Dirty Canadian

[family wagon]

That's great! Looks like time consuming, but not a particularly difficult wrestling match..? I'm glad you were able to engineer a way out of the mess.

[Tango]

Note to self...

Never, ever park on the tundra during a thaw!

[Hank's P-O-S]

Originally Posted by Tango

Note to self...

Never, ever park on the tundra during a thaw!

If this was the thaw there would have been two feet of water in that spot!
A tenth mile from that spot, the water will be deeper than the fence posts are tall and neither if thoes spots are one of the full time swamps.

[nat_ster]

That reminds me of where I just moved my bus from.

Under 2 feet of water for two months every spring.

My bus was sitting on 4 inch thick by 14 inch wide wood blocks to keep it from sinking into the soft earth.

Nat

[Hank's P-O-S]

Before I forget, I wanted to address some things.
NEVER EVER jack ANYTHING up like I did. Vehicles should be jacked evenly from both sides, not haphazardly from the middle.
It causes the bus to be unstable and made it dangerous when near the tires.
The reason we did that is that the jacks needed to be reset several times in order to jack the bus up nearly two feet, and we were short on cribbing.
Cinder blocks, even when oriented properly are not strong enough to support even partial weight of a bus, when we removed the jacks, one immediately crumbled.

On the bus....
I am aware that some of my work is not up to the standards if some members. This is partially because, I can't afford it and if I could I would buy myself a truck.
HOWEVER I am being careful not to modify any systems or structures that could jeopardize other peoples lives or it the ability of others to get insurance.

I also bought another generator for the bus. It is a 1500 watt Coleman powered by a bolts-and-scrapiron engine. I also finished the electrical work in the rear portion of the bus, although I do not have pictures.
Two more cans of blue paint for some of the windows was purchased along with white spray paint for the front clip.

It has also been deceided that the primary trip the white bus will go on will have eight people. The plan is to have 4 bunks and 4 hammocks. Every one will rotate between hammocks and beds. A kitchen will also be omitted from lack of space but a sink and fridge will be crammed in the back.

Between the eight people there will be the equipment for a rock band, bikes, and several gokarts.
I figure that the gvwr of 21k lbs will almost be maxed out along with around 3k on a trailer.

With the diesel for the bus and gas for the generators there will be around 100 gallons of fuel and between 100 and 200 gallons of water.

I have most fixtures and parts excluding the water tanks.
I am also in the process of acquiring a better welder so that I can finish up the trailer hitch and build a cow catcher.

[nat_ster]

Great info man.

Glad it turned out in the end.

I understand $$$ restrictions. I lived in my tool shed for 8 months.

Nat

[Hank's P-O-S]

Dam phone deleted my post twice.... You will get a beter explanation next time.
Cool bus will be painted black between the eight ways I don't like it.
I ran one of my generator over with a 4x4
That was the end of power tools for today.

[Hank's P-O-S]

The last time I got out to the bus has to be 3-4 weeks ago now. We go a lot done, sorta.... We got some measurements wrong and the top bunk wound up being 6 inches higher than it should have been. That has to get redone.
I was also planning on doing 2 small counter areas (plywood heavily painted with oil based paint) however I have opted for removing the one I already built and putting a dinette there with one larger counter on the other side.
The "cool bus" was painted over as promised....just a bit too tacky for me!
Both sides now have their first coat of paint.
I've also found an antique stove/oven thing that only draws 1500 watts. I feel like they have burnt down many houses, however I'm the last person you want playing with propane.





My christmas lights to close!

[nat_ster]

Cool man.

Thx for the pics

I like your little house.

Nat

[Hank's P-O-S]

Visited the bus shortly after Christmas for a fire and some snow wheeling.
Some damn snowmobilers stole all my gas from the 4x4 though....Gonna have to padlock the gas cap.
I had to hike a mile round trip in 18 inches of snow to go get the can from the bus, it was then 20 minutes to the closest small town gas station.
50 kph is sure fun in the snow....no truck shots but I do have one of the bus.


I don't know how well you can see it in the picture but I finally got a solar panel up, its 145 watts. I have 2 100ah batteries and 3 old car batteries on charge for the spring, hopefully I wont have to use the generator for a while.

Got A tiny little fridge for the bus for $10. It can run off a 300 watt inverter, and will run all night on a single marine battery.

[Hank's P-O-S]

Oh man it’s been a long time!
Tons has changed, not necessarily on the bus though.

I guess the biggest change has been that I bought a truck. It is a 2003 Toyota Tundra SR5.


Not only is it not JUNK like my car was, but now I can haul stuff!
When I bought the truck I bought welding equipment and took up welding for beer money or just beer which is better

After I bought the truck I built a flatbed trailer from an old camper
The first picture is demolishing the camper with 2 busses a chain and a tree
The second picture is of the finished trailer.



Then I bough a truck (1993 gmc 1500 2wd) for a 24 of beer, got drunk and blew the motor up before cutting it in half and selling it as a trailer for $400


Then I actually worked on the bus to make it nice!

[o1marc]

I just found out the population of the whole country of Canada is less than the population of the state of California?

[Hank's P-O-S]

Originally Posted by o1marc

I just found out the population of the whole country of Canada is less than the population of the state of California?

Yeah that is right......

The entire province of Manitoba has 1.2 million people. (5 people per square mile)
The city with more than a million people closest to Winnipeg is Minneapolis!

We are far from everywhere, think “you can see your dog run away for 2 day”

[Sleddgracer]

Originally Posted by Hank's P-O-S

Yeah that is right......

The entire province of Manitoba has 1.2 million people. (5 people per square mile)
The city with more than a million people closest to Winnipeg is Minneapolis!

We are far from everywhere, think “you can see your dog run away for 2 day”

Ninety percent of the 37,000,000 Canadians live within 100 miles of the US border. (May 5, 2018 ) - with a land mass of 3.855 million mi², that leaves a lot of space for those that don't live within 100 miles of the border - to put it in other words, 34,300,000 people live in approx 350,000 sq miles, while 2,700,000 people live in 3,505,000 sq miles = 1.3 people per square mile 100 miles or more north of the border - LOTS of space