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05-11-2017, 08:07 AM
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Mini-Skoolie
Join Date: Mar 2017
Location: Omaha, NE
Posts: 56
Year: 2002
Coachwork: Huh?
Engine: T444E
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Ideas for what to build over the wheels
Hi I'm trying to figure out the layout for my midsize bus and wanted to ask you guys how to incorporated the wheelbase and what to build over it so it Blends in
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05-11-2017, 08:52 AM
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Mini-Skoolie
Join Date: Jul 2016
Location: Colorado
Posts: 49
Year: 1998
Coachwork: BlueBird
Chassis: TC2000FE
Engine: 5.9L Cummins ISB
Rated Cap: 71
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I can tell you what we have done with ours......
Driver's front - under the dining table (kids have to sit against the side of the bus)
Passenger front - under bench seating
Both rears - Under the bottom bunks (still room for storage under half the bunk space)
Search 'floor plans' and you can see lots of creative ideas - no shortage of ingenuity in the Skoolie world!
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05-11-2017, 11:32 AM
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Almost There
Join Date: Aug 2016
Location: Panhandle FL
Posts: 82
Year: 1990
Coachwork: Wayne Corp
Engine: DT360
Rated Cap: 72
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I am putting a shower over the wheel wells with a seat on both sides and the drain on the Aft end out of the way of the rear-end.
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1990 International 3800 DT360 and AT545.
2007 Dodge 5.9 with a 6 speed.
6 Kids,1 Cool Ol Lady
Lots of life to live.
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05-11-2017, 02:46 PM
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Oct 2016
Location: Essex, MD
Posts: 3,738
Year: 1999
Coachwork: Blue Bird
Chassis: Blue Bird TC RE 3904, Flat Nose, 40', 277" wh base
Engine: 8.3L Cummins ISC 260hp, MT643, 4.44 rear
Rated Cap: 84 pax or 1 RV; 33,000lbs
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Ryannmelis
I am putting a shower over the wheel wells with a seat on both sides and the drain on the Aft end out of the way of the rear-end.
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How are you going to stand in your shower?!?!
heeranyi,
Rears ~ storage, think full size armoire type
Front Pax ~ couch
Front Driver ~ Fridge maybe? Currently it's a TV stand on the floor plans I think.
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05-11-2017, 03:11 PM
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Almost There
Join Date: Aug 2016
Location: Panhandle FL
Posts: 82
Year: 1990
Coachwork: Wayne Corp
Engine: DT360
Rated Cap: 72
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In the center. Here is the layout.
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1990 International 3800 DT360 and AT545.
2007 Dodge 5.9 with a 6 speed.
6 Kids,1 Cool Ol Lady
Lots of life to live.
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05-11-2017, 03:26 PM
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Mini-Skoolie
Join Date: Mar 2017
Location: Omaha, NE
Posts: 56
Year: 2002
Coachwork: Huh?
Engine: T444E
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I love the cleaness of your sketch. Mine is a bunch of boxes I'm doing with a pen on a piece of paper
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05-11-2017, 07:11 PM
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Almost There
Join Date: Aug 2016
Location: Panhandle FL
Posts: 82
Year: 1990
Coachwork: Wayne Corp
Engine: DT360
Rated Cap: 72
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It all gets you to the finish line.
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1990 International 3800 DT360 and AT545.
2007 Dodge 5.9 with a 6 speed.
6 Kids,1 Cool Ol Lady
Lots of life to live.
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05-12-2017, 06:54 AM
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Oct 2016
Location: Essex, MD
Posts: 3,738
Year: 1999
Coachwork: Blue Bird
Chassis: Blue Bird TC RE 3904, Flat Nose, 40', 277" wh base
Engine: 8.3L Cummins ISC 260hp, MT643, 4.44 rear
Rated Cap: 84 pax or 1 RV; 33,000lbs
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Quote:
Originally Posted by heeranyi
I love the cleaness of your sketch. Mine is a bunch of boxes I'm doing with a pen on a piece of paper
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Then you'd love mine. It's on graph paper with pieces of manila folder cut outs. The gf keeps shoving things together corner to corner leaving a diagonal with 12 inches for a walk way.
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05-12-2017, 10:28 AM
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Feb 2016
Location: Willamina, Oregon
Posts: 6,409
Coachwork: 97 Bluebird TC1000 5.9
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Bob, tell your gf that you have to have a wide bowling alley.
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Robin
Nobody's Business
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05-12-2017, 11:30 AM
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: May 2017
Location: Athens, TN
Posts: 1,574
Year: 1999
Coachwork: Amtran
Chassis: International RE
Engine: International T444e
Rated Cap: 76
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Ryannmelis
In the center. Here is the layout.
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I'm floored, no pun intended. Walk-through shower... you just solved a huge problem of mine, sir.
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05-12-2017, 12:21 PM
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Oct 2016
Location: Essex, MD
Posts: 3,738
Year: 1999
Coachwork: Blue Bird
Chassis: Blue Bird TC RE 3904, Flat Nose, 40', 277" wh base
Engine: 8.3L Cummins ISC 260hp, MT643, 4.44 rear
Rated Cap: 84 pax or 1 RV; 33,000lbs
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Quote:
Originally Posted by kazetsukai
Walk-through shower...
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Eww, no!! But each to their own.
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05-12-2017, 12:26 PM
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: Apr 2014
Location: EHT New Jersey
Posts: 1,134
Year: 2003
Coachwork: AmTran
Chassis: International 3000RE
Engine: T444E/AT545
Rated Cap: 75
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Couch is going over the driver's side steer. Over the drive wheels, pax side bunks, left side storage.
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05-12-2017, 12:31 PM
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Feb 2016
Location: Willamina, Oregon
Posts: 6,409
Coachwork: 97 Bluebird TC1000 5.9
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I've been trying to visualize a walk through shower. "OK, you kids line up and march through that shower."
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Robin
Nobody's Business
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05-12-2017, 12:42 PM
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Skoolie
Join Date: Apr 2016
Location: Marietta, GA
Posts: 192
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Robin97396
I've been trying to visualize a walk through shower. "OK, you kids line up and march through that shower."
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My aunt refers to showers as "running through the car wash," so maybe you're on to something here!
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05-12-2017, 12:46 PM
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Feb 2016
Location: Willamina, Oregon
Posts: 6,409
Coachwork: 97 Bluebird TC1000 5.9
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Could be. I'm still in favor of using a hose with good pressure for the kids. You can concentrate on the dirty spots.
When my kids got dirtier than I could stand, I took them swimming. It gets them clean and wears them out at the same time.
I now understand why I was sent to boarding academy.
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Robin
Nobody's Business
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05-12-2017, 01:04 PM
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Skoolie
Join Date: Apr 2016
Location: Marietta, GA
Posts: 192
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To answer the original question, though, my wheel wells are in the area I want to put the kitchen. To best use the space, I am putting a closet/pantry over the wheel well on the passenger side, and a counter/cooktop over the one on the drivers side.
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05-12-2017, 01:07 PM
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Skoolie
Join Date: Apr 2016
Location: Marietta, GA
Posts: 192
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Robin97396
Could be. I'm still in favor of using a hose with good pressure for the kids. You can concentrate on the dirty spots.
When my kids got dirtier than I could stand, I took them swimming. It gets them clean and wears them out at the same time.
I now understand why I was sent to boarding academy.
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This was basically my how my parents handled our hygiene in the summer. Good times!
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05-12-2017, 01:25 PM
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Oct 2016
Location: Essex, MD
Posts: 3,738
Year: 1999
Coachwork: Blue Bird
Chassis: Blue Bird TC RE 3904, Flat Nose, 40', 277" wh base
Engine: 8.3L Cummins ISC 260hp, MT643, 4.44 rear
Rated Cap: 84 pax or 1 RV; 33,000lbs
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Robin97396
When my kids got dirtier than I could stand, I took them swimming. It gets them clean and wears them out at the same time.
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Next time, I'm using a river with a strong current. I'll move further upstream just in case they manage to get out.
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05-12-2017, 02:31 PM
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Almost There
Join Date: Aug 2016
Location: Panhandle FL
Posts: 82
Year: 1990
Coachwork: Wayne Corp
Engine: DT360
Rated Cap: 72
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I dont mind the walk through shower. I am making a wooden grate to insert when the shower is not being used to prevent wet feet... I am used to multi function areas as I am a retired Submariner.
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1990 International 3800 DT360 and AT545.
2007 Dodge 5.9 with a 6 speed.
6 Kids,1 Cool Ol Lady
Lots of life to live.
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05-12-2017, 02:37 PM
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Feb 2016
Location: Willamina, Oregon
Posts: 6,409
Coachwork: 97 Bluebird TC1000 5.9
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When I was working on my older buses, with wheel wells, I used to box them in and use the hollow areas for cool dry storage for tools, jacks or any other heavy items.
See, sometimes I'm sorta on subject.
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Robin
Nobody's Business
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