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07-11-2015, 07:39 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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Gotta love the wood............
and the recessed window a/c
lot of great ideas in this album
http://www.skoolie.net/forums/member...albums498.html
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I once complained I had no shoes....
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07-12-2015, 12:36 AM
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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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I once complained I had no shoes....
Until I met a man with no feet
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07-12-2015, 01:16 AM
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Stony Plain Alberta Canada
Posts: 2,937
Year: 1992
Coachwork: Bluebird
Chassis: TC2000 FE
Engine: 190hp 5.9 Cummins
Rated Cap: 72
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I personally hate building structures from wood, despite making around 40% of my living from doing so.
Wood swells, shrinks, twists, rots, molds if moisture content is above 19%, bugs eat it, ect.
The disadvantages are far far beyond the benefits.
To me wood should be nothing more than a cladding or veneer for visual pleasure.
Soft wood like we have here in Alberta Canada is almost useless. It compounds all the disadvantages.
I would rather build from metal. Hence the reason I'm building a bus, not a sticks and staples RV.
Metal will outlast any wood, and properly engineered is half the weight.
The finishes we have for metal today can last a lifetime, and never require a refinish.
Wood must be refinished continuously. Life is too short for that
However, I also will not install asphalt shingles of any kind due to them not lasting the life of the building. I install only metal cladding on roofs.( Roofing tin, metal shingles, ect.) Once installed correctly, the metal lasts a lifetime.
So, yes I like the look of wood, but nothing else about it.
Nat
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07-12-2015, 07:45 AM
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Mini-Skoolie
Join Date: Jun 2015
Posts: 30
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How well does that window mount AC work
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07-12-2015, 09:28 AM
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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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That's Steve's bus, as in Steve the previous owner of skoolie.net.
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07-12-2015, 01:29 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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I wunder the same about an a.c. unit like that. I have to figure what we are going with in ours.
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07-12-2015, 05:42 PM
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Andrews,Indiana
Posts: 2,437
Year: 1991
Coachwork: Bluebird
Chassis: AARE
Engine: 3116 Cat 250hp
Rated Cap: Just the two of us.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by crazycal
That's Steve's bus, as in Steve the previous owner of skoolie.net.
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You sure about that, I seem to remember a much taller roof raise.
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07-12-2015, 06:01 PM
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Andrews,Indiana
Posts: 2,437
Year: 1991
Coachwork: Bluebird
Chassis: AARE
Engine: 3116 Cat 250hp
Rated Cap: Just the two of us.
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Speaking of Steve, is he totally erased from the site? There were a ton of pictures of his bus and he used to post every day. Just did some searching and can't find anything about him.
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07-12-2015, 06:50 PM
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Bus Nut
Join Date: Nov 2013
Location: Gainesville. Georgia
Posts: 544
Year: 1992
Coachwork: bluebird
Rated Cap: 72
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Oh come on Nat....can't you just give out one damn compliment without having to add a sermon about the evils of the damn wood.
I think those pictures show what a good carpenter can achieve in a bus and I for one appreciate getting to see what I can accomplish if I should choose to.
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07-12-2015, 07:35 PM
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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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My buddy does killer airbrushing out of his studio- a 1966 Ford school bus that was lovingly converted by a skilled carpenter back in the 70's. The wood is holding up REALLY WELL in this Florida humidity.
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07-12-2015, 08:39 PM
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Stony Plain Alberta Canada
Posts: 2,937
Year: 1992
Coachwork: Bluebird
Chassis: TC2000 FE
Engine: 190hp 5.9 Cummins
Rated Cap: 72
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Quote:
Originally Posted by The-Breeze
I think those pictures show what a good carpenter can achieve in a bus
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As a Carpenter, IMO that bus represents what a Entry level Carpenter can do.
Those are small, thin pieces of wood. Not much skill required to build something like that.
If you make a mistake, toss the small piece and start over. Not much lost.
Start cutting 4x8 sheets of nice wood and making it fit around everything with angled compound miter cuts at ever corner. Then you can say the builder was a good Carpenter.
This is why tongue and groove 1x4's and 1x6's are so popular here. It's easy to install for a entry level DIY'er, with basic tools, and little skill.
I didn't post that for those of you who have read my previous posts. I post stuff like that for the new members that need to know the down sides of using wood.
Nat
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"Don't argue with stupid people. They will just drag you down to their level, and beat you up with experience."
Patently waiting for the apocalypses to level the playing field in this physiological game of life commonly known as Civilization
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07-14-2015, 10:39 AM
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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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Quote:
Originally Posted by somewhereinusa
You sure about that, I seem to remember a much taller roof raise.
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Not 100% but pretty sure.
Skoolie.net - View Profile: Steve
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07-14-2015, 04:30 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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Nothing lasts forever, including planet Earth, so enjoy it while you can.
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07-14-2015, 04:38 PM
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Bus Nut
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Middle Tennessee
Posts: 264
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Longer than my lifetime...
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'85 Thomas SafTLiner RE
3208 NA CAT MT643
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07-14-2015, 06:28 PM
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Andrews,Indiana
Posts: 2,437
Year: 1991
Coachwork: Bluebird
Chassis: AARE
Engine: 3116 Cat 250hp
Rated Cap: Just the two of us.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by crazycal
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My bad, I was thinking of Smitty.
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07-14-2015, 06:32 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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Quote:
Originally Posted by somewhereinusa
My bad, I was thinking of Smitty.
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Yeah, Smitty's gone.
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