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Old 03-27-2020, 08:42 PM   #421
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Old 09-17-2020, 10:46 PM   #422
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Hi Don/Mary, quick question on the seat rails, why did you choose to leave them together with rubber/plywood subfloor?
We bought the exact same bus from a place in Glendale AZ and I feel the rails are a part of the chassis to frame connection. Also, except for a few tiny cracks in the rubber surface the plywood is not deteriorated at all with metal subframe lacking any rust or damage of any sort. I'm thinking a layer of insulation with bamboo flooring on top should suffice.

I just need to hear your reasoning for moral support..!
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Old 09-20-2020, 07:34 AM   #423
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New Mexico is OK with yellow...But I needed the change, I went with white with black accents.
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Old 09-20-2020, 08:18 AM   #424
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I got my bus from Mesa AZ. and it has the aluminum seat rails, 1in.plywood and rubber flooring . I checked for rust but couldn't find ANY. So I just put it all back together minus a lot of unnecessary bolts and covered it all with 1/2 in plywood. My experience is flooring insulation really doesn't help, that much. I'm still in the conversion stage but we've used it a number of times and it has worked well that way. This is just my actual experience.
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Old 09-22-2020, 05:49 PM   #425
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It will run everything on smart throttle but the water heater, the space heater and the toaster oven, those need full throttle.
What are you running for a water heater? I couldn't find reference to it in all these posts. I'm assuming it's a 120V? I'm trying real hard to avoid having to plumb propane into my bus.
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Old 10-25-2020, 01:05 PM   #426
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Update on ballast weight removal?

Hi Don - I know this post is from five years ago, but I wonder how things worked out for you after removing your ballast weights? We have a 2000 Blue Bird TC 1000 with similar weights, and are considering removing them. We don't plan on doing a whole lot of winter driving, but can't rule it out on our way to the SW in January from Washington State. I don't have a current weight on my bus, but do plan on getting front/rear axle weights soon.

Others have told me they had to remove/reattach exhaust to get some of the plates out. How was your experience? Were you able to get $$ for the scrap?

Thanks, Tom

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Our BB has 4 ballast weights, all 4 are behind the rear axle. I removed 3 of them.
They measure 6in. thick, 8in wide and 28in long. That makes a combined girth of 34in x 28in x 6in. They are steel plates welded together and have a 1/4in thick support frame.
I am able to lift only one end of these and I'd say 300 lbs each. What's your estimate?
I will be scrapping these so I can find out what they weigh.


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Old 10-25-2020, 03:14 PM   #427
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Got the 2 15a circuits started. The load center's in the pic. (20a breakers, all I have right now...15s later.)

C1 will serve the water heater (switched) and 2-3 other outlets.
C2 will serve the window AC and 2 others.



Gen power is the 30a receptacle.
Never mind, I didn't see the date
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