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Originally Posted by Back To Skool
Probably closer to the 19,000 lbs, as the chart I found listed the weight for a 78 passenger at 21,220 (it did not say if that was wet or dry weight, so I estimated closer to 22,000 for fuel and oil/coolant).
The bus in question is an 84 passenger. So I added another 1k lbs for the additional chassis and seats/sheet metal etc., getting me to about 23k lbs.
You reminded me that I forgot to subtract weight for the initial gutting. But I always err on the high side when it comes to weights.
Do the seats and other throwaways really add up to 3k lbs? That seems a bit high for some metal frames and foam padding. 
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I got my bus mostly gutted. It's a 40' pusher with the 8.3 and 3060. I hit the scale on my way home, front axle was 7,100, rear was 13,600. I have since stripped the second half of the floor and about 20 miles of wire. I'm putting it right about 20,500 stripped down. I'm projecting my finished and loaded weight to be at or over 30,000. Empty like it is, it'll run at 75 without any problem on the cruise control. I don't remember where the rpm's were at that speed, but that is without 6th gear. I'm planning on a run down the road this weekend to check speed-rpm relationship.