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04-21-2019, 05:07 PM
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Mini-Skoolie
Join Date: Apr 2019
Location: Colleyville, Texas
Posts: 10
Year: 1997
Coachwork: International
Chassis: Genesis IS3909
Engine: DT466/MT643
Rated Cap: 84 Passenger - 31000 Lbs.
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New DFW Area Skoolie Project
Hello Skoolie Community!
Thank you all for making such an awesome resource for us to use at Skoolie.net! We have been lurking for a while but have finally decided to make the jump and kick off our own Skoolie project. We are a family of 6 and we are currently bidding on a 1997 International 84 passenger bus with 200k miles, a DT466 engine, and what I visually believe is the MT643 transmission. I just wanted to say hello and to ask for any advice or thoughts that you all may have as we start down this path.
Also, does anyone have or know of a spot that we could park and work on our skoolie for a few months in the DFW area? We are in the Grapevine/Hurst area and we are exploring what our options are.
Thanks in advance and we look forward to plugging in and getting to know everyone here!
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04-22-2019, 08:33 PM
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Mini-Skoolie
Join Date: Apr 2019
Location: Colleyville, Texas
Posts: 10
Year: 1997
Coachwork: International
Chassis: Genesis IS3909
Engine: DT466/MT643
Rated Cap: 84 Passenger - 31000 Lbs.
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We Bought a Bus!
Update: We won the auction and now own the bus! Here we go!
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04-22-2019, 08:48 PM
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Bus Nut
Join Date: Sep 2017
Location: Damascus, OR
Posts: 681
Year: 2004
Chassis: International
Engine: T444e w/ 2000 Allison Trans
Rated Cap: 35
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Congrats on the purchase. I am no where near the DFW area, but hope you find a place to work on it!
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04-23-2019, 12:01 AM
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Sep 2015
Posts: 3,860
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 SkoolMe
Update: We won the auction and now own the bus! Here we go!
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Congratulations, neighbor!
We are in Hurst ... drop me a PM should yu want to talk or need a hand.
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04-23-2019, 10:51 PM
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Mini-Skoolie
Join Date: Apr 2019
Location: Colleyville, Texas
Posts: 10
Year: 1997
Coachwork: International
Chassis: Genesis IS3909
Engine: DT466/MT643
Rated Cap: 84 Passenger - 31000 Lbs.
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Plywood on Driveway?
Hey Rovobay & Native, thanks for the welcome messages!
Native, we should absolutely connect IRL. Will PM.
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I have created a dedicated thread for our conversion.
Link: http://www.skoolie.net/forums/f11/19...tml#post321527
Thanks!
-SkoolMe
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04-23-2019, 11:29 PM
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: Nov 2018
Location: south east BC, close to the Canadian/US border
Posts: 2,265
Year: 1975
Coachwork: Chevy
Chassis: 8 window
Engine: 454 LS7
Rated Cap: 24,500
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Quote:
Originally Posted by SkoolMe
Hey Rovobay & Native, thanks for the welcome messages!
Native, we should absolutely connect IRL. Will PM.
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Quick question to the community, there is a chance that we can keep the bus in our driveway over the next 2 months during the conversion which would be awesome if we can work it out. However, we are concerned that the concrete may not hold up and as renters... that is a no go if so.
Has anyone attempted using plywood under the wheels to distribute the weight or any other tricks to protect concrete? How likely is it that the weight of the bus will crack the concrete driveway? Is it a legitimate concern or are we in the clear and just overthinking it? The GVWR is 31,720 but I don't know what the actual empty weight is yet... probably around 15k lbs. right?
Maybe I should be posting this in its own thread? Apologies if so...
Thanks in advance for any thoughts,
SkoolMe
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any thing you can put under the wheels to help spread the weight will help prevent damage to the concrete - ( I don't suppose you know the thickness of the concrete? ) - a couple of 2" x 12', 6' long under the back wheels would help a lot
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04-24-2019, 12:03 AM
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Mini-Skoolie
Join Date: Apr 2019
Location: Colleyville, Texas
Posts: 10
Year: 1997
Coachwork: International
Chassis: Genesis IS3909
Engine: DT466/MT643
Rated Cap: 84 Passenger - 31000 Lbs.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Sleddgracer
any thing you can put under the wheels to help spread the weight will help prevent damage to the concrete - ( I don't suppose you know the thickness of the concrete? ) - a couple of 2" x 12', 6' long under the back wheels would help a lot
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Thanks Sleddgracer, the boards are a good idea. I'm going to see if I can get a measurement on the thickness tomorrow. Don't know that it matters but I moved the original question to our conversion thread at Link to keep things organized.
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04-24-2019, 02:14 AM
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New Member
Join Date: Apr 2019
Location: Austin Texas
Posts: 3
Year: 1999
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: International
Engine: 3800 T444e
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Best of luck to y'all I'm from the Carrollton area but currently working on mine down in Austin. You will probably need this once you get closer to being done, I have it saved as well. http://www.skoolie.net/forums/f18/te...ers-19465.html
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