the bus you could use a removable hitch extension to attach the grill to, and still be able to tow a trailer.
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04-27-2016, 03:33 PM
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Bus Nut
Join Date: Feb 2014
Location: The Valley - Arizona
Posts: 644
Year: 1999
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: Freight-shaker (Freightliner)
Engine: Cat 3126b 250 HP
Rated Cap: Only 1 seat
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04-27-2016, 03:56 PM
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Feb 2016
Location: Willamina, Oregon
Posts: 6,409
Coachwork: 97 Bluebird TC1000 5.9
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Actually you could put something on the grill and still make a few more miles before you stop and have dinner.
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04-27-2016, 04:48 PM
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: Aug 2014
Location: SW New Hampshire
Posts: 1,334
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Robin97396
Actually you could put something on the grill and still make a few more miles before you stop and have dinner.
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There's a cookbook out there (not Road Kill Cookbook but similar) that has recipes for stuff where you cut up the ingredients, wrap it all in al foil, and leave it on your exhaust manifold. IIRC the cooking time was expressed in miles.
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04-27-2016, 04:59 PM
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Feb 2016
Location: Willamina, Oregon
Posts: 6,409
Coachwork: 97 Bluebird TC1000 5.9
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Not a bad idea and it would might make the bus smell good, except for the leak that dribbled on the manifold.
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04-27-2016, 06:53 PM
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Bus Nut
Join Date: Mar 2016
Location: near Christiansburg VA
Posts: 692
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: Freightliner
Engine: Cummins 5.9
Rated Cap: 44 or 66? 11 rows
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Quote:
Originally Posted by dan-fox
There's a cookbook out there (not Road Kill Cookbook but similar) that has recipes for stuff where you cut up the ingredients, wrap it all in al foil, and leave it on your exhaust manifold. IIRC the cooking time was expressed in miles.
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Ya GOTTA watch this:
He has lots of good ideas, but the best is putting gravy in the windshield washer reservoir so you can baste the turkey while you're driving...
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04-27-2016, 08:42 PM
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Bus Nut
Join Date: Feb 2014
Location: The Valley - Arizona
Posts: 644
Year: 1999
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: Freight-shaker (Freightliner)
Engine: Cat 3126b 250 HP
Rated Cap: Only 1 seat
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This thread has officially been HIJACKED!!!!
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04-28-2016, 12:01 AM
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Feb 2016
Location: Willamina, Oregon
Posts: 6,409
Coachwork: 97 Bluebird TC1000 5.9
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Nooooo! We're still talking about cooking. The outdoor bumper cooker, except we moved the food the the exhaust manifold.
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04-28-2016, 02:27 AM
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Moderator
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: NUNYA
Posts: 4,236
Year: 1995
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: 3800
Engine: DT408, AT545
Rated Cap: 23 500 gvw
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Dapplecreek
Ya GOTTA watch this:
He has lots of good ideas, but the best is putting gravy in the windshield washer reservoir so you can baste the turkey while you're driving...
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That was funny. I tried cooking on the engine once. I put something up near the turbo. It wasn't to my satisfaction.
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04-28-2016, 08:02 AM
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: MNT CITY TN
Posts: 5,158
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Thanks Dapplecreek for wasting an hour of my day
I always seem to find new shows
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08-02-2016, 08:39 PM
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New Member
Join Date: Aug 2016
Location: USA
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Kim_in_Indiana
Okay, my 12 year old had a fantastic idea. We literally just got this bus yesterday. It's a fiberglass 28' diesel shuttle.
Pulled it into the driveway and he looks at the back and says, "instead of putting the kitchen inside, what about making a fold down box and putting the kitchen outside. Then we could have a table that slides out from there and have a place to sit food out." Kitchen being Coleman stove and sink. I've been eyeing those fish cleaning stations for $50 anyway and doing a foot pedal sink.
It does have a tow package, so we want to keep that available. I'm searching on Pinterest but don't see anything yet. Has anyone come across anything like this? I need to take a closer look at how the frame goes into the back of the vehicle.
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That`s very creative, can i include this ideas to.
No you may not. If you post with your website attached again, you will be banned and President Sisi will send a few guys over to have a nice chat with you.
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08-03-2016, 02:54 AM
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: May 2015
Location: Oklahoma aka "God's blind spot"
Posts: 2,446
Year: 1989
Coachwork: 1853FC International/Navistar
Chassis: 35' Retired Air Force Ambulance
Engine: DT466, MT643
Rated Cap: 6 souls and a driver
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Quote:
Originally Posted by crazycal
That was funny. I tried cooking on the engine once. I put something up near the turbo. It wasn't to my satisfaction.
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My biggest fondest childhood memory...
When I was 7, my Grandmother was cafeteria manager for Marina Del Rey school in California. She'd buy cases of frozen burritos and bring home.
When Grandpa took me to the cement pond for my swimming lessons, he'd wrap 3 or 4 burritos in aluminum foil, and throw them on the intake of his old '66 retired bakery panel truck... We'd drive out, get my lessons, then have warm burritos for lunch. That was 43 years ago, and I'll never forget him... I miss him daily.
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08-03-2016, 09:49 AM
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: Aug 2014
Location: SW New Hampshire
Posts: 1,334
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Quote:
Originally Posted by crazycal
You need to be pretty coordinated to cook while chasing after the bus.
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Don't worry, the extension cord will pull it up short and keep it from getting too far!
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08-03-2016, 10:26 AM
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: Colorado
Posts: 2,362
Year: 1993
Coachwork: bluebird
Engine: 5.9 Cummins, Allison AT1545
Rated Cap: 2
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a stainless steel fold down shelf would be a nice addition, maybe not full kitchen but a least a camp ready place to start.
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10-17-2016, 01:14 PM
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Mini-Skoolie
Join Date: Sep 2015
Location: Charleston, SC
Posts: 53
Year: 1990
Coachwork: Chevrolet
Chassis: B-60 Short Bus
Engine: 6.7 liter Chevrolet
Rated Cap: 22,000 GVW
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We have a 1990 Thomas handicap short bus and want to do a chuckbox/camp kitchen that pulls out of the side lift door (still have to remove the lift to make room). Because we have kept the seats intact, the only room for a camp kitchen is something that can be pulled out because there isn't enough room for a kitchen inside.
These photos are the closest I've seen to what we want to do:
Kitchen Kit/Chuck Box - Page 43 - Expedition Portal
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10-17-2016, 11:42 PM
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Bus Nut
Join Date: Sep 2016
Location: Darrington, Wa.
Posts: 304
Year: 1994
Coachwork: Genesis/Am-Tran Tall Roof
Chassis: International, 643 transmission
Engine: DT 466ci 250hp, International
Rated Cap: 86 screaming Monsters
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Quote:
Originally Posted by slaughridge85
Not a bad idea, but where do you cook if the rain is blowing in sideways or its 10 degrees outside?
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You go to Arizona
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10-18-2016, 12:34 PM
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Skoolie
Join Date: Oct 2016
Location: Motor City
Posts: 146
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Old thread, OP may or may not be around, and this is probably posted elsewhere here, but I like it, and think it may help teamdixiechickens:
Not off the back as the OP was thinking, but creative. Fridge is inside, but everything else, sink, grill, stove, chuckbox, is outside.
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10-18-2016, 01:31 PM
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Houston, Texas
Posts: 8,462
Year: 1946
Coachwork: Chevrolet/Wayne
Chassis: 1- 1/2 ton
Engine: Cummins 4BT
Rated Cap: 15
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Interesting but too "weather dependent" for me.
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