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04-23-2021, 06:30 PM
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#6061
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Mini-Skoolie
Join Date: May 2020
Location: Los Angeles
Posts: 20
Year: 2018
Coachwork: Lion Electric
Chassis: Spartan
Engine: Dana TM4 SUMO MD
Rated Cap: 71
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05-02-2021, 03:38 PM
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#6062
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Bus Nut
Join Date: Jul 2020
Location: Sacramento
Posts: 994
Year: 1999
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Freighliner Box Truck $2500 200k
So if you really want a big full size expensive-to-maintain school bus, then this one might be a better bet. Full size big box truck. Says may need trans, so should be at545's free all day to swap in from school buses.. lol
Note it is not legal in California anymore, unless an RV. Short rear overhang, good for towing.
$2500
https://sacramento.craigslist.org/ct...307046520.html
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05-02-2021, 04:50 PM
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#6063
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Jan 2019
Location: Philadelphia
Posts: 6,995
Year: 2003
Coachwork: International
Chassis: CE 300
Engine: DT466e
Rated Cap: 65C-43A
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05-02-2021, 08:45 PM
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#6064
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Bus Nut
Join Date: Jul 2020
Location: Sacramento
Posts: 994
Year: 1999
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The box truck is just too easy for a DIY RV, how about starting with something harder,
this Fire Truck. Says new tires, the $2500 means you get a free truck with your new tires!
https://sacramento.craigslist.org/ct...315999769.html
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05-02-2021, 11:28 PM
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#6065
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Jan 2019
Location: Philadelphia
Posts: 6,995
Year: 2003
Coachwork: International
Chassis: CE 300
Engine: DT466e
Rated Cap: 65C-43A
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Quote:
Originally Posted by BeNimble
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I think that ceiling would be a tad low. I'd stick with the box truck.
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05-03-2021, 12:28 AM
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#6066
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Bus Nut
Join Date: Jul 2020
Location: Sacramento
Posts: 994
Year: 1999
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Quote:
Originally Posted by musigenesis
I think that ceiling would be a tad low. I'd stick with the box truck.
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Just needs a roof raise.
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05-03-2021, 12:40 AM
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#6067
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Bus Nut
Join Date: Jul 2016
Location: Central Florida
Posts: 938
Chassis: GMC or Chevrolet, I hope
Engine: gasser probably
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the more i learn, the less I know what to buy . . .
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05-03-2021, 06:26 AM
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#6068
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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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There's a sweet bloodmobile on GovDeals. I bowed out at 5 grand.
Its a USMC vinyl wrap.
190hp 12 valve 5.9 with a 545 so it won't win any races or be especially deft at mountain duty. But a very nice unit. 15kw diesel genny!
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05-05-2021, 07:33 AM
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#6069
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New Member
Join Date: Nov 2015
Posts: 3
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77.50” Interior height
Cat 3116
Allison MT643
$5,500 OBO
I know how some feel about the Cat engines. Not sure how good a deal it is just considering the age and mileage already. Being a desert bus is a plus though.
https://palmsprings.craigslist.org/r...312229640.html
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05-06-2021, 11:41 AM
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#6070
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: Jan 2020
Location: Fraser Valley British Columbia
Posts: 1,043
Year: 2007
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: Freightliner
Engine: C7 Cat
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1990 Bluebird 5.9 Cummins
The most expensive conversion ever??
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05-06-2021, 03:37 PM
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#6071
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Mini-Skoolie
Join Date: May 2020
Location: Los Angeles
Posts: 20
Year: 2018
Coachwork: Lion Electric
Chassis: Spartan
Engine: Dana TM4 SUMO MD
Rated Cap: 71
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The Bloodmobile is $7200 now. Does anybody know if these Bloodmobile/Bookmobile conversions have decent insulation? Or is it a case-by-case basis? Seems like it would well be worth the premium, if so.
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05-06-2021, 04:04 PM
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#6072
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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 Dusbriver
The Bloodmobile is $7200 now. Does anybody know if these Bloodmobile/Bookmobile conversions have decent insulation? Or is it a case-by-case basis? Seems like it would well be worth the premium, if so.
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the bloodmobile in Tennessee?
I was high bidder on that one for a while.
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05-06-2021, 05:05 PM
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#6073
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Bus Nut
Join Date: Jan 2021
Location: On the road
Posts: 348
Year: 2013
Chassis: IC RE
Engine: HT570 / 3500SP
Rated Cap: 4
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Quote:
Originally Posted by BeNimble
So if you really want a big full size expensive-to-maintain school bus, then this one might be a better bet. Full size big box truck. Says may need trans, so should be at545's free all day to swap in from school buses.. lol
Note it is not legal in California anymore, unless an RV. Short rear overhang, good for towing.
$2500
https://sacramento.craigslist.org/ct...307046520.html
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From the first post: "Anything's fair game as long as it's a 3rd party bus for sale"
Please don't take it wrong, I'm just wondering why in a majority of your posts you seem to discourage people to buy a bus. What bus size do you own, and what was wrong with it?
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05-06-2021, 06:37 PM
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#6074
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Mini-Skoolie
Join Date: May 2020
Location: Los Angeles
Posts: 20
Year: 2018
Coachwork: Lion Electric
Chassis: Spartan
Engine: Dana TM4 SUMO MD
Rated Cap: 71
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Yeah, but I guess more of a general question too.
Quote:
Originally Posted by EastCoastCB
the bloodmobile in Tennessee?
I was high bidder on that one for a while.
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05-06-2021, 07:29 PM
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#6075
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Bus Nut
Join Date: Jul 2020
Location: Sacramento
Posts: 994
Year: 1999
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OK, so why pay $5-15k for an old school bus sold because it was worn out and getting ready to need expensive repairs with 200+k miles and then spend 1-3 years and another $5k-30k to end with a motorhome that is really heavy, smaller, gets poor mileage, subject to rust, has leaky windows, no passenger seat and costs a fortune to maintain?
When you can just buy something like this one just posted on CL, $10k for 28ft motorhome with 20k miles on it and then spend the next 1-3 years traveling and living in it.
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05-06-2021, 07:31 PM
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#6076
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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 Dusbriver
Yeah, but I guess more of a general question too.
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I don't know about the insulation but all 4 rooftop units and the 15kw diesel genny work!
That thing has everything going for it. Except a very low end, albeit reliable drivetrain.
For something that one doesn't plan cross country trips in it would be a swell start. Even at the current price. Its even got hydraulic leveling.
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05-06-2021, 07:42 PM
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#6077
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Bus Nut
Join Date: Jan 2021
Location: On the road
Posts: 348
Year: 2013
Chassis: IC RE
Engine: HT570 / 3500SP
Rated Cap: 4
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Quote:
Originally Posted by BeNimble
OK, so why pay $5-15k for an old school bus sold because it was worn out and getting ready to need expensive repairs with 200+k miles and then spend 1-3 years and another $5k-30k to end with a motorhome that is really heavy, smaller, gets poor mileage, subject to rust, has leaky windows, no passenger seat and costs a fortune to maintain?
When you can just buy something like this one just posted on CL, $10k for 28ft motorhome with 20k miles on it and then spend the next 1-3 years traveling and living in it.
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I wonder, what are you doing here, then?
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05-06-2021, 07:54 PM
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#6078
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Dec 2017
Location: Dawsonville, Ga.
Posts: 10,482
Year: 1999
Coachwork: Genesis
Chassis: International
Engine: DT466/3060
Rated Cap: 77
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ABBus
I wonder, what are you doing here, then?
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I Thank God That He Gifted Me with Common Sense
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05-06-2021, 10:29 PM
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#6079
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Bus Nut
Join Date: Jul 2020
Location: Sacramento
Posts: 994
Year: 1999
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ABBus
I wonder, what are you doing here, then?
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I like to help people from making mistakes.
Some here don't like it because they profit from it.
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05-06-2021, 10:53 PM
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#6080
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Bus Nut
Join Date: Jan 2021
Location: On the road
Posts: 348
Year: 2013
Chassis: IC RE
Engine: HT570 / 3500SP
Rated Cap: 4
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Quote:
Originally Posted by BeNimble
I like to help people from making mistakes.
Some here don't like it because they profit from it.
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Maybe you see as a mistake something you don't understand.
I'll stop here, we are off-topic.
(That said, I have to agree on your second sentence).
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