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Forum: Skoolie Conversion Projects 08-24-2014, 06:13 PM
Replies: 778
Views: 218,486
Posted By orangepeel91
Re: La Tortuga...updated 08-24-14

I'm red neck. I have a 30' school bus in front of my garage and in front of that is my daily driver. An extended cab dually pickup with 67 marker lights. I've been to more than a couple of tractor...
Forum: Skoolie Conversion Projects 08-11-2014, 04:15 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 2,674
Posted By orangepeel91
Re: Buying a bus

Soldering windows? Solder won't hold. Too heavy, too much vibration and waaaaay too much shaking. Why not use a good two part epoxy instead if you really want to try this. Please do not do what some...
Forum: Skoolie Conversion Projects 07-17-2014, 02:46 AM
Replies: 178
Views: 29,942
Posted By orangepeel91
Re: Big Bertha

I think my floors are a bit worse than yours. My purchase price sure was! Totally jealous of your luggage bays and engine. Still I wanted a bit shorter and at 30' I got it. I have never seen a rear...
Forum: Skoolie Conversion Projects 07-17-2014, 01:11 AM
Replies: 49
Views: 10,523
Posted By orangepeel91
Re: Betsy

Door not as handy as you think. About the only thing it will really be good for is getting the couch in. That will still delay the cabinet going in front of it. At 30' I don't have any floor space to...
Forum: Skoolie Conversion Projects 07-16-2014, 11:06 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 2,347
Posted By orangepeel91
Re: Please advise ASAP NEED HELP

If you assume 150lbs per person your weight will be waaaay off. Federal Transit Administration assumptions are for ADULTS. School bus seating capacity assumes 3 kids per seat. That would be 2nd...
Forum: Skoolie Conversion Projects 07-16-2014, 11:01 AM
Replies: 932
Views: 423,017
Posted By orangepeel91
Re: The Broccoli Bus

I am sooo jealous of your luggage bays. With luggage bays that big your bus was probably intended for the band or team use on long trips which means highway gears!
As to the embarrassing picture of...
Forum: Skoolie Conversion Projects 07-16-2014, 10:14 AM
Replies: 49
Views: 10,523
Posted By orangepeel91
Re: Betsy

Finally some more progress to report!
Got the wheelchair lift out.
That little adventure took my buddy and I six hours.
There was a LOT of rust. So much rust that the steel plate on the bottom...
Forum: Skoolie Conversion Projects 07-09-2014, 11:31 PM
Replies: 22
Views: 4,394
Posted By orangepeel91
Re: HELLLLPPPPPPP!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The ford can also have the 6 liter Brazilian diesel too.

But condition and price being similar I would jump on the DT 466 without hesitation.
This engine is LEGENDARY.
First it has replaceable...
Forum: Short-Bus Conversion Projects 06-30-2014, 08:26 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 1,850
Posted By orangepeel91
Re: Any consultants able to help me out?

So how many passenger windows are on the drivers side of the bus? That will give everyone a much better idea of the length you have to work with. For example my TC2000 has air brakes, uses 22.5"...
Forum: Skoolie Conversion Projects 06-29-2014, 06:53 PM
Replies: 44
Views: 7,655
Posted By orangepeel91
Re: Family Tardis

Just how narrow are you then? My best friend is 5'3" and 160. when the four of us (me him and the wives) were looking for ideas at the rv show there was one model that was so tight for space he...
Forum: Skoolie Conversion Projects 06-27-2014, 04:43 PM
Replies: 44
Views: 7,655
Posted By orangepeel91
Re: Family Tardis

Another minor issue with your latest floor plan. You didn't leave enough room for the throne. You have a wall right next to the toilet. That will not work. I don't care how slightly built you are...
Forum: Skoolie Conversion Projects 06-27-2014, 04:39 PM
Replies: 44
Views: 7,655
Posted By orangepeel91
Re: Family Tardis

Unless you are hooked up to water at a campground I would skip the tub too. I have to go a little bigger in the shower than normal because of my size but it's still a foot shorter than the tub in my...
Forum: Skoolie Conversion Projects 06-19-2014, 07:46 PM
Replies: 44
Views: 7,655
Posted By orangepeel91
Re: Family Tardis

Forgot to mention the wiring. Not under, IN the bus. Take a look where the seats attach to the walls. See that steel lip? it's structural. As in do not remove structural. Besides the build threads...
Forum: Skoolie Conversion Projects 06-19-2014, 07:00 PM
Replies: 44
Views: 7,655
Posted By orangepeel91
Re: Family Tardis

I know a 40' bus looks like a lot of space.
And it is.
Until you try to have 8 people living in it.
It isn't going to take anyone long to get sick and tired of family togetherness. In that...
Forum: Conversion Tutorials and How-to's 06-17-2014, 08:37 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 12,796
Posted By orangepeel91
Re: Body panel parts.

I have a rusted corner on my bird, these people have the exqact part I need!
Forum: Skoolie Conversion Projects 06-17-2014, 06:25 PM
Replies: 44
Views: 7,655
Posted By orangepeel91
Re: Family Tardis

My bus is 10' shorter than yours, but admittedly it will most likely never be used by more than 4. For that matter 2 is going to be the normal max. I'm not just tall but wide also. I'm over 400lbs so...
Forum: Skoolie Conversion Projects 06-14-2014, 11:10 AM
Replies: 44
Views: 7,655
Posted By orangepeel91
Re: Family Tardis

I noticed how both of your proposed floor plans are for a side aisle layout. Is that going to allow enough height? I'm 6'2" so can only stand upright in 3 places in my bus. Under each emergency hatch...
Forum: Skoolie Conversion Projects 06-07-2014, 05:39 PM
Replies: 886
Views: 298,029
Posted By orangepeel91
Re: Sojourner

Hey Sojourner, you said you were thinking of putting the windshield wipers on a single switch so they operate at the same time.
It won't work.
You still have separate individual wiper motors. They...
Forum: Skoolie Conversion Projects 05-26-2014, 02:35 PM
Replies: 49
Views: 10,523
Posted By orangepeel91
Re: Betsy

My lawn went to seed. Literally. Looked like wheat only green.
Wire wheel in the plan.
Hadn't thought of epoxy.
Works for me, I love that stuff.
Forum: Skoolie Conversion Projects 05-25-2014, 10:32 PM
Replies: 49
Views: 10,523
Posted By orangepeel91
Re: Betsy

Okay guys and dolls I made a little progress today.

In the scheme of things I didn't get a huge amount done but when you consider my lawn is no longer going to seed (grass was over a foot high) I...
Forum: Skoolie Conversion Projects 05-22-2014, 11:34 PM
Replies: 469
Views: 124,740
Posted By orangepeel91
Re: Diesel Dan's Skoolie

I said it before , I'll say it again.
I've never been so grateful for black and white tv in my life.
The miracle of birth doesn't faze me in the least-- when I know it's coming.
I see far more...
Forum: Skoolie Conversion Projects 05-22-2014, 11:31 PM
Replies: 49
Views: 10,523
Posted By orangepeel91
Re: Betsy

Pex is what we used to make the temp repair to the throne room. But seeing as how one of the copper tubing and solder joints came apart in my buddys hands which was never soldered properly in the...
Forum: Skoolie Conversion Projects 05-20-2014, 12:06 AM
Replies: 469
Views: 124,740
Posted By orangepeel91
Re: Diesel Dan's Skoolie

Dude, I personally delivered two of my children, one of which is in the picture above. I wouldn't trade that experience for anything! :D[/quote]

Yes but you knew your wife was pregnant. It...
Forum: Skoolie Conversion Projects 05-19-2014, 11:02 PM
Replies: 49
Views: 10,523
Posted By orangepeel91
Re: Betsy

The blade I used was one that came in the box with the tool.
It's straight edged and somewhere around 1.5" and 2" wide. Without measuring it since it's in the bus and I'm not that is about as close...
Forum: Skoolie Conversion Projects 05-19-2014, 08:42 PM
Replies: 49
Views: 10,523
Posted By orangepeel91
Re: Betsy

Original wall in the bathroom is just painted regular drywall.
Made a couple of unhappy discoveries.
I've been cursing the builders of my house ever since I discovered my interior walls use 2x2...
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