Heavy Fuel

[EastCoastCB]

If you were near me, I could have you that panel cut to size on a plasma table tomorrow. For wholesale cost.

[M1031A1]

Yeah, wife and I discussed the on-side options, the flood options, and a bunch of other emergency situations (brother-in-law is retired cop, cousin-in-law is a state cop - major - between them and my EMS experiences we believe we have almost all the bases covered with emergency situations to plan for) we figured the rear door over the engine was least effective and had a higher probability of injury-or-worse results, so we're getting rid of it. Much debate went into the decision, TRUST ME!! Wifie won!

[M1031A1]

CB,

It's the bend at the bottom that has my attention. I don't have a way to brake the metal to the proper angle to the re-attach it to the rear. I can cut sheet metal, I have those tools, just not a braker.....

[milkmania]

Originally Posted by M1031A1

After THREE HOURS of doing battle with the Texas DPS, I WON!!!!! Finally got plates on her! Now I can drive her to some of the people I'm looking to sub-contract to - such as spray-foamers, metal shops and such for help since I don't have my own metal shop and I live in an apartment complex. I CANNOT STAND living in an apartment! YUCK!!!! Steps in getting closer to independent living!! YAY!!!

In 1999, spent 8 months in an apartment after a house fire.... 2 adults, 3 children; (youngest was 2), upstairs 2 bedroom apartment with little to no furniture (didn't want to buy new furniture until new house was built)

vowed NEVER AGAIN! (winters and cabin fever are a brutal combination)

Even now that I'm almost an empty nest bachelor, I'd still rather live in a damned tent!!!!

no offense to ones living in apartment, it's just not for me.... and I can say Been There, Done That!

It's great for some folks, but I ain't one of them.

[EastCoastCB]

Originally Posted by M1031A1

CB,

It's the bend at the bottom that has my attention. I don't have a way to brake the metal to the proper angle to the re-attach it to the rear. I can cut sheet metal, I have those tools, just not a braker.....

Ok, I see what you mean.
A local metal shop will be able to do it for ya easily.
But I'm sure you know this!

[EastCoastCB]

Originally Posted by milkmania

In 1999, spent 8 months in an apartment after a house fire.... 2 adults, 3 children; (youngest was 2), upstairs 2 bedroom apartment with little to no furniture (didn't want to buy new furniture until new house was built)

vowed NEVER AGAIN! (winters and cabin fever are a brutal combination)

Even now that I'm almost an empty nest bachelor, I'd still rather live in a damned tent!!!!

no offense to ones living in apartment, it's just not for me.... and I can say Been There, Done That!

It's great for some folks, but I ain't one of them.

From the time I was 18 till I was nearly 30 I lived in a tiny apartment in the ghetto.
I'd rather have a tent, too. Or a popup camper.

[milkmania]

Originally Posted by M1031A1

CB,

It's the bend at the bottom that has my attention. I don't have a way to brake the metal to the proper angle to the re-attach it to the rear. I can cut sheet metal, I have those tools, just not a braker.....

Originally Posted by EastCoastCB

Ok, I see what you mean.
A local metal shop will be able to do it for ya easily.
But I'm sure you know this!

get ahold of your local Vocational Technical School.... "Vo-Tech)
Our HVAC department does work for people all the time.
Electrical Trades, Automotive, and Welding departments do it also.

[M1031A1]

GREAT idea! I believe I can find one in Houston somewhere.......

[milkmania]

Originally Posted by M1031A1

GREAT idea! I believe I can find one in Houston somewhere.......

they've helped me in more ways than you can imagine....
as a high school student, as an adult student, as an employee, and as a citizen!

[The-Breeze]

I got an artificial hip and I don't run, jump and turn myself inside out like I use to but I'm not understanding the roof & side windows becoming the emergency exits vs. an actual door.

When my azz is this close to catching fire, I'll gladly take my chances with the outcome of jumping out the back door vs trying to get my feet, legs & azz out a tiny side window. And you can kiss any emergency vent that's over my head completely unusable unless the bus is on it's side.

My belief is the more emergency exits the better. I'd even love to add more to the side windows.

[M1031A1]

Breeze,

As the build continues, I hope you see what my wife came up with. It's actually quite effective and unique. I hope it builds as well as it looks on paper. This is where we need to see if theory and reality come together or not..... She's a creative thinker for an accountant (just don't tell her I said that). First we need to get the remaining junk ripped out so we can start the lay-outs and building from our blueprints.

[M1031A1]

I found this on-line. So I know I'm not the only one who has come up with something similar....

[EastCoastCB]

Thinking about your attitude, your determination, and that badass seat you've picked out, I'd wager you've got things sorted out just fine.
I do agree with what you said, breeze, about more is better!

[M1031A1]

It helps to have owned a few semis as well... Turning wrenches, teaching, EMS, and family support (not necessarily in that order mind y'all) didn't hurt either... And I'm always researching ideas as we demo and begin to build. But as I said before, wife has a major input. If she doesn't want it, well........

[austin1989us]

Originally Posted by M1031A1

After THREE HOURS of doing battle with the Texas DPS, I WON!!!!! Finally got plates on her! Now I can drive her to some of the people I'm looking to sub-contract to - such as spray-foamers, metal shops and such for help since I don't have my own metal shop and I live in an apartment complex. I CANNOT STAND living in an apartment! YUCK!!!! Steps in getting closer to independent living!! YAY!!!

I spent three hours at the tax office last week getting my paperwork squared away. Apparently they had some computers go down at one of the offices, so the Tomball office was swamped right before the holiday weekend. The ladies at the office all thought it was pretty cool and wanna see pictures when I'm done.

[FlyboyHPD]

Originally Posted by M1031A1

After THREE HOURS of doing battle with the Texas DPS, I WON!!!!! Finally got plates on her! Now I can drive her to some of the people I'm looking to sub-contract to - such as spray-foamers, metal shops and such for help since I don't have my own metal shop and I live in an apartment complex. I CANNOT STAND living in an apartment! YUCK!!!! Steps in getting closer to independent living!! YAY!!!

Whew, I'm looking forward to hearing about that since I'm going to have to go through the same thing. Sorry to hear it took so long but congrats on getting it done

[austin1989us]

You can pay a title company to go through the hassle.

[M1031A1]

Originally Posted by austin1989us

You can pay a title company to go through the hassle.

Limited funds dictate the three hours was required. I can't outsource something I can do myself. Wife would KILL me!

Example:

[The-Breeze]

You can be sure I'll be following your build. Haven't missed even one going on in over two years. Each & every build has something that I really like and may do in our build.

So....."Happy wife, happy life"

I can't tell you how many times I've heard that, and being one of them happy wives I never get tired of hearing it. I come up with some far fetched ideas and Hubby so far has been able to bring them to fruition with great success (and ALOT of thought).

Our bus is a FE and we designed our build to have access to the back door unimpeded. We will have a skinny stepdown to deck out the door that will hold our genny on one side & probably the grill and/or grills on the other. Right now we are borrowing a set of stairs from a marine shop and they fit perfect and are only three steps to the ground so a strategically placed deck shouldn't make exiting tooo hard. Though I sure am gonna miss those steps.

[M1031A1]

More work on Heavy today. Got the rear sheet metal header down and four or five ceiling panels and the yucky fiberglass junk behind it. Got a heat gun and scrapers for the black goo behind it all. You can see my one ton baby on the passenger side of Heavy in the last pic.