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04-14-2020, 11:16 AM
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#661
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: Aug 2019
Location: Moved to Zealand!
Posts: 1,517
Year: 2002
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: Freightliner FS-65
Engine: 7.2L Cat 3126 turbo diesel
Rated Cap: 71 passenger 30,000 gvwr
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Native
You have a build thread???
SNIP...
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Fair...
(if you ever make it out to our house you'll see where the bulk of my project time goes -- the house itself!)
I built the thread...?
It's hard to get excited about a social activity themed bus-build in these times...
...and while I've joked about the "Mobile SpeakEasy Bus" my wife (wisely) was not amused...
Quote:
Originally Posted by EastCoastCB
Mine looks like it was as well. But all mine have just been flat flanges that slide on the compartment floor under a lip.
I wonder if yours originally had an 8D.
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The original build sheets for our buses would reveal if the battery slides were indeed an option or not. An option only future maintainers would appreciate...
I can see a school board now scrutinizing the build sheet budget -- "battery tray slides? are they necessary...?"
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04-14-2020, 11:44 AM
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#662
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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 banman
Fair...
(if you ever make it out to our house you'll see where the bulk of my project time goes -- the house itself!)
I built the thread...?
It's hard to get excited about a social activity themed bus-build in these times...
...and while I've joked about the "Mobile SpeakEasy Bus" my wife (wisely) was not amused...
The original build sheets for our buses would reveal if the battery slides were indeed an option or not. An option only future maintainers would appreciate...
I can see a school board now scrutinizing the build sheet budget -- "battery tray slides? are they necessary...?"
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IDK- the kind i have are always gonna be about the same to get in and out. Not fun bot not horrible. If those bearings get rusty I could see that setup making it a lot harder to move. Now I need to see one in the flesh.
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04-14-2020, 11:59 AM
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#663
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: Aug 2019
Location: Moved to Zealand!
Posts: 1,517
Year: 2002
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: Freightliner FS-65
Engine: 7.2L Cat 3126 turbo diesel
Rated Cap: 71 passenger 30,000 gvwr
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Quote:
Originally Posted by EastCoastCB
IDK- the kind i have are always gonna be about the same to get in and out. Not fun bot not horrible. If those bearings get rusty I could see that setup making it a lot harder to move. Now I need to see one in the flesh.
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That could be why ours are "missing" -- once the bearing rusts/jams it's even harder to slide than just the metal tray on the rail...
I was going to simply screw down some teflon blocks till Native told me about "these bearings" he's got...
Neither of course is relevant to me until the battery box itself is in no danger of falling off the body...
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04-15-2020, 06:22 AM
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#664
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Sep 2015
Posts: 3,856
Year: 2002
Coachwork: Thomas Built Bus
Chassis: Freightliner FS65
Engine: Caterpillar 3126E Diesel
Rated Cap: 71 Passenger- 30,000 lbs.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by banman
That could be why ours are "missing" -- once the bearing rusts/jams it's even harder to slide than just the metal tray on the rail...
I was going to simply screw down some teflon blocks till Native told me about "these bearings" he's got...
Neither of course is relevant to me until the battery box itself is in no danger of falling off the body...
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Might could be ... they are spec'd out in the Freightliner system. Use your DTNA login and you can find it in PartsPro. When refurbishing the tray, I had the dealer price the slides ... $200.00 or something like that. I decided to rebuild them for about $2.00 a bearing.
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05-03-2020, 12:40 PM
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#665
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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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Had an unexpected knock at the door. Guy was driving by and saw my bus. Asked if I'd sell it.
She's my baby, for now, though.
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05-03-2020, 01:51 PM
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#666
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Bus Geek
Join Date: May 2009
Location: Columbus Ohio
Posts: 18,830
Year: 1991
Coachwork: Carpenter
Chassis: International 3800
Engine: DTA360 / MT643
Rated Cap: 7 Row Handicap
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apparently ive heard a lot of the auctions arent running? its bus buying season and im guessing more than ever people want the ability to bug-out and social distance.. people have seen me in my coffee shop / mobile office / dining room.. and now they want one..
alot of schools are talking that they are going to alternate days this coming school year.. each kid will have half E-learn and 1/2 classroom days.. they will go 2 days one week, 3 days next, etc.. so only hald the kids are in the building at a time.. im already hearing the rumblings that schools will be asked to reduce their fleet sizes.. as these changes may be somewehat permanent even as a tool to qwell colds and flu..
I suspect right now is a sellers market.. but that in 5 months you wont be able to give a bus away..
-Christopher
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05-10-2020, 07:56 PM
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#667
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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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I've found a cool use for the bus. its a social distancing chill area in my side yard for when friends stop by. I open up all the doors and windows and stick a fan near me blowing toward the rear. Guests enter the rear door via a stepladder and use one of the rear seats. I'm 10+ feet away upwind and enter through my front service door.
I'm wanting a piece of acrylic I can use across the center to act as a sneeze guard lol.
This may end up being "the social distancing bus"
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05-10-2020, 08:36 PM
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#668
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: Jun 2016
Location: N.C.
Posts: 1,136
Year: 1997
Coachwork: Bluebird
Engine: DT466E
Rated Cap: 34
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That's thinking outside the box.
How do you keep the bong sanitized? Or is it strictly 'roll your own'?
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05-10-2020, 11:35 PM
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#669
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Sep 2015
Posts: 3,856
Year: 2002
Coachwork: Thomas Built Bus
Chassis: Freightliner FS65
Engine: Caterpillar 3126E Diesel
Rated Cap: 71 Passenger- 30,000 lbs.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by plfking
That's thinking outside the box.
How do you keep the bong sanitized? Or is it strictly 'roll your own'?
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It sounds like thinking INSIDE the box, er, bus.
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05-11-2020, 06:06 AM
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#670
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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 plfking
That's thinking outside the box.
How do you keep the bong sanitized? Or is it strictly 'roll your own'?
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byob.
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05-14-2020, 10:25 AM
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#671
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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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got some steel cut today to seal over the holes from the roof hatch, strobe, and passive vent. I plan on installing a Fantastic deluxe unit I've had sitting around NIB for a few years. I have a cover for it so it can be used even in the rain.
I plan to install another roof vent as well or maybe a rooftop ac unit. I want good ventilation and air circulation.
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05-14-2020, 06:36 PM
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#672
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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 EastCoastCB
got some steel cut today to seal over the holes from the roof hatch, strobe, and passive vent. I plan on installing a Fantastic deluxe unit I've had sitting around NIB for a few years. I have a cover for it so it can be used even in the rain.
I plan to install another roof vent as well or maybe a rooftop ac unit. I want good ventilation and air circulation.
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I got plain and galvaneal. If anyone with a Thomas wants to delete their hatch, strobe, or passive vent hit me up.
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05-14-2020, 10:00 PM
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#673
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Sep 2015
Posts: 3,856
Year: 2002
Coachwork: Thomas Built Bus
Chassis: Freightliner FS65
Engine: Caterpillar 3126E Diesel
Rated Cap: 71 Passenger- 30,000 lbs.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by EastCoastCB
I got plain and galvaneal. If anyone with a Thomas wants to delete their hatch, strobe, or passive vent hit me up.
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I have already done that ... or I might be taking you up on that offer!
So is it starting to het up a bit in your town? I figure that is why you are installingthe fans now.
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05-14-2020, 10:13 PM
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#674
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: Apr 2019
Location: SW USA
Posts: 2,064
Year: 2003
Coachwork: IC / Amtran
Chassis: CE300
Engine: International T444e
Rated Cap: 23
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Quote:
Originally Posted by EastCoastCB
got some steel cut today to seal over the holes from the roof hatch, strobe, and passive vent. I plan on installing a Fantastic deluxe unit I've had sitting around NIB for a few years. I have a cover for it so it can be used even in the rain.
I plan to install another roof vent as well or maybe a rooftop ac unit. I want good ventilation and air circulation.
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We just got one ourselves. That thing is HUGE. For some reason it seemed smaller imagining it from given dimensions.
Are you adding any extra support around the fan, and/or positioning it alongside one of the ribs?
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Go away. 'Baitin.
Our Build: Mr. Beefy
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05-15-2020, 05:50 AM
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#675
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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 Native
I have already done that ... or I might be taking you up on that offer!
So is it starting to het up a bit in your town? I figure that is why you are installingthe fans now.
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I just want to get the bus project moving a bit more and starting with the leaky stuff up top.
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05-15-2020, 05:52 AM
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#676
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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 TheHubbardBus
We just got one ourselves. That thing is HUGE. For some reason it seemed smaller imagining it from given dimensions.
Are you adding any extra support around the fan, and/or positioning it alongside one of the ribs?
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Just paneling over the hole and putting the vent fan in the center. No add'l support needed.
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05-15-2020, 06:00 AM
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#677
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: Oct 2017
Location: Virginia
Posts: 2,325
Year: 1971
Coachwork: Wayne
Chassis: International Loadstar 1700
Engine: 345 international V-8
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The fan is light and does not really need more support, not a bad idea to stick some wood between the ceiling and roof though. A/c does need a proper frame made to hold. Installing a/c on a friends bus today.
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05-15-2020, 06:02 AM
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#678
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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 Ronnie
The fan is light and does not really need more support, not a bad idea to stick some wood between the ceiling and roof though. A/c does need a proper frame made to hold. Installing a/c on a friends bus today.
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There are ribs and lateral stiffening rub rails making a square right where it goes anyway.
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05-15-2020, 07:37 AM
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#679
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: Oct 2017
Location: Virginia
Posts: 2,325
Year: 1971
Coachwork: Wayne
Chassis: International Loadstar 1700
Engine: 345 international V-8
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That is convenient. Putting it on today? Time for me to get outside and get something done, good luck with your project. by the way a friend washed and detailed the outside of our bus yesterday, looking nice now.
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05-15-2020, 07:39 AM
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#680
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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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Nah, I'll probably be a week or so. Got rain on the way and I want to take my time with it. May use screws instead of rivets as I don't have a compressor here.
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