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06-30-2013, 06:45 PM
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Skoolie
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: Wisconsin
Posts: 238
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Re: Our Farold's Conversion
About a month ago I picked up a 7000 watt Kohler generator from my brother-in-law. I scored it for $200 bucks . This past weekend I ran some new romex into the bus and hooked up the remote start switch. Works great. We had a nice cool weekend with the genny and A/C running
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06-30-2013, 06:48 PM
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#162
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Skoolie
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: Wisconsin
Posts: 238
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Re: Our Farold's Conversion
About a month ago I picked up a 7000 watt Kohler generator from my brother-in-law. I scored it for $200 bucks . This past weekend I ran some new romex into the bus and hooked up the remote start switch. Works great. We had a nice cool weekend with the genny and A/C running
This pick is before I ran the new electrical. I still have to fabricate a cover for the genny. It ended up being too tall to mount under the bus without cutting out the floor. Something I didn't want to do so we just welded a platform to the back bumper of the bus. A quick job but it works. Once I get the cover and get it painted it will look much better.
I left the bus by my father-in-laws. He is a retired painter and he is going to take on the project of painting Farold. I was going to this weekend but the weather didn't cooperate and driving it through the woods would have scratched it cause the paint wouldn't have had time to harden.
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06-30-2013, 07:14 PM
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#163
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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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Re: Our Farold's Conversion
WOW! Now thats a real campground clearer outter Just a suggestion but liability issues being what they are you might want to enclose that genny in a fine mesh metal cage of some kind to keep stupid people (and kids) from touching the exhaust or fingering the electrical contacts etc.
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06-30-2013, 07:19 PM
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#164
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Skoolie
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: Wisconsin
Posts: 238
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Re: Our Farold's Conversion
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Originally Posted by ol trunt
WOW! Now thats a real campground clearer outter Just a suggestion but liability issues being what they are you might want to enclose that genny in a fine mesh metal cage of some kind to keep stupid people (and kids) from touching the exhaust or fingering the electrical contacts etc.
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Actually it runs pretty quiet. It has a pretty good sized muffler under it that you can't really see in the picture. When you are inside you can hardly hear it and when you are out side it is much quieter than some I have heard run while we were on our trip down to Florida. I do plan to put a metal cover over it to keep the kiddos and stupid people out. and I don't think I will be needing it in any campground as I would assume most that we stay in will have electric hookup.
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06-30-2013, 07:26 PM
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#165
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: MNT CITY TN
Posts: 5,158
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Re: Our Farold's Conversion
Quote:
Originally Posted by ol trunt
WOW! Now thats a real campground clearer outterthat putting youfr Just a suggestion but liability issues being what they are you might want to enclose that genny in a fine mesh metal cage of some kind to keep stupid people (and kids) from touching the exhaust or fingering the electrical contacts etc.
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Trunt I think this is what this generation needs!!!
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07-30-2013, 01:20 PM
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#166
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Skoolie
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: Wisconsin
Posts: 238
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Re: Our Farold's Conversion
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07-30-2013, 01:47 PM
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#167
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: MNT CITY TN
Posts: 5,158
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Re: Our Farold's Conversion
You just went up 4 steps on the "class ladder"
now to get lettering done....you are putting the travelinwithus back on right?
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07-30-2013, 01:48 PM
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Bus Nut
Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: West Lafayette, IN
Posts: 832
Year: 1999
Coachwork: Thomas
Engine: 3126
Rated Cap: 72
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Re: Our Farold's Conversion
Nice paint job, how much will he hire out for. There are several of us in the middle of painting our buses.
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07-30-2013, 03:23 PM
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#169
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Bakersfield, California
Posts: 1,013
Year: 1976
Coachwork: Crown
Chassis: Supercoach
Engine: Detroit 6-71 Mid-Ship Mounted
Rated Cap: 79 at Birth
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Re: Our Farold's Conversion
Farold looks super nice
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07-30-2013, 03:44 PM
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#170
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Austin, TX
Posts: 1,489
Year: 1996
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: International
Engine: DT466/AT545
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Re: Our Farold's Conversion
Oooooh! Nice! I REALLY like that color scheme. Dang, man, I'm considering copying it! Would that be bad form? I do want some dark green on my bus though, so I may just try to find a way to work some brown in there. It's the brown stripe that caught my eye.
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07-30-2013, 03:53 PM
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#171
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Skoolie
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: Wisconsin
Posts: 238
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Re: Our Farold's Conversion
Thanks guys!
I am very happy with how it turned out. Here is a little better picture also (cleaned the lens on my phone's camera )
I would bet my father-in-law would be happy to paint everyone's buses. You just have to figure out how to get them here, lol.
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07-30-2013, 03:54 PM
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#172
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: MNT CITY TN
Posts: 5,158
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Re: Our Farold's Conversion
Bus painting rally???
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07-30-2013, 03:54 PM
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#173
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Skoolie
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: Wisconsin
Posts: 238
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Re: Our Farold's Conversion
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Originally Posted by Diesel Dan
Oooooh! Nice! I REALLY like that color scheme. Dang, man, I'm considering copying it! Would that be bad form? I do want some dark green on my bus though, so I may just try to find a way to work some brown in there. It's the brown stripe that caught my eye.
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Thanks Dan! Feel free to copy !
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07-30-2013, 03:57 PM
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#174
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Skoolie
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: Wisconsin
Posts: 238
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Re: Our Farold's Conversion
Quote:
Originally Posted by bansil
You just went up 4 steps on the "class ladder"
now to get lettering done....you are putting the travelinwithus back on right?
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Yep, I will probably put travelinwithus.com back on as well as a couple other things. I just have to figure out what I want and where I want it!
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07-30-2013, 10:33 PM
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#175
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Bus Nut
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Ocala, FL
Posts: 635
Year: 1995
Coachwork: Bookmobile body by Farber
Chassis: International 3800
Engine: Navistar DT466/Alison MT643
Rated Cap: 1
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Re: Our Farold's Conversion
Quote:
Originally Posted by travelinwithus
I would bet my father-in-law would be happy to paint everyone's buses. You just have to figure out how to get them here, lol.
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I know you typed other sentences here, but this is the only one I was able to see.
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07-31-2013, 12:50 AM
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#176
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Skoolie
Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: Southeast raleigh
Posts: 221
Year: 1974
Coachwork: Crown
Chassis: Supercoach
Engine: Detroit Diesel 6-71
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Re: Our Farold's Conversion
WOW! Looks beautiful!
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08-03-2013, 12:22 PM
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#177
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Skoolie
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: Wisconsin
Posts: 238
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Re: Our Farold's Conversion
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08-03-2013, 12:28 PM
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#178
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: MNT CITY TN
Posts: 5,158
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Re: Our Farold's Conversion
I love it...good show....remember the humming birds I talked of this morning? make sure front door is closed!!!!! before feeding..crap...crap...
poor little guy thought the bright red Keurig was a flower....I guess mamas cocao mocha didn't help
have fun
cooking mamas pizza now
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08-03-2013, 12:33 PM
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#179
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Skoolie
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: Wisconsin
Posts: 238
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Re: Our Farold's Conversion
Quote:
Originally Posted by bansil
I love it...good show....remember the humming birds I talked of this morning? make sure front door is closed!!!!! before feeding..crap...crap...
poor little guy thought the bright red Keurig was a flower....I guess mamas cocao mocha didn't help
have fun
cooking mamas pizza now
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La Tortuga is "all" species friendly
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04-13-2015, 04:08 PM
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#180
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Bus Nut
Join Date: Oct 2012
Posts: 367
Year: 1979
Coachwork: Superior
Chassis: Chevy
Engine: 8 cyl gas
Rated Cap: 60
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Quote:
Originally Posted by travelinwithus
La Tortuga is "all" species friendly
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Does anyone know where Travelingwithus and their pictures went?
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