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01-09-2017, 01:09 PM
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#161
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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
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Having lunch in Q.
Be there soon.
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Don, Mary and Spooky the cat.
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01-09-2017, 03:20 PM
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#162
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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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Nice, hope y'all have a blast!
i was really looking forward to this, but it looks like i'm not going to make it. the bus is in pieces and i'm waiting on parts. Best case scenario is that i'm ready early next week and make the last weekend.
if something changes sooner, i'll be on my way. Y'all have fun!
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01-09-2017, 10:16 PM
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#163
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Skoolie
Join Date: May 2015
Location: Las Vegas
Posts: 238
Year: 1998
Chassis: VanHool T945
Engine: Cummins M11
Rated Cap: 47,000
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My dad is coming with me!! I'm still on track to be there Thursday evening. Schedule is good at work, and the bus just did a great drive from CA this weekend..
I'll prolly bring a metric **** ton of tools so I can have some beer drinking relaxing afternoons messing around working on some of my bus projects! So excited....
See ya soon
Anybody starting a contact text list? Jess: seven 0 two - Five 6 9 - ten 6 nine
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01-09-2017, 10:46 PM
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#164
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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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Just because I could not make it is no excuse for NOT posting lots of pix! Hope everyone has a great time!
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01-10-2017, 06:13 PM
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#165
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Mini-Skoolie
Join Date: Jan 2016
Posts: 15
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Good news: still on track for savings goals!
Bad news: couldn't find a way to make the logistics/financials work for Skooliepalooza.
Safe travels to all making their way out to Quartzsite. Hope everyone has a great time!
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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01-10-2017, 06:20 PM
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#166
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Bus Nut
Join Date: Mar 2016
Location: Danglebury, Tejas
Posts: 310
Year: 1999
Coachwork: Blue Bird
Chassis: IH 3800
Engine: Navistar DT466E
Rated Cap: 72 passenger
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Alright, Kiddos: I'm leaving Texas early tomorrow AM for Quartzsite! Not bringing the bus (see earlier post), but will definitely be there!
More good news: looks like I'll get to put in a second appearance on the way back home a week later, so WHOOOO HOOOO!!!! Two bites at the Skooliepalooza apple!
See all ya'lls on Thursday afternoon. If anyone needs something, PM me and I'll grab it along the way. In a like manner, if anyone gets stuck on I-10 or thereabouts, I'm yer Huckleberry...
To all you boys (and girls) who are hoofing the heavy metal stuff... DRIVE SAFELY.
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"You can finally say you have enough horsepower when you leave two black streaks from corner to corner"
(Mark Donohue, famed TransAm driver)
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01-10-2017, 06:28 PM
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#167
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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 onenationundergoat
Also, is there a way to form a group PM with everyone who is confirmed going so we can share phone numbers for those of us who travel without internet?
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Our baseball team and football team uses an app called GroupMe...
It works well, and uses your phone's data.
We also used it for a family reunion that I attended last Father's Day for a group of about 60 people staying in 4 different hotels. It worked great for announcements, updates, and photos. Kept everyone in contact!
I used it at our baseball's state championship last year and texted play by play results to about 40 people that couldn't attend the playoffs.
You install it on your phone and invite users to your group. And it worked for iPhone and android users both.
Examples from within our groups...
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I once complained I had no shoes....
Until I met a man with no feet
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01-10-2017, 06:40 PM
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#168
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Bus Nut
Join Date: Dec 2014
Location: Birmingham Al
Posts: 602
Year: 2003
Coachwork: Blue Bird
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Hey folks, sorry I am not able to show - a few of you know of my woes
Saw the video-update from the RTR next door, and Bob referred to Skoolie Palooza at 5:49 in the video below. If you guys run into Bob, please apologize for my no-show, and make sure you don't miss out on what the RTR has to offer - they can solve problems, and change your life.
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01-12-2017, 01:31 PM
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#169
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Bus Nut
Join Date: Mar 2016
Location: Danglebury, Tejas
Posts: 310
Year: 1999
Coachwork: Blue Bird
Chassis: IH 3800
Engine: Navistar DT466E
Rated Cap: 72 passenger
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ATTN: Skoolies coming Westbound on Interstate 10
I just learned (the hard way) that Interstate 10 westbound is CLOSED at Exit 94 just west of Phoenix. I'll update with reroute info when I find it. 
You skoolies may do well to hole-up in Phoenix for a bit. Traffic is awful.
Update: there is a detour to the south. Expect delays. 
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"You can finally say you have enough horsepower when you leave two black streaks from corner to corner"
(Mark Donohue, famed TransAm driver)
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01-12-2017, 01:55 PM
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#170
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Bus Nut
Join Date: Jul 2015
Location: Montana/Texas
Posts: 682
Year: 1998
Coachwork: Crown by Carpenter
Chassis: International 3800
Engine: 230 HP DT 466e/MT 643!
Rated Cap: 16
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Oh ****! Is it a wreck or something else? Do you think it will affect us tomorrow when we're going through?
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01-12-2017, 01:59 PM
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#171
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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
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Local news says there's been a shooting of DPS Trooper but the hwy is open now...
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http://www.fox10phoenix.com/news/ari...28752739-story
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Don, Mary and Spooky the cat.
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01-12-2017, 02:05 PM
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#172
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Bus Nut
Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: Kansas
Posts: 492
Year: 2000
Chassis: International 3800
Engine: T444E
Rated Cap: Your mom +1
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Really cool seeing the video from the RTR, we will make it next year. We are going mobile full time this July.
Hopefully whoever shot the trooper wasn't driving a bus... 
-Edit- wow, just read the article from the link above... That's some mighty fine use of the English language there Cleefus... "We was a-commin up'troad an we seent the whol danged thang... It was pandelerium!" Throw a couple of "dang'dols" in there and you got a bonafide Boomhauer...
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01-12-2017, 02:19 PM
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#173
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Bus Nut
Join Date: Mar 2016
Location: Danglebury, Tejas
Posts: 310
Year: 1999
Coachwork: Blue Bird
Chassis: IH 3800
Engine: Navistar DT466E
Rated Cap: 72 passenger
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Not a lot of data, but apparently a crash??? Eastbound still looks open.
Westbound traffic is being rerouted off I10 to the south on Exit 94 towards Tonopah. Bathrooms, diesel and lots of skoolie-friendly parking is available just off the freeway if you need it.
My guess is this wont be a problem by tomorrow, but thats a GUESS.
Sent from standstill traffic.... Zzzzzzz
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"You can finally say you have enough horsepower when you leave two black streaks from corner to corner"
(Mark Donohue, famed TransAm driver)
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01-12-2017, 03:12 PM
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#174
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Bus Nut
Join Date: Mar 2015
Location: Statesville, North Carolina
Posts: 467
Year: 1993
Chassis: Thomas
Engine: International Navistar DT360
Rated Cap: 60
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Thanks for the traffic info, we stopped an hour east of Tucson for fuel and luckily checked this! Staying at a truck stop a couple hours from QZ tonight. And will see you folks tomorrow! Anyone got a gps coordinate for where the group is? I'm sure it's in this thread but I can't navigate well on this iPod.
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My build thread:https://www.skoolie.net/forums/f11/build-thread-for-haulin-oats-and-goats-11237.html#post113500
A gal, a guy, three cats, two dogs, one rabbit, and one goat, traveling the country together.
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01-12-2017, 03:16 PM
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#175
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Bus Nut
Join Date: Dec 2014
Location: Birmingham Al
Posts: 602
Year: 2003
Coachwork: Blue Bird
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01-12-2017, 05:28 PM
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#176
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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
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Drive a bit beyond the geo. and you'll see a hand made sign.
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Don, Mary and Spooky the cat.
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01-12-2017, 06:12 PM
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#177
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: Dec 2014
Location: Dowdy Lakes, Colorado
Posts: 1,444
Year: 1989
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: Saf-T-Liner ER
Engine: 3208 CAT/MT643 tranny
Rated Cap: 87
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We're with y'all in spirit! Wish we could be there this year. We're aiming for next year. We've had some major financial issues hit us this year, so we're at a temporary standstill. Hopefully we'll be getting an influx of cash in the next few months down the road to jump start this project and get her finished for next year!
M
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Firearms stand next in importance to the Constitution itself. They are the American people’s liberty teeth and keystone under independence. — George Washington
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01-12-2017, 10:41 PM
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#178
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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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We're all holding our breath for pix! Have fun all.
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01-13-2017, 12:02 AM
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#179
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Bus Nut
Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: Brazoria County, Texas
Posts: 819
Year: 1997
Coachwork: Carpenter
Chassis: International
Engine: T444E
Rated Cap: 32 Passenger
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Okay Greycoyote, we are waiting for some pics !!!! 
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01-13-2017, 07:02 AM
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#180
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Bus Nut
Join Date: May 2015
Location: Minnesota
Posts: 502
Year: 92
Coachwork: Thomas Built
Chassis: International 3800
Engine: DTA360 5.9L
Rated Cap: 77
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i agree, wheres the pics!? watched the video above and seen the gathering of some skoolies and admit i havent been more jealous in a long time. i SO wish i could be there. There better be one next year or it'll be a life long regret we didnt make it!
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