Non-affiliated buses for sale - thread

[Rameses]

Originally Posted by cadillackid

that fire truck would be a Beast to drive!!..

for someone making a motorhome that animal clinic could be a real money saver.. even if that bus goes for 8k you have your genny, A/C units, sink, toilet, being an 8.3 im gonna guess its an MT643.. probably highway gears.. theres a Bus ready to convert...

-Christopher

It has a 4.10 in it. It'll cruise 65 at 2,150 rpm.

[Njsurf73]

Originally Posted by cadillackid

and i'll bet the exporters wont touch that bus either... it doesnt fit their models..
-Christopher

But the skoolies are all drooling.
At least I am... But out of range right now, though.

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[EastCoastCB]

We see a lot of folks on here asking what bus to buy. THIS is the bus to buy!

8.3 with LOW miles and virtually everythings been done. At least most of the hard, expensive stuff.
But no, so many folks will end up with Cat engined, low spec $6000 buses off CL and Dealers.

[Njsurf73]

Originally Posted by EastCoastCB

We see a lot of folks on here asking what bus to buy. THIS is the bus to buy!

8.3 with LOW miles and virtually everythings been done. At least most of the hard, expensive stuff.
But no, so many folks will end up with Cat engined, low spec $6000 buses off CL and Dealers.

I know in the long run I am going to spend at least $8,000 on my conversion... But I just don't have it to lay out all up front. Or I would have jumped all over that

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[EastCoastCB]

Originally Posted by Njsurf73

I know in the long run I am going to spend at least $8,000 on my conversion... But I just don't have it to lay out all up front. Or I would have jumped all over that

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I feel ya. I tried to buy this one myself.
I bid as high as you can bid and still pay with a credit card, but alas I was outbid!

[Njsurf73]

Originally Posted by EastCoastCB

I feel ya. I tried to buy this one myself.
I bid as high as you can bid and still pay with a credit card, but alas I was outbid!

That's right in your back yard, too.
I will just have to stick with doing it from scratch... That Genny didn't look good anyway 😂

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[Versatile]

Run your own Free ads to look for one.

[bearhawk]

Originally Posted by EastCoastCB

THIS is the bus to buy!

I'm assuming your talking about the mobile vet bus. If so, I had a completely different opinion of that one.

When I looked at the photos that thing doesn't have too much of a rust problem that can be seen but it is from a humid area also near the ocean so it may or may not have rust issues. It's in pretty rough shape overall, looking pretty worn and tattered in many places. I'd guess the floor is in rough shape from all the excretions of animals that got cleaned up but some seeped places. Plus it had the animal wash bay in the back so you can guess things got wet on a typical day. My guess is it would need a pretty good cleaning and might have a smell in it that would need to get washed out and taking up the wood under the floor would get rid of a lot of smell.

I see what you guys are saying that it has a genny, hydraulic leveling, probably has gray water and fresh water tanks, etc but look closely at everything you can see it wasn't taken good care of. Knob missing off leveling controls, back door bungie corded, drivers area looks beat, the body has a lot of dings and scrapes, etc. I know I come from an aviation maintenance background but stuff like that says whoever worked on it didn't take much pride in their work or didn't know how to maintain things. Sure, the hydraulics will work without a knob but they didn't spend the money to fix it. What's wrong with the door that it needs a bungie? Things like that tell me the maintenance people didn't fix things right but just did bandaids. Again, that's just my take.

On the plus side I did think that one has a lot of stuff inside that you could sell to recoup some of your money. Those cages are probably worth a bit of money as they look well made. The surgery table would be worth some money to a pet groomer I would guess (nothing more than a guess though). That wash bay would be good for a groomer too.

I just thought even after you got it empty you might find surprises under the underlayment and the rest looked too tattered/unmaintained for me. But that's just me and we are all different.

[1olfart]

Chris, that "fire truck" looks like a command station to me. If it was about 1/2 the size, I'd be on it like a duck on a June bug. it. Looks like there might be a "water closet" next to the break area.

[oricha1984]

So who is going to buy a beer to the guy that shared that awesome FireComandCenter link ?

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[1olfart]

Oricha1984....When you win it and fly here to pick it up, I'll not only buy you a beer(or 2),. I'll pick you up at the airport, and take you to it.

[oricha1984]

Originally Posted by 1olfart

Oricha1984....When you win it and fly here to pick it up, I'll not only buy you a beer(or 2),. I'll pick you up at the airport, and take you to it.

Lol. I would, but I honestly have no use for it. . .
Thanks anyways

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[EastCoastCB]

Originally Posted by bearhawk

I'm assuming your talking about the mobile vet bus. If so, I had a completely different opinion of that one.

When I looked at the photos that thing doesn't have too much of a rust problem that can be seen but it is from a humid area also near the ocean so it may or may not have rust issues. It's in pretty rough shape overall, looking pretty worn and tattered in many places. I'd guess the floor is in rough shape from all the excretions of animals that got cleaned up but some seeped places. Plus it had the animal wash bay in the back so you can guess things got wet on a typical day. My guess is it would need a pretty good cleaning and might have a smell in it that would need to get washed out and taking up the wood under the floor would get rid of a lot of smell.

I see what you guys are saying that it has a genny, hydraulic leveling, probably has gray water and fresh water tanks, etc but look closely at everything you can see it wasn't taken good care of. Knob missing off leveling controls, back door bungie corded, drivers area looks beat, the body has a lot of dings and scrapes, etc. I know I come from an aviation maintenance background but stuff like that says whoever worked on it didn't take much pride in their work or didn't know how to maintain things. Sure, the hydraulics will work without a knob but they didn't spend the money to fix it. What's wrong with the door that it needs a bungie? Things like that tell me the maintenance people didn't fix things right but just did bandaids. Again, that's just my take.

On the plus side I did think that one has a lot of stuff inside that you could sell to recoup some of your money. Those cages are probably worth a bit of money as they look well made. The surgery table would be worth some money to a pet groomer I would guess (nothing more than a guess though). That wash bay would be good for a groomer too.

I just thought even after you got it empty you might find surprises under the underlayment and the rest looked too tattered/unmaintained for me. But that's just me and we are all different.

Meh, its an 8.3 with low use, just needs a bit of a cleaning.
Oh well I've done all I can to own this beauty.

[cadillackid]

its tempting but I have TWO busses already.. although I tend to show more love for the little Shorty lately than I do the DEV .. but DEV is under covered storage so it doesnt get rain or snowed on...

-Christopher

[EastCoastCB]

Its a 94. Whoever buys it can sit on it till someone comes along who HAS TO HAVE a mechanical 8.3.
AND a diesel genny!
What a crazy deal on this bus!

[oricha1984]

Originally Posted by EastCoastCB

Its a 94. Whoever buys it can sit on it till someone comes along who HAS TO HAVE a mechanical 8.3.
AND a diesel genny!
What a crazy deal on this bus!

I think u look at it as : "it has good bones". But I think it would had to be stripped to the bones for a deep cleaning/maintenance/build; which is what you do when you buy a skoolie anyways.

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[EastCoastCB]

Originally Posted by oricha1984

I think u look at it as : "it has good bones". But I think it would had to be stripped to the bones for a deep cleaning/maintenance/build; which is what you do when you buy a skoolie anyways.

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Compared to what most of us start with- this is "skoolie" on a silver freakin platter!

[FlyboyHPD]

Here's a nice one for 50K.....little to rich for my blood.

1936 Ford Schol Bus

[Rameses]

Originally Posted by FlyboyHPD

Here's a nice one for 50K.....little to rich for my blood.

1936 Ford Schol Bus

Wow, that thing is beautiful.

But if you're going to put that much time and effort into restoring something, why wouldn't you ceramic coat the exhaust?

[EastCoastCB]

NOT a school bus, but so COOL!


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