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12-23-2013, 10:03 AM
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Mini-Skoolie
Join Date: Nov 2013
Posts: 23
Year: 1968
Coachwork: Crown
Chassis: Super coach
Engine: Cummins
Rated Cap: 79
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How to convert your bus and save thousands.
He's a great tip for everyone. Go to salvagebid.com. You can buy a RV camper for next to nothing and it has everything you are gonna need for for your bus conversion. They have been totaled out by the insurance companies and cost anywhere from 500 to 1000 dollars. They have rollover, flood or other damage. Tanks, all the lines, toilets, sinks, plumbing, appliances, windows, propane, A/C units, generators, wiring. You gut it and move it into your bus. The A/C units on some of these are a grans a piece. I was looking a thousands and it cost me $800. Add up what you will spend and think about buying a cheap RV.
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12-23-2013, 07:26 PM
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Farmington Hills, Mi (Detroit area)
Posts: 1,968
Year: 2000
Coachwork: Eldorado Aerotech 24'
Chassis: Ford E-450 Cutaway Bus
Engine: 7.3L Powerstroke
Rated Cap: 19
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Re: How to convert your bus and save thousands.
Craigslist is also a great source for RV stuff including plywood, insulation, flooring, etc.
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12-27-2013, 09:39 AM
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Mini-Skoolie
Join Date: Nov 2013
Posts: 23
Year: 1968
Coachwork: Crown
Chassis: Super coach
Engine: Cummins
Rated Cap: 79
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Re: How to convert your bus and save thousands.
Cabinet shops do tear-outs and sell the old cabinets very cheap.
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12-28-2013, 12:16 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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Re: How to convert your bus and save thousands.
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Originally Posted by coakes69
He's a great tip for everyone. Go to salvagebid.com. You can buy a RV camper for next to nothing and it has everything you are gonna need for for your bus conversion. They have been totaled out by the insurance companies and cost anywhere from 500 to 1000 dollars. They have rollover, flood or other damage. Tanks, all the lines, toilets, sinks, plumbing, appliances, windows, propane, A/C units, generators, wiring. You gut it and move it into your bus. The A/C units on some of these are a grans a piece. I was looking a thousands and it cost me $800. Add up what you will spend and think about buying a cheap RV.
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That site is a third party sight. Their fees are crazy. A $500 bid will cost you over a thousand total. You are better off finding the actual action and save some of the fees.
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12-29-2013, 11:04 PM
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Adirondack Mountains NY
Posts: 1,101
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Re: How to convert your bus and save thousands.
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Originally Posted by crazycal
That site is a third party sight. Their fees are crazy. A $500 bid will cost you over a thousand total. You are better off finding the actual action and save some of the fees.
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Plus you might win the bid and still lose. I was browsing the link, and looked at a cheap International semi tractor, curious about the idea of stripping one for parts. I searched the VIN to see if I could find the engine and transmission information, and found the same exact truck on another site. The bids had gone much higher on the other site than on salvagebid.com.
If there are two winners on different websites, who gets the truck?
And are there more web sites out there with more possible winners for the same item?
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12-30-2013, 07:39 AM
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: Colorado
Posts: 2,361
Year: 1993
Coachwork: bluebird
Engine: 5.9 Cummins, Allison AT1545
Rated Cap: 2
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Re: How to convert your bus and save thousands.
its a good theory.....
personally, my desire for a bus more substantial than a stick and staple rv, has not saved me thousands. 
on a related note....
i do have 2 used waste tanks that i will give to anyone (you pay shipping) that i bought a salvage yard. somehow, i never used them. 
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12-30-2013, 10:08 AM
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Mini-Skoolie
Join Date: Dec 2013
Location: OR/CA
Posts: 53
Year: 1989
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: GMC
Engine: 366 6.0L V8
Rated Cap: 72
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Re: How to convert your bus and save thousands.
I need a waste tank ..where are you?
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01-03-2014, 09:56 PM
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: Colorado
Posts: 2,361
Year: 1993
Coachwork: bluebird
Engine: 5.9 Cummins, Allison AT1545
Rated Cap: 2
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Re: How to convert your bus and save thousands.
im in colorado,
i saw the tanks today.... will post pics tomorrow
i think a 5 gal black tank and a 15 or so gallon grey tank.
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01-11-2014, 08:08 AM
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: Colorado
Posts: 2,361
Year: 1993
Coachwork: bluebird
Engine: 5.9 Cummins, Allison AT1545
Rated Cap: 2
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Re: How to convert your bus and save thousands.
used tanks and shower pan -
i think i paid about $30 a piece here. free for pickup... pm me for shipping (you pay)
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