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03-20-2015, 10:28 AM
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#161
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: MNT CITY TN
Posts: 5,158
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Quote:
Originally Posted by lornaschinske
That doesn't sound all that great. Can you absorb chicken soup thru the skin? That would have been helpful.
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have fun at work
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03-20-2015, 10:40 AM
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#162
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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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Fun? I will slog thru the day until my lunch time, at which point I will be happy I made it to that point. Then I will think "Four more hours and I can go home" and 5 minutes before closing some yo-yo will show up and not be able to make up their mind as to what they are there for (paint not tile, it's not the flooring dept... I tell people that so often). 5 more months of this.
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03-20-2015, 12:47 PM
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#163
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Moderator
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: NUNYA
Posts: 4,236
Year: 1995
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: 3800
Engine: DT408, AT545
Rated Cap: 23 500 gvw
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I guess I haven't been taking as good of care of myself since David passed.
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I hadn't heard. I'm sorry to hear that.
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03-22-2015, 04:20 PM
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#164
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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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It's currently 80.4F and yesterday's high was 61.8F. It's a good time to check to make sure the air conditioners are working properly before it starts getting hot. Also bought and installed a little wireless "weather station" as they call it from Wal-Mart. Acurite Model #02038W The main box does require being plugged in. Has battery for backup. The remote sensor (hanging outside) runs on batteries. Nifty. Now I will know how hot/cold it is before I step out the door in the wee hours. Works for me and that is all that is important.
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03-22-2015, 08:09 PM
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#165
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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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It is just down right amazing what you can learn off the internet. I found an online appliance repair clinic video that walked me step-by-step thru replacing a gasket on my old washing machine (replaced the drive belt while I had the thing tore apart). The down side is I am horrified at the interior tub. I need to pick up a couple gallons of white vinegar tomorrow from Sam's... maybe more. It needs a good long vinegar soak. I soaked/cleaned the various small metal parts before putting them back in. Just amazing and wonderful. Parts (including a special spanner which I am very glad I bought) came to a whopping $28.07... and my labour. The frugal side of me is very happy. It's not easy working on the washing machine inside the bus either.
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03-22-2015, 09:57 PM
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#166
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Bus Nut
Join Date: Dec 2014
Location: Florida
Posts: 584
Year: 1988
Coachwork: Blue Bird
Chassis: I.H.
Engine: DT360
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Sounds like you must be feeling better if you are able to get that much accomplished. Glad to hear it.
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03-24-2015, 04:01 PM
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#167
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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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03-24-2015, 05:31 PM
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#168
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Andrews,Indiana
Posts: 2,437
Year: 1991
Coachwork: Bluebird
Chassis: AARE
Engine: 3116 Cat 250hp
Rated Cap: Just the two of us.
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03-24-2015, 05:58 PM
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#169
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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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Isn't obvious? One of those OSB boards has lain outside for a couple of winters (and a summer). The other two are new. Like I keep saying.... All OSB is not created equal.
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03-24-2015, 08:48 PM
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#170
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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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Got the shelf in the closet done (as far as it's going to get done for now) and all the lights on the ceiling down the center. I'm done for today. Gotta do a little "figuring" to size the closet doors and do a bit of laundry. Sure is nice having an onboard washer and dryer.
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03-25-2015, 08:40 AM
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#171
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Stony Plain Alberta Canada
Posts: 2,937
Year: 1992
Coachwork: Bluebird
Chassis: TC2000 FE
Engine: 190hp 5.9 Cummins
Rated Cap: 72
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The few weeks or month that fist piece off OSB has been sitting there has caused it to swell to almost twice the thickness of the freshly cut pieces.
Please don't mislead the new members.
Nat
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03-25-2015, 09:24 PM
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#172
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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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Naster. I am misleading no one. I simply posted an image that I have actually experienced. Is that what bothers you? Makes no never mind. There is no one way to convert a bus. So why don't you simply post on your build thread how you did your floors. Don't forget to include pictures.
Oh and why don't you learn to utilize the spell check. It makes you look ignorant. And we don't want that to happen.
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03-25-2015, 10:15 PM
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#173
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Bus Nut
Join Date: Nov 2013
Location: Gainesville. Georgia
Posts: 544
Year: 1992
Coachwork: bluebird
Rated Cap: 72
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Just a question here, but isn't OSB heavier than plywood to be using in a build.
As for laminate flooring, I had pieces of scrap that got thrown outside and forgotten about for almost a year and showed absolutely no change from the pieces we kept in the house.
I haven't looked lately at the pieces we have in the scrap pile from the bus build to see if they show damage from being exposed to the elements.
Maybe there is a considerable difference between laminates but so far we have used two different brands (and no I don't know the name of either) and have had good luck.
ALSO: NAT I don't see the doubling of size that you say is there.
I guess time will tell.
Either way, we haven't bought or used OSB in the bus cause we thought the weight would be critical to the final bus weigh in????
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03-25-2015, 11:26 PM
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#174
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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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In our use, the OSB weighed roughly the same yet was considerably cheaper in dollars. Coming from a construction background in the Southeastern US, we had decades long experience in the use of certain types of OSB being exposed to the elements for anywhere from weeks to months. And I know of several sheds that were only sheathed (sided) in unpainted exterior grade roof sheathing for years. Unlike some, I am fully aware that not all OSB's are created the same. They do not use the same glues in manufacture, even within the same manufacturer's lines. That is because they are designed to do different things. The OSB we used is a more stable product than the available exterior grade plywood. And no, the OSB piece that has lain outside for so long did not double in size. It measures 7/16". The new pieces that were recently bought a couple days earlier and had not been exposed to the elements measures.... 3/8". So the older piece that has lain outside for so long "swelled" up a whopping 1/16". I have tape measures and I do know how to read them.
Like I keep saying, do your own homework and do not take mine or anyone else's opinion. Anyone who does not do their own research is a fool. Also there is no one way to convert a bus. This is just how this particular bus is being converted. Any mistakes made are something that I, and I alone, will have to live with and deal with. Read the disclaimer in my signature.
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03-26-2015, 01:54 PM
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#175
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Stony Plain Alberta Canada
Posts: 2,937
Year: 1992
Coachwork: Bluebird
Chassis: TC2000 FE
Engine: 190hp 5.9 Cummins
Rated Cap: 72
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Sorry, I don't always have time to worry about a few miss spelled words.
Lorna, Thanks for responding in a professional manner to my post. You are my best critic on skoolie.net. I missed you being here when you were gone for a few month's last year.
We are still missing the biggest point to OSB.
The outdoor rated OSB you keep speaking of has no place in a bus due to the deadly, non interior rated chemicals used in the manufacturing process. These chemicals continue to out gas, poisoning the people inside the bus for many years after completion.
Some folks I know have seen massive changes to their over all health when the moved out of the home they had built using OSB in place of sheet rock on a few interior walls.
Is your health worth using a outdoor product inside your home?
If you spend the money to protect your health, you can always make more money.
If you take the cheaper less healthy choice, and ruin your health, your done. No turning back. No more making money.
I fully indorse using what ever you need to in a survival situation.
Same go's if your only building for temporary to just get by. Like me living in my shed.
What I'm trying to prevent is folks building nice, well planned, decent skoolies with sub standard material that is not intended, or safe for indoor use.
Nat
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