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06-14-2017, 06:33 PM
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Skoolie
Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: Georgia
Posts: 164
Year: 1993
Coachwork: blue bird
Chassis: International, 3000, Blue Bird
Engine: Dt360
Rated Cap: 25000
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Shouldn't all skoolies have a porch?
Added a back porch with ladder to upper deck to the bus, helps with cleaning the solar panels. Also added a rack for the generator.
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06-14-2017, 06:39 PM
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Bus Nut
Join Date: Jul 2016
Location: Central Florida
Posts: 938
Chassis: GMC or Chevrolet, I hope
Engine: gasser probably
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Looks good man !
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06-14-2017, 07:10 PM
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Skoolie
Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: Georgia
Posts: 164
Year: 1993
Coachwork: blue bird
Chassis: International, 3000, Blue Bird
Engine: Dt360
Rated Cap: 25000
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Thanks, I still have to add the counter levering canopy, it never ends. My mind just see something and my hand try to make it.
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06-14-2017, 07:58 PM
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Bus Nut
Join Date: Jul 2016
Location: Central Florida
Posts: 938
Chassis: GMC or Chevrolet, I hope
Engine: gasser probably
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Did u fabricate those from scratch?
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06-14-2017, 09:05 PM
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Houston, Texas
Posts: 8,462
Year: 1946
Coachwork: Chevrolet/Wayne
Chassis: 1- 1/2 ton
Engine: Cummins 4BT
Rated Cap: 15
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Excellent! --- And yes...ALL Skoolies should have a back porch. Just wish mine had been as simple to construct (no big honkin' bumper to work with).
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06-14-2017, 10:35 PM
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Skoolie
Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: Georgia
Posts: 164
Year: 1993
Coachwork: blue bird
Chassis: International, 3000, Blue Bird
Engine: Dt360
Rated Cap: 25000
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No I had a local shop do it for me, I don't have a welder.
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06-14-2017, 10:50 PM
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Skoolie
Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: Georgia
Posts: 164
Year: 1993
Coachwork: blue bird
Chassis: International, 3000, Blue Bird
Engine: Dt360
Rated Cap: 25000
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Tango
Just wish mine had been as simple to construct (no big honkin' bumper to work with).
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Tango, I needed that big honkin bumper to hold this FAT boy up!
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06-14-2017, 10:54 PM
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Mini-Skoolie
Join Date: Jun 2017
Posts: 37
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What did the shop charge you to weld the brackets ?
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06-14-2017, 11:11 PM
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Skoolie
Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: Georgia
Posts: 164
Year: 1993
Coachwork: blue bird
Chassis: International, 3000, Blue Bird
Engine: Dt360
Rated Cap: 25000
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Quote:
Originally Posted by brundige
What did the shop charge you to weld the brackets ?
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I paid $400. For all the four brackets on the back bumper and the one for the generator. All angle iron is 3gage. The brackets on back measure 42" on top 12" next to the bumper and 36" for the bottom angle coming up. The front is 24" x 24" so the generator can sit on it, the side legs are 28" but I should had had them to be 30". The front bumper is a little bent which didn't help.
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06-15-2017, 03:40 PM
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: Nov 2015
Location: Billings, MT
Posts: 1,269
Year: 2003
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: HDX
Engine: Cat C7
Rated Cap: 84 passenger
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No can do on my beastie. The engine needs access. I do like the shelf for the genny. You mounted that on the front bumper, right? And the roof deck is really nice.
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06-15-2017, 03:55 PM
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Skoolie
Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: Georgia
Posts: 164
Year: 1993
Coachwork: blue bird
Chassis: International, 3000, Blue Bird
Engine: Dt360
Rated Cap: 25000
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Quote:
Originally Posted by CaptSquid
No can do on my beastie. The engine needs access. I do like the shelf for the genny. You mounted that on the front bumper, right? And the roof deck is really nice.
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Yes I have the shelf for the genny on the front bumper. The roof deck is great for extra space for storage, Home Depot has a nice wether resistant tote that I use it's only 12" high the perfect size, can put 4 up top. 
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06-15-2017, 03:56 PM
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Bus Nut
Join Date: Feb 2015
Location: North carolina
Posts: 651
Year: 1986
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: Ford
Engine: Detroit 8.2
Rated Cap: 60 bodies
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I guess I am in the wrong area? I do custom on-site fab work and people look at me like I am crazy when I ask for 30$ an hour and the cost of the material and that don't count my own machine,tools,rods,drill bits,torches,grinding wheels,fuel and other stuff.
In a shop or a FAB table that's 4-hours worth a work then off to the paint room.
So they just made a 100$ an hour? Aaargh.
Now TANGO's is worth that but not just some brackets
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06-15-2017, 04:37 PM
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Skoolie
Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: Georgia
Posts: 164
Year: 1993
Coachwork: blue bird
Chassis: International, 3000, Blue Bird
Engine: Dt360
Rated Cap: 25000
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Sorry I paid to much Jolly Roger but you and Tango are a bit down the road from me, if you're ever passing by stop in and we can have a beer if that will help. I have full hookups 30amps. Water and sewerage.
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06-15-2017, 04:56 PM
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Oregon/Philippines
Posts: 1,660
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On a RE bus, after one removes those ugly rub rails, it is easy to fab up some reinforced flat panels to make tables that are hinged and fold down on the sides of the bus. This is what I did on my Thomas, with the barbecue stuff below in the compartment, and these folding tables work great, even for your tools when working on the bus. Tis easy to make hooks n chain to keep them at the right height, as well as clips to keep them in place when driving.
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