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11-24-2018, 03:13 PM
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Bus Nut
Join Date: Dec 2016
Location: MONTANA
Posts: 471
Year: 1995
Coachwork: AMTRAM
Chassis: INT
Engine: DT466
Rated Cap: Big Girl
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Custom RV Doors
In the market for a custom made RV door to replace the front door School bus folding door. Anyone have any place they delt with or could recommend, also if you don't mind sharing what did you pay for a door custom or not.
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11-24-2018, 03:21 PM
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Almost There
Join Date: Feb 2018
Posts: 74
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I’ve been buying doors from
Www.nicksbuilding.com for years.
Their prices are amazing and they do old fashion construction. Solid as hell.
Look at their site.
They have a lot of stock stuff but they do custom as well.
I’m going to have them build mine, I expect it to cost in the neighborhood of 1000-2000
You can get some absolutely stunning doors for 700-900 stock
1300 gets you a carved door.
So depends on materials and options
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11-24-2018, 03:23 PM
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Almost There
Join Date: Feb 2018
Posts: 74
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Second post just to add
For the best bang for your buck
You can stop searching at nicksbuilding
Anything you can draw they will make.
And VERY fair pricing.
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11-24-2018, 03:46 PM
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Bus Nut
Join Date: Dec 2016
Location: MONTANA
Posts: 471
Year: 1995
Coachwork: AMTRAM
Chassis: INT
Engine: DT466
Rated Cap: Big Girl
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Thanks, maybe I was not clear, but I am looking for a door to replace my front folding school bus door, I just want a plain white RV style door with a window in it. Made the size of the door opening nothing fancy
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11-24-2018, 04:54 PM
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Andrews,Indiana
Posts: 2,436
Year: 1991
Coachwork: Bluebird
Chassis: AARE
Engine: 3116 Cat 250hp
Rated Cap: Just the two of us.
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You'll probably be better off getting a standard RV door and making your opening fit. Also much cheaper. Or make your own door.
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11-24-2018, 05:14 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 bigskypc50
Thanks, maybe I was not clear, but I am looking for a door to replace my front folding school bus door, I just want a plain white RV style door with a window in it. Made the size of the door opening nothing fancy
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I flipped the forward piano hinge, then braced across the center folding spine, added a lock, and now it opens outward.
flawless and use it many times a day over last 2 years. didn't cost a penny
http://www.skoolie.net/forums/f10/on...or-6272-2.html
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Until I met a man with no feet
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11-25-2018, 05:49 AM
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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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11-25-2018, 09:31 AM
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Almost There
Join Date: May 2018
Location: Washington State
Posts: 82
Year: 2001
Coachwork: International
Chassis: Amtran
Engine: DT466E
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Quote:
Originally Posted by bigskypc50
In the market for a custom made RV door to replace the front door School bus folding door. Anyone have any place they delt with or could recommend, also if you don't mind sharing what did you pay for a door custom or not.
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Tristate surplus $360 delivered, its a surplus site as the name states so there was a tiny dent the size of a dime but a hell of a deal compared to everywhere else I looked with a full Relight door.
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11-25-2018, 10:31 AM
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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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Quote:
Originally Posted by Cdimples67
Tristate surplus $360 delivered, its a surplus site as the name states so there was a tiny dent the size of a dime but a hell of a deal compared to everywhere else I looked with a full Relight door.
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That's the setup I'm going with! I love how you don't lose too much visibility.
I never understood how folks drive with a residential door stuck there.
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11-25-2018, 10:48 AM
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Bus Nut
Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: ...little north of Toronto Ontario
Posts: 606
Year: 2000
Coachwork: Thomsass
Chassis: FreightShaker
Engine: 5.9 Cummins 5 speed
Rated Cap: 2 ATV's and friends
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Cdimples67
Tristate surplus $360 delivered, its a surplus site as the name states so there was a tiny dent the size of a dime but a hell of a deal compared to everywhere else I looked with a full Relight door.
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If I were to do a door replacement, this would be a step in the right direction for me....a LARGE passenger side window for intersection that aren't 90*. Can be a beech making turns when you can't see properly out the window. My $.02
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11-25-2018, 10:51 AM
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Bus Geek
Join Date: May 2016
Location: Eastern WA
Posts: 6,401
Year: 2002
Coachwork: Bluebird
Chassis: All American RE (A3RE)
Engine: Cummins ISC (8.3)
Rated Cap: 72
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Rberriz
I’ve been buying doors from
Www.nicksbuilding.com for years.
Their prices are amazing and they do old fashion construction. Solid as hell.
Look at their site.
They have a lot of stock stuff but they do custom as well.
I’m going to have them build mine, I expect it to cost in the neighborhood of 1000-2000
You can get some absolutely stunning doors for 700-900 stock
1300 gets you a carved door.
So depends on materials and options
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I bought a house full of doors from them. Great doors at low prices
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12-01-2018, 05:04 PM
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#12
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Mini-Skoolie
Join Date: Jun 2018
Location: Iowa
Posts: 28
Year: 1998
Chassis: Bluebird
Engine: Cummins 5.9L inline-6H
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Cdimples67
Tristate surplus $360 delivered, its a surplus site as the name states so there was a tiny dent the size of a dime but a hell of a deal compared to everywhere else I looked with a full Relight door.
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That would be perfect, they don't have any now but I'll keep checking. Nice find
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12-01-2018, 05:07 PM
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#13
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Almost There
Join Date: Feb 2018
Posts: 74
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Quote:
Originally Posted by PNW_Steve
I bought a house full of doors from them. Great doors at low prices
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Yeah I’m having them make a custom designed door for our bus. A bit more expensive, $1950, but it’s full lite with Edwardian mullions, and triple insulated glass. And we got to draw our own design.
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12-01-2018, 07:15 PM
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#14
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Mini-Skoolie
Join Date: Nov 2018
Posts: 62
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I have a question, Do they make driver door's for larger school buses? On this video, the school bus has a driver door. https://youtu.be/NAUaPGGOeyU And I was wondering, how often do school buses have the driver side air door?
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12-01-2018, 07:19 PM
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#15
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Bus Geek
Join Date: May 2009
Location: Columbus Ohio
Posts: 18,835
Year: 1991
Coachwork: Carpenter
Chassis: International 3800
Engine: DTA360 / MT643
Rated Cap: 7 Row Handicap
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Quote:
Originally Posted by coolcraftnet18
I have a question, Do they make driver door's for larger school buses? On this video, the school bus has a driver door. https://youtu.be/NAUaPGGOeyU And I was wondering, how often do school buses have the driver side air door?
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pretty much all of your van cutaway style busses will have a normal driver door... New York City Spec requires a service door on both sides of their school busses.. the left side one is just behind the driver seat.. but it will also have a normal one.. that bus in the video is a 3400.. based on a 4700 Truck body. soi thats why it has a driver door... the 3400s are pretty rare..
-Christopher
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12-01-2018, 07:24 PM
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#16
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Mini-Skoolie
Join Date: Nov 2018
Posts: 62
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It's still pretty cool a kid got a video of one. Are there any advantages of two front doors for the skoolies?
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12-01-2018, 07:32 PM
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Bus Geek
Join Date: May 2009
Location: Columbus Ohio
Posts: 18,835
Year: 1991
Coachwork: Carpenter
Chassis: International 3800
Engine: DTA360 / MT643
Rated Cap: 7 Row Handicap
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Quote:
Originally Posted by coolcraftnet18
It's still pretty cool a kid got a video of one. Are there any advantages of two front doors for the skoolies?
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they do it in NYC so they can load curb side on both sides of the street... never a need one 1 way streets for kids to cross..
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12-01-2018, 07:32 PM
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#18
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Bus Geek
Join Date: May 2009
Location: Columbus Ohio
Posts: 18,835
Year: 1991
Coachwork: Carpenter
Chassis: International 3800
Engine: DTA360 / MT643
Rated Cap: 7 Row Handicap
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for a skoolie conversion its another step-well to rust
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12-01-2018, 07:37 PM
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#19
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Mini-Skoolie
Join Date: Nov 2018
Posts: 62
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How did you prevent the stepwells from rusting?
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12-01-2018, 07:52 PM
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#20
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Bus Geek
Join Date: May 2009
Location: Columbus Ohio
Posts: 18,835
Year: 1991
Coachwork: Carpenter
Chassis: International 3800
Engine: DTA360 / MT643
Rated Cap: 7 Row Handicap
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schools fight with that issue all the time in salt prone areas.. step-wells get salt spray from the road... and salty boots from the passengers.. I see a lot opf busses at the auctions from up north with rusty service-door step wells..
occasionally ive seen a school replace a step-well or make repairs.. but they usually last the school-service life of a bus..
-Christopher
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