Lost No More

[Louis.At.Large]

Greetings tribe members,
We are Debra and Louis, and last week we bought our next and final home and drove 6hrs, round trip to bring it home. It's a 1997 Thomas MVP ER. It was a church school bus. Most everything works especially the air pressure buzzer. I, Louis, drove home without any let up from the buzzer. We'd been preparing mentality and emotionally for the Skoolie of my dreams, a over the wheel Bluebird or Thomas. It always seemed that they have a smaller turning radius. Plus with the rear engine any maintenance would be easier that any puller. I'm tall with big hands.
The trip was reasonably uneventful, if you discount my cutting a corner or two. That is...until I pulled into our roughly hewn driveway. L.N.M.'s build site is accessible by a driveway that had been overgrown with small trees and shrubs. I was fully off of the street but reached a point where the bus wouldn't move forward. I goosed it and heard... a loud..PSSSST. I thought I'd broken an air line. No! An 8in stump, which I'd decided not to put my chain saw into the dirt for, ripped the sidewall of the outer tire, passenger side. Ugh...

So, our first real expense, as you might guess is a new tire. HOME SWEET HOME!

[o1marc]

Hey don't feel bad. I hit a light post on my first fuel stop.
What did the air guages show while it was buzzing?

[DeMac]

Hi, Debra & Louis. Welcome to the Insane Asylum.

We look forward to seeing more of your build.

Also....I dig your patriotic ball caps.

[Rucker]

Welcome! Looking forward to hearing your plans for the bus.

[Rwnielsen]

Originally Posted by o1marc

Hey don't feel bad. I hit a light post on my first fuel stop.
What did the air guages show while it was buzzing?

My back end climbed a curb and scraped a light post on my first drive....to register it at AAA.

[Louis.At.Large]

It reads 100lbs.

[Louis.At.Large]

Here's a familiar scene for (almost)every Skoolie owner.
One side per day's effort.

[HamSkoolie]

Originally Posted by Louis.At.Large

Here's a familiar scene for (almost)every Skoolie owner.
One side per day's effort.

Yup that looks pretty derned familiar.

[LargeMargeInBaja]

Louis says:
"...I goosed it and heard... a loud..PSSSST. I thought I'd broken an air line. No! An 8in stump..."
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re - our 'Bug-Over Vehicle'
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I was driving, towing our 1991.5 Dodge 4x4.
Pulled into the neighborhood filling-station.
Swung wide, then cramped back to close with the pump.
Rear 22.5 scuffed the guide-post.
The post with the 'wet paint' sign and the owner standing next to it, bucket in one hand, brush in the other.

[Dirtdoctor]

The air buzzer is a serious warning. Low air pressure find the leak(s) and please fix them. When the pressure gets to 50-55psi the brakes will automatically lock up. You will skid to a stop. Spend the $ amd don’t mess with the brakes yourself. Get them fixed.
The buzzer could have been the rear door alarm too??? What was the air pressure reading??

[Oldyeller]

Welcome to the nut house.