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06-24-2020, 02:22 PM
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Skoolie
Join Date: Feb 2019
Location: Minnesota
Posts: 103
Year: 2004
Coachwork: Freightliner
Engine: Cat 3126
Rated Cap: 77
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Well that's a unique Skoolie...
I saw this unique build at (where else?) Walmart!! They took a van, slapped it on top of a bus, and now have a redneck double decker!!
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06-24-2020, 03:41 PM
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Bus Nut
Join Date: Jan 2020
Location: Wild Wild West
Posts: 691
Year: 1999
Coachwork: Blue Bird
Chassis: TC RE
Engine: 8.3 Cummins MD3060
Rated Cap: 84
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Quote:
Originally Posted by MNbusboy
I saw this unique build at (where else?) Walmart!! They took a van, slapped it on top of a bus, and now have a redneck double decker!!
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Haha, best part is it looks like they have 2 cheap Harbor Freight ratchet straps holding the whole conglomeration together! I have a bunch of them, guess I can start using them for much bigger loads!
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06-24-2020, 04:19 PM
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Jan 2019
Location: Philadelphia
Posts: 7,000
Year: 2003
Coachwork: International
Chassis: CE 300
Engine: DT466e
Rated Cap: 65C-43A
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Is that a water tank on top that the ratchet straps are holding on?
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06-24-2020, 04:23 PM
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Bus Nut
Join Date: Jan 2020
Location: Wild Wild West
Posts: 691
Year: 1999
Coachwork: Blue Bird
Chassis: TC RE
Engine: 8.3 Cummins MD3060
Rated Cap: 84
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Quote:
Originally Posted by musigenesis
Is that a water tank on top that the ratchet straps are holding on?
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I was thinking it was some variation of a Westfala, making that a 3 story Skoolie.
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06-24-2020, 04:26 PM
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Jan 2019
Location: Philadelphia
Posts: 7,000
Year: 2003
Coachwork: International
Chassis: CE 300
Engine: DT466e
Rated Cap: 65C-43A
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Skoolies like this give me confidence that I'm never going to be pulled over for any reason even with my bus in the state it's in right now.
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06-24-2020, 05:28 PM
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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 JackE
Haha, best part is it looks like they have 2 cheap Harbor Freight ratchet straps holding the whole conglomeration together! I have a bunch of them, guess I can start using them for much bigger loads!
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I'm hoping you're wrong...
I think the straps are just holding down the scrap metal on top of the mini-van which is still frightening at hwy speeds...
Some rough math puts that confabulation (confuculation?) at over the 13.6" limit but hey, 'merika!
and who am I to argue with their fine paint job... 
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06-24-2020, 05:58 PM
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#7
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Bus Nut
Join Date: Jan 2020
Location: Wild Wild West
Posts: 691
Year: 1999
Coachwork: Blue Bird
Chassis: TC RE
Engine: 8.3 Cummins MD3060
Rated Cap: 84
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Quote:
Originally Posted by banman
and who am I to argue with their fine paint job... |
I'm still trying to decide if the painting on the back is a cow wearing glasses, or a pair of boobs......
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06-24-2020, 06:01 PM
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#8
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: So Cal
Posts: 3,231
Year: 1935
Coachwork: Superior
Chassis: Chevy
Engine: 317 ci/tid / Isuzu
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I've just never understood why Skoolies get such a bad rap at RV parks
Jack  
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06-24-2020, 07:08 PM
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#9
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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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That needs to not be on public roads honestly. I mean- the ratchet straps!!! ugh
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06-24-2020, 08:20 PM
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Bus Nut
Join Date: Apr 2019
Location: Savannah GA
Posts: 756
Year: 2003
Coachwork: Bluebird
Chassis: TC2000
Engine: Cummins 5.9 24v
Rated Cap: 54 passenger
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I found another picture of it. There is honestly so much...right with this bus. If it's stationary in Slab City.
On the road, I don't know if I would actually hang with them or not.
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06-24-2020, 08:28 PM
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#11
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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'd love to meet em, maybe smoke out some good deadhead herbs. But idk if I'd wana be behind that beast on the highway- or in it.
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06-24-2020, 08:37 PM
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#12
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Bus Nut
Join Date: Jul 2019
Location: Suburbs of Winterset, OH
Posts: 802
Year: 2005
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: FS65
Engine: Mercedes 6.4L
Rated Cap: just the 2 of us
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what!!? Not one person spoke up about being inspired by this magnificent sculptured/rolling masterpiece! Not one!
well, ok....I'm not feeling much inspiration either...
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06-24-2020, 08:49 PM
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#13
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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 JDSquared
I found another picture of it. There is honestly so much...right with this bus. If it's stationary in Slab City.
On the road, I don't know if I would actually hang with them or not.
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This side's so much more fun!
Had to look up "Slab City" -- I guess there's no underpass in the desert to worry about with setup...
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06-24-2020, 08:53 PM
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#14
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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
I'd love to meet em, maybe smoke out some good deadhead herbs. But idk if I'd wana be behind that beast on the highway- or in it.
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Oh come on --
I'd love to ride in the front seat of the mini-van going down a two-track. The views would be incredible...
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06-25-2020, 12:03 AM
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#15
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Skoolie
Join Date: Feb 2019
Location: Minnesota
Posts: 103
Year: 2004
Coachwork: Freightliner
Engine: Cat 3126
Rated Cap: 77
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The plates said Montana, but this photo was taken in Minnesota, just outside Minneapolis. Not exactly the open desert. One of my favorite touches is the cardboard signs on all four sides both asking for donations for gas money and advertising the sale of tie dye goods. The minivan windows are all spray painted over, except the windshield. I wonder if they were high and saw a minivan with one of those extra storage pods on the roof, then decided that the minivan could BE the storage pods on their roof!!
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06-25-2020, 03:54 AM
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Skoolie
Join Date: Mar 2020
Posts: 128
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Something like this either gets you or it doesn't
I love it. I would buy some of whatever tie dye stuff they are selling, and probably throw extra money on there just to keep them on the road- particularly if they are young.
Back in the day the (actual) hippie cool guys my older sisters knew had an expression for stuff like this:
"Fuzzmagnet.."
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06-25-2020, 10:03 AM
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: Jan 2020
Location: Fraser Valley British Columbia
Posts: 1,043
Year: 2007
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: Freightliner
Engine: C7 Cat
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Quote:
Originally Posted by TomA
Something like this either gets you or it doesn't
I love it. I would buy some of whatever tie dye stuff they are selling, and probably throw extra money on there just to keep them on the road- particularly if they are young.
Back in the day the (actual) hippie cool guys my older sisters knew had an expression for stuff like this:
"Fuzzmagnet.."
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You just said Fuzz!
Wow you really are old! 
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06-25-2020, 05:40 PM
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#18
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Bus Nut
Join Date: Apr 2018
Location: New Orleans
Posts: 634
Year: 2001
Coachwork: Thomas
Engine: 3126b 210hp
Rated Cap: 48
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Quote:
Originally Posted by JackE
I'm still trying to decide if the painting on the back is a cow wearing glasses, or a pair of boobs......
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Definitely BOOBS!
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06-25-2020, 05:44 PM
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#19
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Jan 2019
Location: Philadelphia
Posts: 7,000
Year: 2003
Coachwork: International
Chassis: CE 300
Engine: DT466e
Rated Cap: 65C-43A
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Meathead
Definitely BOOBS!
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How did I not notice those? Need to get my eyes checked.
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06-25-2020, 08:47 PM
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#20
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Bus Nut
Join Date: Dec 2017
Location: Sandpoint, ID
Posts: 542
Year: 2003
Coachwork: Girardin Microbird MB-IV
Chassis: Ford E450
Engine: 7.3 Diesel
Rated Cap: 25
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Geez, I guess y'all have never been to a dead show. Plenty of old buses with old (VW) buses on top. It's just in poor taste to use a Chrysler though 
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