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07-19-2015, 10:55 PM
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Mini-Skoolie
Join Date: Jul 2015
Location: Nebraska
Posts: 16
Year: 1995
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: International
Engine: T444e/ Allison automatic
Rated Cap: 59
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Hello from Nebraska!!
Hi everyone!! I dove into the skoolie world with both feet and what an adventure it has been!! Crazy thing happened one when reading a paper at the dinner table! My wife say an ad for a used school bus for sale and jokingly said we should by it and make it a toy hauler! That started the wheels turning and the research began and I found this web site and I was inspired by what I read!! I did a lot of research and a week later I bought a 1995 IH bus with a Tomas body t444E and a Allison trans!! 162,000 miles one owner the school I bought it from! Our plans are to have a flatbed toy hauler and room for 7 in the cab area! Got started on it Monday and have made good progress !!
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07-19-2015, 11:00 PM
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Bus Nut
Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: Olympia, Washington
Posts: 557
Year: 87
Coachwork: Wayne
Chassis: International s1700
Engine: 6.9 internatiional
Rated Cap: 65
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welcome to the site 
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07-20-2015, 02:18 PM
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: MNT CITY TN
Posts: 5,158
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 pictures are required
welcome
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Accept the challenges so that you can feel the exhilaration of victory.
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07-20-2015, 02:30 PM
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Houston, Texas
Posts: 8,462
Year: 1946
Coachwork: Chevrolet/Wayne
Chassis: 1- 1/2 ton
Engine: Cummins 4BT
Rated Cap: 15
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A big ol' Skoolie Welcome! --- Sounds like this will be an interesting build. Converting the rear to a flatbed and keeping some closed space up front is not uncommon so a little Googling might provide some experience/pix/ideas. One of the nicer units I recall kept most of the roof in place which became the "covered patio" once the toys were unloaded.
Best of luck and definitely do post some pix!
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07-20-2015, 05:07 PM
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: Apr 2014
Location: EHT New Jersey
Posts: 1,134
Year: 2003
Coachwork: AmTran
Chassis: International 3000RE
Engine: T444E/AT545
Rated Cap: 75
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Quote:
Originally Posted by bansil
pictures are required
welcome |
Its the Internet- Pics or it doesn't exist.
And welcome
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07-20-2015, 08:03 PM
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Mini-Skoolie
Join Date: Jul 2015
Location: Nebraska
Posts: 16
Year: 1995
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: International
Engine: T444e/ Allison automatic
Rated Cap: 59
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Sorry little slow at getting back on here!!!! Some what new at forums plus been working on bus!!! Here are some photos project was started Monday July 13th!
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07-20-2015, 08:08 PM
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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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You got that far this fast? Common!
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07-20-2015, 08:14 PM
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Mini-Skoolie
Join Date: Jul 2015
Location: Nebraska
Posts: 16
Year: 1995
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: International
Engine: T444e/ Allison automatic
Rated Cap: 59
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Been off work all week and I recurred my nephew and my son!! Plus a good friend wanted in in the tear down
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07-20-2015, 08:22 PM
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Mini-Skoolie
Join Date: Jul 2015
Location: Nebraska
Posts: 16
Year: 1995
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: International
Engine: T444e/ Allison automatic
Rated Cap: 59
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So far I am being spending the most time reattaching the back of the bus and trying to work thru the wiring that's not necessary and the door switches are a fun
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07-20-2015, 08:23 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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Originally Posted by Blueduece
Hi everyone!! I dove into the skoolie world with both feet and what an adventure it has been!! Crazy thing happened one when reading a paper at the dinner table! My wife say an ad for a used school bus for sale and jokingly said we should by it and make it a toy hauler! That started the wheels turning and the research began and I found this web site and I was inspired by what I read!! I did a lot of research and a week later I bought a 1995 IH bus with a Tomas body t444E and a Allison trans!! 162,000 miles one owner the school I bought it from! Our plans are to have a flatbed toy hauler and room for 7 in the cab area! Got started on it Monday and have made good progress !!
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well, you've got wife's approval coming out of the gate.....
I'd say that's 3/4 the battle won right there! 
funny when it's THEIR idea, all systems are go!
they have to warm to anyone's idea other than their own
welcome aboard
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I once complained I had no shoes....
Until I met a man with no feet
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07-20-2015, 08:25 PM
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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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Ahh. The picture changed. I was responding to a pic I saw of a toyhauler in the previous post. It now shows correctly. Nice underbelly storage. I wish I had such luxury.
Welcome and keep us posted on progress.
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07-20-2015, 08:28 PM
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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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wait, now it shows a bus with the rear end moved forward like a toyhauler on post #9. Did you get the bus, remove the seats, cut the rear, move it forward, reattached it and remove any flooring down to metal in this amount of time?
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07-20-2015, 08:32 PM
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Mini-Skoolie
Join Date: Jul 2015
Location: Nebraska
Posts: 16
Year: 1995
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: International
Engine: T444e/ Allison automatic
Rated Cap: 59
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Thanks everyone for the comments and it is amazing how the wife is on board with the whole project and is looking forward to the first trip!! The unfortunate reason for some much being done is the place where I work is currently on a multiple week shutdown!!
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07-20-2015, 08:35 PM
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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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Milkmania, you'd better hurry up. See all the fun you are missing. You don't need anyone's permission.
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07-20-2015, 08:36 PM
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Mini-Skoolie
Join Date: Jul 2015
Location: Nebraska
Posts: 16
Year: 1995
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: International
Engine: T444e/ Allison automatic
Rated Cap: 59
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I left the floor as it is !! Plywood sandwiched between steel plates
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07-20-2015, 08:38 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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Quote:
Originally Posted by Blueduece
Thanks everyone for the comments and it is amazing how the wife is on board with the whole project and is looking forward to the first trip!! The unfortunate reason for some much being done is the place where I work is currently on a multiple week shutdown!!
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dude, you got it
seriously, my ex-wife was absolutely negative about everything..... and ?I mean everything!
when you have someone by your side, you enter everything together, and you can conquer anything, or fail together and learn from it.
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I once complained I had no shoes....
Until I met a man with no feet
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07-20-2015, 08:41 PM
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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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Dang, your faster than my first girlfriend!
I just returned from Gretna last week. The weather was great but I had to fly to save time. It would have been so much easier to work on a bus without the humidity we have here.
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07-20-2015, 08:42 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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Quote:
Originally Posted by crazycal
Milkmania, you'd better hurry up. See all the fun you are missing. You don't need anyone's permission.
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I'm hurrying..... It's just that I keep running into same brick wall 
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I once complained I had no shoes....
Until I met a man with no feet
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07-20-2015, 10:19 PM
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#19
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: Dec 2014
Location: Dowdy Lakes, Colorado
Posts: 1,444
Year: 1989
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: Saf-T-Liner ER
Engine: 3208 CAT/MT643 tranny
Rated Cap: 87
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Firearms stand next in importance to the Constitution itself. They are the American people’s liberty teeth and keystone under independence. — George Washington
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07-20-2015, 10:25 PM
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Skoolie
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Texas
Posts: 218
Year: 1997
Coachwork: AmTran
Chassis: Genesis
Engine: DT466
Rated Cap: 84
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Same here. I've noticed a lot of the forum-hosted pictures don't show up lately. 
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