|
12-16-2016, 09:23 PM
|
#1
|
Skoolie
Join Date: Feb 2014
Location: Hillsboro Oregon
Posts: 245
|
77.5" interior height?
I keep looking for a bus with more head room. Is this one with 77.5" actually a bit more than what would be considered "normal"? It's only a 40 minute drive for me, but I dont know if there may be a better interior height option somewhere?
|
|
|
12-16-2016, 11:11 PM
|
#2
|
Bus Nut
Join Date: Sep 2016
Location: Fayetteville Arkansas
Posts: 419
Year: 1991
Coachwork: Carpenter
Chassis: GMC G3500 Vandura
Engine: V-8 5.7L Gas
|
Six foot is average. six more inches is the maximum.. So that one is in the middle.
-Thomas
|
|
|
12-17-2016, 01:52 PM
|
#3
|
Skoolie
Join Date: Feb 2016
Location: Bemidji MN
Posts: 209
Year: 1998
Coachwork: Carpenter Body
Chassis: International 3800
Engine: DT466
Rated Cap: 65 to Zero. Folding Chair
|
I did a lift and the interior bare metal floor to bare metal ceiling height is 91 inches now.
Originally it was 6 feet and I am 6'4 so I had to do a lift. Now, interior height of 7'7" is great. I wont need to alter cabinets, showers, walls as most have too with short walls and low ceiling.
Before going out of your way for the bus, consider if you will have to do a lift anyway. Extra head room now or extra customized head room later.
__________________
D.L. Jones III
"The Independence"
98 International
|
|
|
12-17-2016, 05:16 PM
|
#4
|
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
|
Mine's 77" and I don't realize it most of the time... But, I've still got original floor & ceiling in.
In the bedroom, I've added 1" polyiso & 3/4" of plywood temporarily, and I can tell a difference, but not much.
__________________
I once complained I had no shoes....
Until I met a man with no feet
|
|
|
12-17-2016, 05:22 PM
|
#5
|
Skoolie
Join Date: Feb 2014
Location: Hillsboro Oregon
Posts: 245
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by New2Skool
I did a lift and the interior bare metal floor to bare metal ceiling height is 91 inches now.
Originally it was 6 feet and I am 6'4 so I had to do a lift. Now, interior height of 7'7" is great. I wont need to alter cabinets, showers, walls as most have too with short walls and low ceiling.
Before going out of your way for the bus, consider if you will have to do a lift anyway. Extra head room now or extra customized head room later.
|
I'd rather not do a ceiling lift. I'm 5'11", but wear a hat a lot. I dont like carpets, so painted wood floors work great for me. Just curious if the 7'5.5" was more than standard. Sounds like it may be, so that would help make it look more appealing to me as the standard ceiling height was just a bit too tight for me.
|
|
|
12-17-2016, 06:07 PM
|
#6
|
Bus Nut
Join Date: Mar 2015
Location: hills of sw virginia
Posts: 889
Year: 1996
Chassis: thomas
Engine: 8.3 cummins
Rated Cap: 11 window
|
my thomas was an activity bus with 78" headroom, gave me enough room to insulate. that has 545 tranny, keep looking
|
|
|
12-17-2016, 06:20 PM
|
#7
|
Bus Crazy
Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: Spring Valley AZ
Posts: 1,343
Year: 2000
Coachwork: Bluebird
Engine: 5.9 Cummins
Rated Cap: 2 elderly children, 1 cat
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by Deezl Smoke
I'd rather not do a ceiling lift. I'm 5'11", but wear a hat a lot. I dont like carpets, so painted wood floors work great for me. Just curious if the 7'5.5" was more than standard. Sounds like it may be, so that would help make it look more appealing to me as the standard ceiling height was just a bit too tight for me.
|
Ours is 6'5".
7' plus is definitely more than the norm.
__________________
Don, Mary and Spooky the cat.
|
|
|
12-17-2016, 06:52 PM
|
#8
|
Skoolie
Join Date: Feb 2014
Location: Hillsboro Oregon
Posts: 245
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by superdave
my thomas was an activity bus with 78" headroom, gave me enough room to insulate. that has 545 tranny, keep looking
|
What's wrong with the 545?
|
|
|
12-17-2016, 06:54 PM
|
#9
|
Skoolie
Join Date: Feb 2014
Location: Hillsboro Oregon
Posts: 245
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by 2kool4skool
Ours is 6'5".
7' plus is definitely more than the norm.
|
I apologize. 77.5" is 6' 5.5". I always get that mixed up for some reason. So your bus is 6'5"? And it's what is considered "normal"?
|
|
|
12-17-2016, 07:00 PM
|
#10
|
Skoolie
Join Date: Aug 2014
Location: Oklahoma
Posts: 136
Year: 1991
Coachwork: Bluebird?
Chassis: 26ft Bluebird TC2000
Engine: Cumming 5.9 12v, AT545
|
Have you driven one? They dont have a lockup torque converter for one, so the fuel economy is abysmal, it seems like you have to put your foot on the floor just to get the bus to roll out of a parking space, and you lose alot of top end "passing power" - the transmission doesnt like torque, which is what our diesels are good at.. so it's 'programmed' to downshift before your engine can even really start to make good torque.
|
|
|
12-17-2016, 07:51 PM
|
#11
|
Bus Nut
Join Date: May 2016
Location: Richmond Virginia
Posts: 932
Year: 1984
Engine: 366 Big block Chevy! :) w/ Stick shift
|
I am 6' and i have maybe another 5 inches above my head to the ceiling.
Also i spend most of my time in the bus sitting, kneeling, or laying down. I have a few blankets separating areas, so i am often ducking anyway and spend a rare amount of time walking or standing at all. Now i might sing a different tune if the ceiling were lower and i had to duck, but i just don't think much time spent in a bus is standing or walking. However, i totally support anyones efforts to find a tall celing and to raise the ceiling.
|
|
|
12-17-2016, 08:26 PM
|
#12
|
Skoolie
Join Date: Feb 2014
Location: Hillsboro Oregon
Posts: 245
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by dalez
Have you driven one? They dont have a lockup torque converter for one, so the fuel economy is abysmal, it seems like you have to put your foot on the floor just to get the bus to roll out of a parking space, and you lose alot of top end "passing power" - the transmission doesnt like torque, which is what our diesels are good at.. so it's 'programmed' to downshift before your engine can even really start to make good torque.
|
No, I dont think I have driven one. I've driven the 6x6 military trucks which have I think a 6xx allison, but I dont think I have driven a 5 hundred series.
I'm not in a hurry, so I can keep looking. Other bus local has an 8.2l engine, so unless I can get the bus for free, I think I'll pass on that one too.
|
|
|
12-17-2016, 08:28 PM
|
#13
|
Skoolie
Join Date: Feb 2014
Location: Hillsboro Oregon
Posts: 245
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by Carytowncat
I am 6' and i have maybe another 5 inches above my head to the ceiling.
Also i spend most of my time in the bus sitting, kneeling, or laying down. I have a few blankets separating areas, so i am often ducking anyway and spend a rare amount of time walking or standing at all. Now i might sing a different tune if the ceiling were lower and i had to duck, but i just don't think much time spent in a bus is standing or walking. However, i totally support anyones efforts to find a tall celing and to raise the ceiling.
|
I'd likely be doing the same. Dont care much for being inside all the time. Even though I may leave my hat on most of the time, I do take my shoes off, which might help another inch to inch an'ahalf.
|
|
|
|
Posting Rules
|
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
HTML code is Off
|
|
|
|
» Recent Threads |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|