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01-31-2016, 03:42 PM
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Mini-Skoolie
Join Date: Sep 2015
Posts: 53
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95 International 3800 DT466 Pros, please help
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1006225632769819&id=100001471 762030
If this link doesn't work, please tell me and I will post pics
I noticed a couple of these broken ribs last week, but as I removed the interior roof panels and two interior side panels, I found even more broken ribs!
I guess the only thing holding this bus together is the exterior skin and the few rivets that haven't pulled through the skin, because some of the ribs are broken completely through in more than one spot.
Fellow skoolie owners, please help!
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01-31-2016, 03:45 PM
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Mini-Skoolie
Join Date: Sep 2015
Posts: 53
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01-31-2016, 05:13 PM
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Skoolie
Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: Johnstown, PA
Posts: 248
Year: 1999
Coachwork: Bluebird
Chassis: TC 2000
Engine: 5.9
Rated Cap: 83
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I tried the link but it would not work.
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Hopeless Busaholic!
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01-31-2016, 06:08 PM
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
Posts: 1,782
Year: 1997
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: B3800 Short bus
Engine: T444E
Rated Cap: 36
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When looking for advice it's all around better to post the story and pictures on skoolie.net instead of an external site.
Now,that being said, how is it even possible to break the ribs?! I've never heard of such a thing happening! The only thing I can think of is that it was rolled, but that should be VERY obvious. Yikes.
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01-31-2016, 06:37 PM
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Mini-Skoolie
Join Date: Sep 2015
Posts: 53
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Now,that being said, how is it even possible to break the ribs?! I've never heard of such a thing happening! The only thing I can think of is that it was rolled, but that should be VERY obvious. Yikes.[/QUOTE]
The bus was from a small town school in Oklahoma, so it's a very good possibility that it had nothing but back-road routes, and the roads in Oklahoma aren't that great anyway, let alone the back roads.
I will start posting pics
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01-31-2016, 06:56 PM
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Mini-Skoolie
Join Date: Sep 2015
Posts: 53
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01-31-2016, 07:00 PM
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Mini-Skoolie
Join Date: Sep 2015
Posts: 53
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[URL=http://s1308.photobucket.com/user/justinfriend37/media/20160123_130348_zpswwpac4ux.jpg.html] [/URL
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01-31-2016, 07:03 PM
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Mini-Skoolie
Join Date: Sep 2015
Posts: 53
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01-31-2016, 07:06 PM
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Mini-Skoolie
Join Date: Sep 2015
Posts: 53
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01-31-2016, 07:25 PM
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: Colorado
Posts: 2,348
Year: 1993
Coachwork: bluebird
Engine: 5.9 Cummins, Allison AT1545
Rated Cap: 2
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01-31-2016, 07:49 PM
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: Nov 2015
Location: Billings, MT
Posts: 1,269
Year: 2003
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: HDX
Engine: Cat C7
Rated Cap: 84 passenger
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That bus is a wreck looking for a place and time to happen!
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01-31-2016, 08:07 PM
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: Eustis FLORIDA
Posts: 23,762
Year: 1999
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: Freighliner FS65
Engine: Cat 3126
Rated Cap: 15
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Quote:
Originally Posted by turf
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Nope its a Thomas.
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01-31-2016, 08:09 PM
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Mini-Skoolie
Join Date: Sep 2015
Posts: 53
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Nope, it's a Thomas
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01-31-2016, 09:07 PM
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Bus Nut
Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: Snowflake, Arizona
Posts: 343
Year: 1996
Coachwork: Blue Bird
Chassis: All American Rear Engine
Engine: C-8.3-300 Cummins MD3060
Rated Cap: 40 Prisoners
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Looks like a candidate for a roof raise but you'll want to check over
the rest of the frame and body for additional stress fractures as well
as frame integrity before applying additional labor.
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01-31-2016, 09:13 PM
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Mini-Skoolie
Join Date: Sep 2015
Posts: 53
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Dragonpop
Looks like a candidate for a roof raise but you'll want to check over
the rest of the frame and body for additional stress fractures as well
as frame integrity before applying additional labor.
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Right, that's what I did this weekend but I only got the roof panels down and 2 of the side panels unscrewed. I've run out of weekend, and plus I had to dispose of the old insulation and panels. I also need to find a place to store the rigid insulation and wood panels I have already bought, so I can get to the rest of the side panels, and so I can tear the floor out.
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02-02-2016, 07:24 PM
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Mini-Skoolie
Join Date: Sep 2015
Posts: 53
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So, what could have caused such severe damage?? This bus has not been wrecked, because everything is original.
And, is my poor bus fixable, if it is, who's to say it's not gonna happen again or just break the repairs??
Also, given that the ENTIRE roof moves forward and backwards when you hit a bump going down the road( all be it, slightly), what else could possibly be broken to alow it to do that??
Again, if it is fixable, I would only be able to repair, and not replace due to a tight budget.
Please help fellow skoolie owners!!
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02-02-2016, 08:47 PM
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Mini-Skoolie
Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: Belgrade, MT
Posts: 65
Year: 1999
Coachwork: AmTran
Chassis: International
Engine: DT466E International
Rated Cap: 72
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Ohhhhhh...@mr.friend...
I am not capable of giving you any advice, but I can wish you and your poor bus the best of luck. So sorry you are going through this.
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02-02-2016, 09:21 PM
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Mini-Skoolie
Join Date: Sep 2015
Posts: 53
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Quote:
Originally Posted by VeldatheWonderbus
Ohhhhhh...@mr.friend...
I am not capable of giving you any advice, but I can wish you and your poor bus the best of luck. So sorry you are going through this.
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Thank you, if it comes down to it, I guess I could just remove the body and just have a flatbed with a fifth wheel, I don't want to get rid of that engine and tranny...
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02-02-2016, 10:51 PM
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#19
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: Eustis FLORIDA
Posts: 23,762
Year: 1999
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: Freighliner FS65
Engine: Cat 3126
Rated Cap: 15
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Good thing you gutted it to find all this early, rather than building over it.
If the entire roof is moving I'd say that's pretty severely broken across all the ribs. Its tough to tell without seeing it in person. Maybe a welder/fabricator could do some repair work and save you.
But if it were me I'd write it off and find another bus to convert. Just my honest opinion.
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02-03-2016, 05:36 AM
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Mini-Skoolie
Join Date: Sep 2015
Posts: 53
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Thanks EastCoastCB, I'm just gonna have a hard time letting that DT466 and that 4 spd Allison go...
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