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09-02-2014, 09:42 AM
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: Colorado
Posts: 2,356
Year: 1993
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Engine: 5.9 Cummins, Allison AT1545
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how do you cover that big window?
im looking for some window covering......and i got a huge window. that front windshield! what solutions are there out there? off the top of my head i think that front window is 93" by about 30".
what have you used? i could cover with snaps and tarp outside, or day/ night shades, or what else?
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09-02-2014, 09:58 AM
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: MNT CITY TN
Posts: 5,158
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Re: how do you cover that big window?
we have been using a doubled up UV resistant nylon screen (window type) tied with string to bus
I have some actual thick black UV screen material to sew up a nice one with magnets in the corners and then glue magnets to inside of window...this winter project, now we just tie it up
this is old setup, we use now
at night we sometimes tie up a pc of black material across bus (inside) 2 eye hooks with a "curtain side to side
This is what we will make this winter or fall
google "motorhome windshield screens" look at images
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09-02-2014, 05:52 PM
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: Apr 2010
Posts: 1,208
Year: 1999
Coachwork: Bluebird
Chassis: 3800 International
Engine: T444E
Rated Cap: 72
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Re: how do you cover that big window?
we picked up some curtains from wally world, there the block out type, we had them sewed together, then when we stop we just use magnets to put them up,
works good
gbstewart
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09-02-2014, 09:15 PM
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Roswell, NM
Posts: 3,588
Year: 1986
Coachwork: BlueBird
Chassis: 40 ft All American FE
Engine: 8.2LTA Fuel Pincher DD V8
Rated Cap: 89
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Re: how do you cover that big window?
We have a piece of 2X2 attached to the bottom of the bulkhead over the window. I have a series of cup hooks screwed into the wood. I hook binder clips on the cup hooks. The binder clips are holding a doubled over king size quilt. I need something better. Rightnow it takes care to storing the quilt that I have no room for in the cedar chest.
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09-03-2014, 07:26 PM
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Skoolie
Join Date: Aug 2014
Posts: 163
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Re: how do you cover that big window?
I haven't DONE it (cause I don't have my bus yet) but...my plan is to make a couple stretchers/hammocks to hang across the bus that would double as a window cover when not in use for sleeping (guest bunks).
You can get blinds that are 46" wide. Two of them should be about right. Those are good for cold, but not heat--you want shade outside for heat. I figure a couple bungees around the mirror bases and a couple magnets should hold a light tarp or solar screen on the outside.
You could mount a regular RV awning on a flat nose bus. That would be slick for a lot of stop and go.
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09-03-2014, 10:11 PM
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Montana
Posts: 1,626
Year: 1995
Coachwork: Blue Bird
Chassis: All-American R/E
Engine: 8.3 Cummins
Rated Cap: 72
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Re: how do you cover that big window?
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Originally Posted by gbstewart
we picked up some curtains from wally world, there the block out type, we had them sewed together, then when we stop we just use magnets to put them up,
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Got some insulated curtains and did the same. The front though we "screwed" with existing screws and roll them up and tie them with velcro.
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09-03-2014, 10:15 PM
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Farmington Hills, Mi (Detroit area)
Posts: 1,968
Year: 2000
Coachwork: Eldorado Aerotech 24'
Chassis: Ford E-450 Cutaway Bus
Engine: 7.3L Powerstroke
Rated Cap: 19
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Re: how do you cover that big window?
I had some Reflectix insulation laying around and cut a piece to a press fit inside our windshield.
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09-03-2014, 11:00 PM
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Roswell, NM
Posts: 3,588
Year: 1986
Coachwork: BlueBird
Chassis: 40 ft All American FE
Engine: 8.2LTA Fuel Pincher DD V8
Rated Cap: 89
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Re: how do you cover that big window?
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Originally Posted by r_w
... You could mount a regular RV awning on a flat nose bus...
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Given how many have posted on RV forums that those things unroll while driving down the road, I would be afraid to risk it. And yes, I have seen, with my own two myopic eyes, an awning unroll on an RV while it was traveling down the road.
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09-04-2014, 09:05 AM
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Bus Nut
Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: Landlocked... for now.
Posts: 285
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Re: how do you cover that big window?
Quote:
Originally Posted by r_w
You could mount a regular RV awning on a flat nose bus.
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On the front? I dunno, the awning on my RV rattles an awful lot when trudging down the road. Rattles an awful lot when I got wind when parked. ...I'MMA CALL IT MEESTA RATTLES!
I can only imagine what one going across my windscreen will do. Haven't decided how I would attack that aspect of the Gypsy Rose yet. I will probably just go find some sunscreening fabric (the kind the awnings are made from) and attach a rolly-zippy bar of it to the inside, depending on how wide a curve the windscreen has. Line it with Reflectix, of course.
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09-04-2014, 11:18 AM
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: MNT CITY TN
Posts: 5,158
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Re: how do you cover that big window?
I have been planning to add one to the front, just didn't happen this summer
and it will not unravel on it's own
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09-05-2014, 07:05 PM
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: Colorado
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Re: how do you cover that big window?
i've been reading the another thread "fortifiying your skoolie"
and the thought occurred to me
how come nobody does something cool like some roll up aluminum hurricane shutters for the outside windows.....
mad max style
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bill murry
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09-05-2014, 08:31 PM
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: MNT CITY TN
Posts: 5,158
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Re: how do you cover that big window?
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09-06-2014, 09:30 AM
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Roswell, NM
Posts: 3,588
Year: 1986
Coachwork: BlueBird
Chassis: 40 ft All American FE
Engine: 8.2LTA Fuel Pincher DD V8
Rated Cap: 89
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Re: how do you cover that big window?
Quote:
Originally Posted by turf
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I'm gonna treat it like a UFO sighting. I saw something, but I'm not quite sure what it was.
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(Loved Stripes... Loved the RV uuhmmm Urban Assault Vehicle too.)
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09-14-2014, 06:06 PM
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Mini-Skoolie
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: NorthEastern Wisconsin
Posts: 34
Year: 1992
Coachwork: Bluebird
Engine: International DTA 360
Rated Cap: 65
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Re: how do you cover that big window?
We made a frame out of thin conduit. It wraps around the windshield and both the driver's side and passenger side windows( our door has been relocated). The two halves of the curtain just slide on the conduit and meet in the middle of the windshield.
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09-15-2014, 06:49 AM
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: MNT CITY TN
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Re: how do you cover that big window?
Mathew,
Awesome and simple idea, we may just steal..ugh..borrow thanks for posting
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09-15-2014, 12:09 PM
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: Colorado
Posts: 2,356
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Engine: 5.9 Cummins, Allison AT1545
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Re: how do you cover that big window?
I agree, real nice solution! I will be stealing this too
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09-16-2014, 12:59 AM
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Bus Nut
Join Date: Nov 2013
Location: Gainesville. Georgia
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Year: 1992
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Rated Cap: 72
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Re: how do you cover that big window?
I'm planning on putting curtains behind the drivers seat straight over to the post by the door. As the drivers seat doesn't swivel I can't really see a need to include it in the floor plan at night.
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