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07-23-2016, 09:36 PM
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#21
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: So Cal
Posts: 3,231
Year: 1935
Coachwork: Superior
Chassis: Chevy
Engine: 317 ci/tid / Isuzu
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lmao. If I had all the money in the world I'd build a skoolie with a shi--r on the back and take it to one of the "we don't let Skoolies in" RV parks!!!! Jack
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07-24-2016, 07:27 AM
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#22
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Almost There
Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: Mount Victory, OH
Posts: 85
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ol trunt
lmao. If I had all the money in the world I'd build a skoolie with a shi--r on the back and take it to one of the "we don't let Skoolies in" RV parks!!!! Jack
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Ha Ha Love it!
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07-24-2016, 10:34 AM
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#23
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Bus Geek
Join Date: May 2009
Location: Columbus Ohio
Posts: 18,830
Year: 1991
Coachwork: Carpenter
Chassis: International 3800
Engine: DTA360 / MT643
Rated Cap: 7 Row Handicap
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what about a box off of a U-haul? that would make a nice enclosed area for luggage, bikes, tools, etc.. you could even locate your tanks in there too ..
-Christopher
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07-25-2016, 10:37 AM
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Bus Geek
Join Date: May 2016
Location: Eastern WA
Posts: 6,401
Year: 2002
Coachwork: Bluebird
Chassis: All American RE (A3RE)
Engine: Cummins ISC (8.3)
Rated Cap: 72
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That would make an awesome 5er tow rig.
I have run into a few of the RV delivery guys in my travels. They are easy to pick out in the WalMart parking lot.
They are the ones sleeping in the cab of their truck while hooked up to a brand new 5er....
Build out the bus as an "enhanced" sleeper, put on a 5th wheel hitch and start hauling...
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07-25-2016, 04:43 PM
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#25
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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 PNW_Steve
That would make an awesome 5er tow rig.
I have run into a few of the RV delivery guys in my travels. They are easy to pick out in the WalMart parking lot.
They are the ones sleeping in the cab of their truck while hooked up to a brand new 5er....
Build out the bus as an "enhanced" sleeper, put on a 5th wheel hitch and start hauling...
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Totally agreed.
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07-25-2016, 05:01 PM
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Skoolie
Join Date: Apr 2015
Posts: 205
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THAT ... is AWESOME.
I can almost hear it hitting the bucket below, kinda like a pickle dropped into a wooden barrel.
"Let's DO this!"
Far-OUT!
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07-25-2016, 09:03 PM
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#27
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Bus Geek
Join Date: May 2016
Location: Eastern WA
Posts: 6,401
Year: 2002
Coachwork: Bluebird
Chassis: All American RE (A3RE)
Engine: Cummins ISC (8.3)
Rated Cap: 72
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There is a thread here covering a bus that was rust ravaged and the gent made a big flatbed out of it.
When I saw that I started looking at short busses that you could "bob" the body and mount a 5th wheel hitch.
You already own the rig that I would build for that purpose.
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07-30-2016, 06:07 PM
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#28
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Mini-Skoolie
Join Date: Jul 2016
Posts: 14
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Hello fellow Ohioans. I'm from Cols OH of 45 yrs then moved family with me to ElkhartIN to deliver RVs. I'm pickin up my 02 Short Internat'nl 6window. I just won the bid on it, my 1st bus, that I'm pickin up Tuesday in MD. I plan to drive mine from MD to Cols, without tags if need be,lol, it's just 400 mi.
I bought it to cut the rear 5 Windows 3/4 of body off, but I planned to keep the floor, but don't NEED to. I'm then adding 102" square flatbd welded under rear of frame behind rear axle. A Stepped flatbed I guess, to pull one small travel Trlr Up Onto, then 1 Trlr behind. Planned to scrap the part y'all want to keep. Maybe we already know what... Sorry not enough posts for pics yet
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07-30-2016, 06:41 PM
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: May 2015
Location: Oklahoma aka "God's blind spot"
Posts: 2,446
Year: 1989
Coachwork: 1853FC International/Navistar
Chassis: 35' Retired Air Force Ambulance
Engine: DT466, MT643
Rated Cap: 6 souls and a driver
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How do you haul one on bed and drop off at destination?
I can see hauling boats, because most dealers have A-Frame boat lifts... But a travel trailer on a flatbed is a whole different animal.
Unloading dock and a powered mule?
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07-31-2016, 09:36 AM
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Bus Geek
Join Date: May 2009
Location: Columbus Ohio
Posts: 18,830
Year: 1991
Coachwork: Carpenter
Chassis: International 3800
Engine: DTA360 / MT643
Rated Cap: 7 Row Handicap
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Hello fellow Columbus !!! When you get back we should all meet up. I just finished a Christmas convention near New York ny and took the bus!! About 400 miles or so and I'm home..
Christopher
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07-31-2016, 03:13 PM
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#31
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Bus Geek
Join Date: May 2016
Location: Eastern WA
Posts: 6,401
Year: 2002
Coachwork: Bluebird
Chassis: All American RE (A3RE)
Engine: Cummins ISC (8.3)
Rated Cap: 72
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Quote:
Originally Posted by milkmania
How do you haul one on bed and drop off at destination?
I can see hauling boats, because most dealers have A-Frame boat lifts... But a travel trailer on a flatbed is a whole different animal.
Unloading dock and a powered mule?
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Not sure if you are referring to my comment but the 5th wheel is pulled on its own wheels behind the tow vehicle not carried by the two vehicle.
Look at their rig a 5th wheel hitch mounted to the bobtail.
I have to stop looking at this thread or I am going to start trying to buy the damn thing....
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08-01-2016, 10:51 AM
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#32
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Mini-Skoolie
Join Date: Jun 2016
Location: Bellbrook OH
Posts: 55
Year: 2000
Coachwork: Bluebird
Chassis: International
Engine: DT466E
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We would be interested in the part you cut off. We are having a flat bed build on in a couple of weeks and still trying to figure out what we're doing!
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