Our camping bus

[Cityratt]

Hey bus people, this is my other bus. I purchased this bus back in January from a local bus garage that was doing a sealed bid. it is a 2001 international 3800 with the t444e. Paid $1277 for it.



this is the day it was picked up form the bus garage






this is after we got it home


pulling the seats out











interior starting to come together















this is resealing up the roof hatch's



building a stove for winter camping








some misc. camping trips

[sdwarf36]

Wow! Awesome deal on a perfect sized bus. And a bus with a passenger seat? Excellent!

[EastCoastCB]

Sweet bus, I really want one that size and style!
Will definitely keep an eye on this thread!

[bansil]

Very cool...feel welcome to post more pics

[roach711]

At first glance I thought those bolts on the seat were syringes!

[opus]

Explain the stove building process a little. You used 2 barrels?

[Alan N]

Very nice.
I like your stove!
Keep up the good work!

[REDD]

Originally Posted by opus

Explain the stove building process a little. You used 2 barrels?

Kinda looks like he cut the top 1/3 off at the rib and re-crimped the top on and welded a flange for the stack/chimney?

Looks good, can't wait get away to use mine....next spring. Wish I had some place to work on it inside out of the elements.

[crazycal]

Nice couch. I want to know what you did to seal the seam on the door of the stove.

[browncrown]

Nice bus! Love all the pics and the building process...you're gonna have a great time camping

[Cityratt]

Originally Posted by opus

Explain the stove building process a little. You used 2 barrels?

I had barrels laying around my work, the first one I cut the top 3rd of it off and re-welded "if that what you want to call my welding haha" the top of it back on. i used another barrel to cut the door out of so there was an overlap.

[Cityratt]

Originally Posted by crazycal

Nice couch. I want to know what you did to seal the seam on the door of the stove.

Thank you. it was my mother in laws couch from her old cabin, wasnt being used and was the perfect fit, so she gave it to us. as faras the seal for the door, they make a kit that you can get a lowes

Shop IMPERIAL White Gasket at Lowes.com

[opus]

Originally Posted by Cityratt

I had barrels laying around my work, the first one I cut the top 3rd of it off and re-welded "if that what you want to call my welding haha" the top of it back on. i used another barrel to cut the door out of so there was an overlap.

Nice, thats what I thought. Thanks.

[Cityratt]

Took the bus out for the weekend, got cold at night , thermometer said -1 outside when I got up at 4 in the morning to put more wood in the stove.





this was the look out the front door in the morning


this is our friends trailer that he lives in year round up there.

[jean]

what are the inside measurements of your bus from behind the driver's seat to the back door & the width. It looks like the perfect size just wondering what the total usable footage is. Thanks!

[Cityratt]