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01-18-2017, 12:50 AM
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#1
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New Member
Join Date: Jan 2017
Posts: 4
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I know nothing! I need help!
So Im facing a familiar scene: ANOTHER MOVE! After pricing out a moving truck I got this lovely idea to buy a bus. I plan to use it to move then convert (or convert and still use to move) into a nice little Rv type set up. Were moving over 6,000 miles. I want to be able to use this beauty to go on vacations and stuff. SO heres the biggie: Where do i start? I live in Wisconsin/ Michigan (residence in both places). we plan on moving down towards Texas. I have been checking out buses locally and have a friend who will take out the seats for me. I have a BIL that is kinda helpful with cars and stuff. So tell me where do I start? What do I need to do? What size is good to use/
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01-18-2017, 05:28 AM
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#2
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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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6000 mile move?
Buy the bus in TX, not MI. TX doesn't have the rust epidemic that MI has.
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01-18-2017, 10:36 AM
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#3
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Bus Nut
Join Date: Sep 2016
Location: Chapel Hill, NC
Posts: 855
Year: 2002
Coachwork: Blue Bird
Chassis: All American
Engine: Cummins 8.3/Allison MD3060
Rated Cap: 84
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Do elaborate on this 6,000+ mile move. Because you could drive from the the farthest point on the upper peninsula, to the farthest point in Texas, back to the upper peninsula, and then back to the farthest point in Texas again, and still not be at 6,000 miles.
As far as buying a bus to move from Michiconsin to Texas and doing an RV, conversion... I'm with EastCoast. Don't put the time into doing a conversion on a rust bucket from up there. Maybe buy a cheap bus up there, use it for the move, and then scrap it or see if you can find somebody that wants to buy it cheap for the drivetrain. Just try to get as much of your money back out of it as you can. Then find a nice Texas/New Mexico/Arizona bus to buy after you're down there to use for your conversion. You'll have a much, much better, more solid, longer lasting platform to use for your RV build.
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01-18-2017, 03:30 PM
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#4
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Bus Nut
Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: Brazoria County, Texas
Posts: 819
Year: 1997
Coachwork: Carpenter
Chassis: International
Engine: T444E
Rated Cap: 32 Passenger
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EastCoastCB is right. Wait until you get to Texas. Look around the Katy area.
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01-18-2017, 03:32 PM
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#5
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Bus Nut
Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: Brazoria County, Texas
Posts: 819
Year: 1997
Coachwork: Carpenter
Chassis: International
Engine: T444E
Rated Cap: 32 Passenger
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Rameses
Do elaborate on this 6,000+ mile move. Because you could drive from the the farthest point on the upper peninsula, to the farthest point in Texas, back to the upper peninsula, and then back to the farthest point in Texas again, and still not be at 6,000 miles.
As far as buying a bus to move from Michiconsin to Texas and doing an RV, conversion... I'm with EastCoast. Don't put the time into doing a conversion on a rust bucket from up there. Maybe buy a cheap bus up there, use it for the move, and then scrap it or see if you can find somebody that wants to buy it cheap for the drivetrain. Just try to get as much of your money back out of it as you can. Then find a nice Texas/New Mexico/Arizona bus to buy after you're down there to use for your conversion. You'll have a much, much better, more solid, longer lasting platform to use for your RV build.
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Hell Rameses, I thought it was 6000 miles just across Texas ???
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01-18-2017, 04:23 PM
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#6
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Bus Nut
Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: Kansas
Posts: 492
Year: 2000
Chassis: International 3800
Engine: T444E
Rated Cap: Your mom +1
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Rameses
Do elaborate on this 6,000+ mile move. Because you could drive from the the farthest point on the upper peninsula, to the farthest point in Texas, back to the upper peninsula, and then back to the farthest point in Texas again, and still not be at 6,000 miles.
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That was my thinking too... I'm confuzzled...
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01-18-2017, 06:30 PM
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#7
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Houston, Texas
Posts: 8,462
Year: 1946
Coachwork: Chevrolet/Wayne
Chassis: 1- 1/2 ton
Engine: Cummins 4BT
Rated Cap: 15
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That's the "Scenic Route" mileage.
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01-18-2017, 06:45 PM
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#9
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Bus Nut
Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: Gonvick MN
Posts: 339
Year: 1975
Chassis: Gillig
Engine: Cat 3208t/10 speed transmission
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The last time I drove to Texas it seemed like 6000 miles.
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01-18-2017, 06:50 PM
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#10
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Bus Nut
Join Date: Sep 2016
Location: Chapel Hill, NC
Posts: 855
Year: 2002
Coachwork: Blue Bird
Chassis: All American
Engine: Cummins 8.3/Allison MD3060
Rated Cap: 84
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Everything's bigger in Texas, including the odometer readings?
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01-18-2017, 06:59 PM
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#11
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Houston, Texas
Posts: 8,462
Year: 1946
Coachwork: Chevrolet/Wayne
Chassis: 1- 1/2 ton
Engine: Cummins 4BT
Rated Cap: 15
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People often complain about driving across Texas, but hey...it's only a little over 800 miles from the LA border to El Paso, so chill. A guy walked the perimeter a few years back (no idea why)...but that was over three-thousand miles and didn't include all the barrier islands.
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01-18-2017, 08:32 PM
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#12
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Mini-Skoolie
Join Date: Jan 2017
Posts: 41
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I didn't know you could go from Minnesota to Texas by going north.
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01-19-2017, 12:18 AM
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#13
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New Member
Join Date: Jan 2017
Posts: 4
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Opps! sorry guys, I ended up with a extra 0! 600!
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01-19-2017, 10:17 AM
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#14
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Bus Nut
Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: Kansas
Posts: 492
Year: 2000
Chassis: International 3800
Engine: T444E
Rated Cap: Your mom +1
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Quote:
Originally Posted by EastCoastCB
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This will be my next project... Already have a cousin that lives there and others in Denmark anyway...
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01-19-2017, 01:07 PM
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#15
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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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Quote:
Originally Posted by slaughridge85
This will be my next project... Already have a cousin that lives there and others in Denmark anyway...
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I absolutely LOVE it over there!
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01-19-2017, 04:01 PM
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#16
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Bus Nut
Join Date: Sep 2016
Location: Chapel Hill, NC
Posts: 855
Year: 2002
Coachwork: Blue Bird
Chassis: All American
Engine: Cummins 8.3/Allison MD3060
Rated Cap: 84
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Quote:
Originally Posted by EastCoastCB
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Get an old DUKW (pronounced "duck w", for anyone not familiar with them) and graft a bus body onto it!
You'd need a fuel tanker to run alongside you to get you across the Atlantic though. Haha
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01-27-2017, 08:17 PM
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#17
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Mini-Skoolie
Join Date: Apr 2016
Location: Springfield, VA
Posts: 41
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Check out this guys videos, he did exactly what you are describing.
https://youtu.be/OiVTFGgI25A
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