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04-20-2015, 05:27 PM
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#161
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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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Depends on the engine and installation. Some are mechanical (gear driven off the engine and on really old units, a wheel), some read off the tranny and some work off a magnet and sensor. There may be other diesel tach systems but those are probably the most common.
If none of the above are present (or functioning), you can add a magnet & sensor system as an aftermarket device fairly easily.
There is also one called "Tiny Tach"...and it is just that. It is what I'm adding onto my Cummins 4BT. Inexpensive, simple to install and spot on accurate according to a number of tests. Unlike the other types, it fits onto a fuel line and reads the "pulses" (1 per rev per cylinder). The dash mount is small & digital so if you were hoping for a big sweeping analog hand, this ain't it.
Design Technology, Inc., Home of the Tiny-Tach - Diesel Tiny-Tach Tachometer
Tach Trivia: what was unique about the tach on a Shelby Cobra?
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04-23-2015, 12:38 PM
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#162
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Bus Nut
Join Date: Dec 2014
Posts: 447
Year: 1988
Coachwork: Ward
Chassis: International
Engine: Navistar 5.9 Diesel
Rated Cap: A butt-load...
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Soooooo.....!
Got a visit from the police dept today. I have one week to remove the "commercial vehicle" from the property?!? Should we start a new thread on "USA, the land of the free"???
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04-23-2015, 12:40 PM
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#163
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: MNT CITY TN
Posts: 5,158
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Are your dogs okay?
and what commercial vehicle?do you do commerce with it?is it owned by a company for business transactions?
and why Po-po? where do you live?
and again...are your dogs okay?
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04-23-2015, 12:40 PM
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#164
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Bus Nut
Join Date: Dec 2014
Posts: 447
Year: 1988
Coachwork: Ward
Chassis: International
Engine: Navistar 5.9 Diesel
Rated Cap: A butt-load...
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And before everyone starts with the hate posts, I know about city ordinances, difference from city to city...I'm just venting....kinda p1ssed....
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04-23-2015, 12:49 PM
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#165
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Bus Nut
Join Date: Dec 2014
Posts: 447
Year: 1988
Coachwork: Ward
Chassis: International
Engine: Navistar 5.9 Diesel
Rated Cap: A butt-load...
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Quote:
Originally Posted by bansil
Are your dogs okay?
and what commercial vehicle?do you do commerce with it?is it owned by a company for business transactions?
and why Po-po? where do you live?
and again...are your dogs okay?
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Pup's OK....he has his own room inside the house with A/C and A COUCH! [emoji14]
I already called the a$$...cough...I mean...respected officer of the law, and left VM with my call back#. Let's see what happens. I'll def mention that, bansil, thanks for the tip
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04-23-2015, 01:48 PM
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#166
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Houston, Texas
Posts: 8,462
Year: 1946
Coachwork: Chevrolet/Wayne
Chassis: 1- 1/2 ton
Engine: Cummins 4BT
Rated Cap: 15
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How'zit registered? If an RV...no basis unless adverts covering the outside. There was an ordinance battle here in Houston a coupla' years ago involving a personal use VW bug. Neighbors claimed it was a "Commercial" vehicle cause the owner had it wrapped with Red Bull advertising in return for a monthly fee. Court agreed...he lost.
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04-23-2015, 01:53 PM
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#167
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: MNT CITY TN
Posts: 5,158
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Quote:
Originally Posted by skoolie_n00bie
Pup's OK....he has his own room inside the house with A/C and A COUCH! [emoji14]
I already called the a$$...cough...I mean...respected officer of the law, and left VM with my call back#. Let's see what happens. I'll def mention that, bansil, thanks for the tip
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Good to hear about pup, (ac and seperate room? sounds like a cat slave; instead or a dog owner ;) ) and if you end up in the big house...I will start a fund to ball you out...don't mention Bansil I am probably on a "list" and don't want to share a cell with you...yet ;)
good luck, normally code enforcement, HOA authoritieeez' or sheriffs office handles stuff like this...have you been bad
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04-23-2015, 01:55 PM
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#168
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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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This is why I lost my first bus. It was titled as an rv but the man wouldn't hear of that. I had one week to move mine.
Sorry man, best of luck fighting city hall.
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04-23-2015, 01:59 PM
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#169
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Bus Nut
Join Date: Dec 2014
Posts: 447
Year: 1988
Coachwork: Ward
Chassis: International
Engine: Navistar 5.9 Diesel
Rated Cap: A butt-load...
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Quote:
Originally Posted by EastCoastCB
This is why I lost my first bus. It was titled as an rv but the man wouldn't hear of that. I had one week to move mine.
Sorry man, best of luck fighting city hall.
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Nah, won't lose it.....I'll just put it in the "city rv parking"....for a fee, of course [emoji6]
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04-23-2015, 01:59 PM
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#170
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Stony Plain Alberta Canada
Posts: 2,937
Year: 1992
Coachwork: Bluebird
Chassis: TC2000 FE
Engine: 190hp 5.9 Cummins
Rated Cap: 72
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Some a$$ hole complained or the cops would not be there.
Tarp it, paint it some other color that yellow, and make sure it's registered as personal.
Here we now have to keep valid reregistration on all vehicles in town. Running or not, on personal property or not. Farms are the only exception.
Now to all future skoolie owners.
Don't attract unwanted and unneeded attention to your bus. Paint it some other color that yellow, and or tarp it so it's out of sight till it's done.
I'm bringing my new parts bus home soon, and it's getting tarpped right away. I just don't need anymore head aches.
Nat
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"Don't argue with stupid people. They will just drag you down to their level, and beat you up with experience."
Patently waiting for the apocalypses to level the playing field in this physiological game of life commonly known as Civilization
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04-23-2015, 02:22 PM
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#171
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Skoolie
Join Date: Feb 2015
Location: Miami
Posts: 172
Year: 1998
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: MVP
Engine: CAT 3116
Rated Cap: 84
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Quote:
Originally Posted by skoolie_n00bie
And before everyone starts with the hate posts, I know about city ordinances, difference from city to city...I'm just venting....kinda p1ssed....
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Are you here in South Florida?
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04-23-2015, 03:08 PM
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#172
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Bus Nut
Join Date: Dec 2014
Posts: 447
Year: 1988
Coachwork: Ward
Chassis: International
Engine: Navistar 5.9 Diesel
Rated Cap: A butt-load...
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Piersg
Are you here in South Florida?
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I am, P.Pines....and BTW Nat, you were right, neighbor called it in. SoB....at least the police dept was nice enough to call me today and not make me wait until the end....well, they bitched about it, and I was the concerned neighbor not wanting to make noise after hours: NEVER AGAIN! I'll be sanding and drilling out there until 2am every damn night!
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04-23-2015, 03:23 PM
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#173
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: MNT CITY TN
Posts: 5,158
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you could always line your front yard with old toilets and plant flowers in the bowls, 6 or 8 should do the trick ;)
how did piersg know this info on location
skoolie newbie, do you have a neighbor with an 84 passenger Thomas bus parked in their back yard ????
J/K piersg
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04-23-2015, 04:14 PM
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#174
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Stony Plain Alberta Canada
Posts: 2,937
Year: 1992
Coachwork: Bluebird
Chassis: TC2000 FE
Engine: 190hp 5.9 Cummins
Rated Cap: 72
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Don't paint a cross hairs on yourself. Deal with these people silently without them knowing who it was. Going head to head with anyone is a bad idea.
If they are a a$$ to you, they do the same to others. Make your moves against them count.
If they don't know where it came from, they can't retaliate. It's terrorism of sorts against a$$ holes. They may even become better people after, and start watching who they $hit on.
Nat
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"Don't argue with stupid people. They will just drag you down to their level, and beat you up with experience."
Patently waiting for the apocalypses to level the playing field in this physiological game of life commonly known as Civilization
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04-23-2015, 05:06 PM
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#175
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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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A while back I got a letter from city hall saying I had to remove the commercial vehicle from my property. I called and told them it was no longer commercial and had been titled and converted to to an RV. They checked the license number and verified it was not commercial anymore. Simple as that.
Here's hoping the Powers That Be in your area are as accommodating.
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04-23-2015, 08:24 PM
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#176
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Bus Nut
Join Date: Dec 2014
Location: Florida
Posts: 584
Year: 1988
Coachwork: Blue Bird
Chassis: I.H.
Engine: DT360
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I had a retired postal worker who was also retired military. He cut slits in his garage door so he could watch what I did. He even showed me. I bought a junk riding mower and rode around the front yard with my feet up on the front and a drink in my hand. Then I put paper mache heads on posts in the ground that faced his place. The guy was off the wall manic! I found out that he bought the house with a pool but could not swim. He said it was so the neighborhood kids could use it! Thank goodness he moved out finally. To sell it, he had to replace the garage door panel.
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04-23-2015, 08:50 PM
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#177
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: MNT CITY TN
Posts: 5,158
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Need pics of freely heads to post on other sites with story
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Accept the challenges so that you can feel the exhilaration of victory.
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04-23-2015, 09:13 PM
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#178
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Skoolie
Join Date: Feb 2015
Location: Miami
Posts: 172
Year: 1998
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: MVP
Engine: CAT 3116
Rated Cap: 84
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Quote:
Originally Posted by bansil
you could always line your front yard with old toilets and plant flowers in the bowls, 6 or 8 should do the trick ;)
how did piersg know this info on location
skoolie newbie, do you have a neighbor with an 84 passenger Thomas bus parked in their back yard ????
J/K piersg
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Lol, I wish i could pretend that I used my IT ninja skills to figure where he lived, but it was easier than that:
http://www.skoolie.net/forums/f27/th...-10122-11.html
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04-23-2015, 09:44 PM
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#179
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Bus Nut
Join Date: Nov 2013
Location: Gainesville. Georgia
Posts: 544
Year: 1992
Coachwork: bluebird
Rated Cap: 72
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It seems that it's all your fault that the law was called.....You did say that you told your neighbor about this site. Seems like he's been following your progress.
Do you remember your comment from 3/28?
Any suggestion as an extra weather protection, other than a car port?
Seems like he is too bashful to offer you his so he got him some help.
__Sorry, things like this sucks and the way I see it is you got 2 choices, laugh or cry.
I like Nats idea....get even with the sucker but don't let him know its you.....then you can sit back & laugh some more.
Things happen for a reason, hopefully you are legal to park it at home....then you can have a great laugh about it (make sure he overhears when that happens)
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04-23-2015, 10:02 PM
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#180
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Bus Nut
Join Date: Dec 2014
Posts: 447
Year: 1988
Coachwork: Ward
Chassis: International
Engine: Navistar 5.9 Diesel
Rated Cap: A butt-load...
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Guys, I've seen so many old people giving me dirty looks as I worked on the bus....
It doesn't matter who filed the complain, it just rubs me the wrong way that the person didn't knock the door first.
I mean, I don't go around kicking puppies and babies, we go to the nearby park on the weekends with the baby, for pete's sake! Anyway, I'm rambling and I'm tired....Zzzz time
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