Mule Bus Toy Hauler

[jazty]

Hey Redd! Any chance you're currently cruising around northern Ontario? I just passed a bus that was fueling up at the Soo Husky. It looked really similar to your rig, but the roof mounted air horn threw me off. Also, I didn't get a good look at the rear. That fine tail gate would have been a dead give away.

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Originally Posted by Tango

Good looking work there. Keep the pix coming!

Thanks Tango, your rig is lookin' pretty bada$$

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Originally Posted by plfking

That looks like it could have been a factory option.....you matched the roof curvature perfectly.

Very nicely done, sir.

Thanks PLFKING that's what we were shootin' for. Wish it was an option, would of save us a pile of work not to mention the beers.

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Originally Posted by jazty

Hey Redd! Any chance you're currently cruising around northern Ontario? I just passed a bus that was fueling up at the Soo Husky. It looked really similar to your rig, but the roof mounted air horn threw me off. Also, I didn't get a good look at the rear. That fine tail gate would have been a dead give away.

No Sir, wasn't me...bus has been parked since first weekend of Sept. doing the doors. We had a couple of set backs/fails that put us behind.



Not a big fan of drilling holes in any roof if it can be helped, air horn is under the hood...no train whistle yet.



Thanks...for the tailgate review.

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Spring lock/latches on pass. Side


Locking door handle start…


Inside lock with barrel bolt…
Barrel bolt will prevent door from being opened from the inside
Door handle is only keyed/lockable from the outside


¼ inch aluminum spacer plate…will be cut to shape of barrel bolt


cut and shaped rods

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...floor trim back together.

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Poured rain the night before, next day wasn't to bad....cool and muddy with a hint of sun.

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Added Billy Big Mouth, Tommy Trout and a pic of Bus/ATV's to the cabin
...cushions all put away for winter.


Got the ATV inside finally

...at the rear of bus



...make shift ramps to get ATV on beds


Aluminum ramps in the works.


....bit of a set back, brother broke collar bone on ATV weekend

[CapN]

Wow great build thread can’t wait to read more

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Originally Posted by CapN

Wow great build thread can’t wait to read more

Thanks, lots of laughs along the way.

[EastCoastCB]

Happy new year Kev!

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Not much doing lately, small projects and practicing beer intake...






Fabricated a small electrical box for the rear lights and trailer plug/lights.



Ramp for bed, two aluminum pins to be welded to the lip so it doesn't spit ramp out while loading. Pins will drop into two holes drilled in the top of the beds.
Come on spring!


HAPPY NEW YEARS ALL!

[BlackJohn]

Nice job on the terminal strip and box.



Like the ramps too and the grating used.


You sure pull off some nice projects...


Happy New Year




John

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Originally Posted by EastCoastCB

Happy new year Kev!

...a little late, but back at ya Charlie.

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Originally Posted by BlackJohn

Nice job on the terminal strip and box.



Like the ramps too and the grating used.


You sure pull off some nice projects...


Happy New Year




John

Thanks John, joint effort with my little brother.


...and a NEW YEAR to you.

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Guess that should have read..."Happy New Year" John. oops


Haven't done much toy hauler wise, waiting for the snow to melt to make things a little more enjoyable. In the meantime I decided to put the original number back on the bus. Borrowed someone's logo and modified it a bit to make it work. Now need some warmth to put them on.

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Weather was a little warmer today, got my modified JD logo on.





Got a free-bee CB, external speaker and a black shorty antenna.
...put it in for sheets and giggles.

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Finally got a weekend that would work out for the rear doors. Didn't turn out to bad considering the flaws....Pic was taken 2 years ago, bus may have been facing the wrong way as far as colour goes [dark, shadow?]. The paint has faded a lot in 2 years, it was also suppose to be finished in matte and the designer made the decal to close of a fit and was a bit short in height and will have to be patched up. All in all I got a decent price cause of that and I'm likin' it better than the white doors.


Cut a pasted the the bottom glass up, squashed and move the lights inward, removed the license plate, upper flasher patches and back up beeper, squashed the upper windows and moved them in...extra row of rivets if anyone is paying attention, lol. I wanted the rub rails to line up and he worked around that. Hack, chop, slice, swish, etc...

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[o1marc]

That wrap is awesome.
I want to do some thing similar, but just decal the windows looking in the garage at the Ferrari.