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08-23-2017, 06:19 PM
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New Member
Join Date: Aug 2017
Posts: 7
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Pool Bus
Thank you to a kind and generous customer of mine, a bus has been donated to me to start my "Pool Bus" Project. Hoping to have this ready in time for Winstock 2018!!!
2001 77 Passenger Thomas FS65 on an International Chassis with DT466E engine and 198,xxx miles on it.
Let's see where I can go with this!!!
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08-23-2017, 07:18 PM
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Traveling
Join Date: Nov 2015
Location: Midwest
Posts: 2,573
Year: 2003
Coachwork: BlueBird
Chassis: TC2000
Engine: 5.9L Cummins
Rated Cap: '00
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Dang !
You are off to a fabulous start- do it right. Roof raise, sprayfoam- whole 9 yards.
See you there !
Schedule – Winstock Country Music Festival
3233 230th St., Winsted, MN 55395
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08-23-2017, 10:50 PM
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Skoolie
Join Date: May 2017
Location: Lake geneva Wisconsin
Posts: 199
Year: 93
Coachwork: Amtran
Chassis: International
Engine: 7.3 idi
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Pool bus? Like hot tub???? That would be dope as jerry garcia playing uncle johns band live
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08-24-2017, 05:43 AM
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Bus Nut
Join Date: Aug 2016
Location: So Ill
Posts: 267
Year: 2002
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: Freightliner
Engine: Cummins 5.9 Allison AT545
Rated Cap: 71
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That's a great idea! You gonna do like Otto?
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08-24-2017, 09:11 AM
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Bus Geek
Join Date: May 2009
Location: Columbus Ohio
Posts: 18,846
Year: 1991
Coachwork: Carpenter
Chassis: International 3800
Engine: DTA360 / MT643
Rated Cap: 7 Row Handicap
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there was a member here a few years ago that did a Hot-tub bus.. I remember seeing it.. great idea if a bus can handle the water weight of a pool!. is the weight of water like 6 or 8 pounds per gallon or something crazy like that?
-Christopher
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08-29-2017, 01:50 PM
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#6
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New Member
Join Date: Aug 2017
Posts: 7
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Love the video! Thanks for the laugh! Due to weight I wasn't thinking of going extremely deep. Maybe like kiddy pool depth just to dip feet in to help cool off a bit.
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08-29-2017, 01:53 PM
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#7
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New Member
Join Date: Aug 2017
Posts: 7
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Quote:
Originally Posted by cadillackid
there was a member here a few years ago that did a Hot-tub bus.. I remember seeing it.. great idea if a bus can handle the water weight of a pool!. is the weight of water like 6 or 8 pounds per gallon or something crazy like that?
-Christopher
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A gallon of water is just over 8lbs/gallon. That is what I am trying to figure out. I was thinking that I would plan on filling the pool once I arrived and put jack stands under the bus to help support.
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08-29-2017, 02:01 PM
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Bus Nut
Join Date: Aug 2016
Location: So Ill
Posts: 267
Year: 2002
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: Freightliner
Engine: Cummins 5.9 Allison AT545
Rated Cap: 71
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I like it! How do you plan to insulate the metal of the bus from the water in the shallow pool? THAT would be the fun part for me... I'd just go overboard with sealants and stuff....
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08-29-2017, 02:06 PM
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#9
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New Member
Join Date: Aug 2017
Posts: 7
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Re-thinking
As I start thinking about the lay out, the weight and the purpose of the bus. I am starting to think that I want to make it dual purpose. I like the pool bus idea, as we want this bus to help us stay cool during the hot music festival events. I feel the weight is going to bring up issues and it may wreck some of the structure of the bus prematurely. I am thinking now of opening up the back and making it a place that I can haul my side by side, and when at festivals, we can sit up there and have shade if we want, and install misters along the rafter line to help cool down. With the water source I can also use it to rinse off the side by side before hauling it back, and thought about putting an outdoor shower head so that I can wash myself off as well.
Still doing a sitting area inside to cool off as well and take a nap if you need.
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08-29-2017, 05:01 PM
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Bus Nut
Join Date: Feb 2015
Location: North carolina
Posts: 651
Year: 1986
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: Ford
Engine: Detroit 8.2
Rated Cap: 60 bodies
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You could do a bigger pool.
Install tanks underneath to haul the pool water in to keep the center of gravity low and pump it in the pool when you get parked and when done pump the pool water back to the tanks and that water could be used for the toilet also if not needed for the pool
You can pipe some 12 volt or 120v pumps in parallel and turn the second pump turned opposite to pump the water back to the tanks if you place the check valves right.
Good luck
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08-29-2017, 05:02 PM
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New Member
Join Date: Aug 2017
Posts: 7
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Quote:
Originally Posted by DreamWeaverBus
I like it! How do you plan to insulate the metal of the bus from the water in the shallow pool? THAT would be the fun part for me... I'd just go overboard with sealants and stuff....
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On the Tenders in the fire service, we use drop tanks. Pretty much waterproof tarp (liner) inside of a steel folding frame. If go with the pool, I am thinking of using something like that. The benches I would put around the edge would form the frame for the liner.
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08-29-2017, 05:11 PM
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Traveling
Join Date: Nov 2015
Location: Midwest
Posts: 2,573
Year: 2003
Coachwork: BlueBird
Chassis: TC2000
Engine: 5.9L Cummins
Rated Cap: '00
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Jolly Roger
You could do a bigger pool.
Install tanks underneath to haul the pool water in to keep the center of gravity low and pump it in the pool when you get parked and when done pump the pool water back to the tanks and that water could be used for the toilet also if not needed for the pool
You can pipe some 12 volt or 120v pumps in parallel and turn the second pump turned opposite to pump the water back to the tanks if you place the check valves right.
Good luck
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Maybe start with a firetruck instead of a bus? They already have bigger suspension and pumps/tanks.
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08-29-2017, 05:12 PM
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: Eustis FLORIDA
Posts: 23,764
Year: 1999
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: Freighliner FS65
Engine: Cat 3126
Rated Cap: 15
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I've seen tanker trucks cheap at auctions. That would be an easy pool on wheels project.
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08-30-2017, 12:04 PM
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Bus Nut
Join Date: Aug 2016
Location: So Ill
Posts: 267
Year: 2002
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: Freightliner
Engine: Cummins 5.9 Allison AT545
Rated Cap: 71
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New thought: you could have a pool that fits inside the body of the bus, but that can be pulled out, like a day bed, out the back of the bus? And sit on solid stilts when full of water outside the bus, instead of being hard on your bus, carrying all the water all the time. I don't know if you plan on taking the water with you wherever you go, but you could fill, empty, and refill on location. Pull in the drained pool and go! Park, pull it out, fill, and swim!
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08-30-2017, 01:47 PM
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Bus Nut
Join Date: Feb 2014
Location: Cuyahoga Falls Ohio
Posts: 592
Year: 1997
Coachwork: Startrans
Chassis: Ford e-350 single wheel
Engine: 5.4 litre
Rated Cap: 12
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What side by side do you have? Love the bed to haul it and the water to wash it and yourself after a hard muddy ride.
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08-30-2017, 08:10 PM
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#16
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New Member
Join Date: Aug 2017
Location: Portland, OR
Posts: 4
Year: 2000
Coachwork: International Harvester, Thomas, Leyland and Eagle
Chassis: Carpenter, Thomas, Leyland & Eagle Coachworks
Engine: Three separate engines
Rated Cap: 77
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Wow. That is very cool. Do you mind sharing who donated it to give them a bit of credit? It's really neat to see someone/a company that believes in trying new things, donating to a cause and helping.
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08-31-2017, 10:28 AM
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Mini-Skoolie
Join Date: Dec 2016
Location: Lehigh Valley, PA
Posts: 23
Year: 1987
Coachwork: Wayne Lifeguard
Chassis: International S1853
Engine: 9.0L V8 Diesel
Rated Cap: 72
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Check out our bus
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We designed our's for festivals, so we did an outdoor shower as well. We have a large festival group though, so we had no room for a back deck like you show, but if we had a smaller group, that was the plan!!
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