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Forum: Conversion General Discussions 05-06-2019, 05:45 PM
Replies: 78
Views: 18,436
Posted By blissout
Interesting, but no I didn't have a building...

Interesting, but no I didn't have a building available.
Forum: Conversion General Discussions 05-05-2019, 07:06 AM
Replies: 78
Views: 18,436
Posted By blissout
I may be the first guy to fix a fallen bus roof! ...

I may be the first guy to fix a fallen bus roof!

Granted, I'm the first to have one fall, but whatevs
Forum: Conversion General Discussions 05-05-2019, 06:41 AM
Replies: 78
Views: 18,436
Posted By blissout
Yeah my setup was definitely to blame. Looking...

Yeah my setup was definitely to blame. Looking back, I planned to fail. I didn't stress the importance of leveling the brackets perfectly, and millimeters turned into inches quickly. I chose all...
Forum: Conversion General Discussions 05-05-2019, 06:12 AM
Replies: 78
Views: 18,436
Posted By blissout
Good questions. I used the all thread method, and...

Good questions. I used the all thread method, and everybody has since told me that's a risky method to begin with. Then I was using galvanized all thread which can bend easily. So what happened was...
Forum: Conversion General Discussions 05-03-2019, 05:05 PM
Replies: 78
Views: 18,436
Posted By blissout
Yeah they rigged everything for me. Bent up my...

Yeah they rigged everything for me. Bent up my gutters real good but I can hammer those out later.

It took the rest of the day to wrestle the steel around and weld the other channel
Forum: Conversion General Discussions 05-03-2019, 04:59 PM
Replies: 78
Views: 18,436
Posted By blissout
Ended up being 600 for 4 hours, which was more...

Ended up being 600 for 4 hours, which was more than I expected but I'm not upset about it. I wasted an hour not having the hat channel cut beforehand, so 100 of that is my fault for being lazy...
Forum: Conversion General Discussions 05-03-2019, 04:56 PM
Replies: 78
Views: 18,436
Posted By blissout
Thanks for the suggestion, but I called the...

Thanks for the suggestion, but I called the rental companies before. They had a few forklifts, but no extenders, and none of the forklifts were available until Monday. I'm on a schedule, so I got a...
Forum: Conversion General Discussions 05-03-2019, 04:50 PM
Replies: 78
Views: 18,436
Posted By blissout
So I got it raised with a crane. We...

So I got it raised with a crane.

We strapped up the roof and picked it up, but we didn't pick it in the exact middle so it was all kinds of crooked. As the roof dangled in the air, we welded on 8...
Forum: Conversion General Discussions 05-02-2019, 04:11 PM
Replies: 78
Views: 18,436
Posted By blissout
Yes I do wish you were back here now. When will...

Yes I do wish you were back here now. When will you be back in East NC?

I'll make sure he puts a third spreader on top. I also have a hoist to prop it up on the inside.

Fingers crossed. She...
Forum: Conversion General Discussions 05-02-2019, 03:35 PM
Replies: 78
Views: 18,436
Posted By blissout
That sounds super complicated honestly. I...

That sounds super complicated honestly.

I called a rigging company and they're saying they can pick it up from the middle with a crane that has 18ft expanders. Then we'll just weld on the new hat...
Forum: Conversion General Discussions 05-02-2019, 06:06 AM
Replies: 78
Views: 18,436
Posted By blissout
https://i.ibb.co/P9hrYHP/IMG-20190501-154746.jpg ...

https://i.ibb.co/P9hrYHP/IMG-20190501-154746.jpg

https://i.ibb.co/M6dnc7g/IMG-20190501-153435.jpg
Forum: Conversion General Discussions 05-02-2019, 06:03 AM
Replies: 78
Views: 18,436
Posted By blissout
https://photos.app.goo.gl/vmhkVZpviMLgfhUHA ...

https://photos.app.goo.gl/vmhkVZpviMLgfhUHA
https://photos.app.goo.gl/wxmYNrAhLD77PoVA7

One of the welds on the angle brackets failed, but it was going up crooked at the time anyway.
Forum: Conversion General Discussions 05-02-2019, 05:52 AM
Replies: 78
Views: 18,436
Posted By blissout
Hoist with what? So you're suggesting I...

Hoist with what?

So you're suggesting I build a wooden frame around the bus in front and back?
Forum: Conversion General Discussions 05-02-2019, 03:04 AM
Replies: 78
Views: 18,436
Posted By blissout
Help! Roof fell during raise

I was raising the bus up 14" using the L-bracket-allthread method and the roof feel over as we were raising it. I have calls out to a few rigging companies, but none are in my immediate area.

This...
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