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Hello! Crown Conversion in the Hudson Valley! We are excited to get started on our Skoolie adventure! In March we bought what we *thought* was a ready-to-go, converted 36' 1985 Crown Super Coach that needed only "minor" cosmetic touches. We were hoping to get those done in the Spring and to...

Hello everyone, Late year I bought a 1987 International school bus. I have finished the demolition phase and got started on preserving the bus. I’m so excited to get back into the project with winter slowly ramping down. I have been looking through out this forum for information, and decided...

Hey everybody! We're a family of 6, and this weekend we're taking our skoolie on the road. We're traveling from VA to CO and are looking for any tips, tricks, and parking slots for our bus in this time of year. Any help would be great, this is our first time taking her on a real road trip...

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...

Oh hey! My partner and I just got our bus! We're in the Okanagan Valley in BC, Canada 🍁 She's a 30.5' 2007 International! Grateful for everyone's experience and help🙏 Jay & Ash https://instagram.com/dr3amweaver_skoolie

Hello Everyone My names Dave & my wife Cynthia & i bought a 1990 Wayne international bus last weekend. I started the demo and started recording. We posted a small video just testing waters and learning to edit and stuff pleas help me!!! but please show us some love on YouTube Please any help...

Well, I was in the market for a van and ended up with this instead! What do you think? Any concerns I should have? I'm not intending on fully renovating it right away, just a glorified mobile tent and daily driver for now.

A few months ago my fiance surprised my by bringing an old school bus from like the 60s. Hes been slowly working on converting it. We were issued with an eviction notice recently and are desperately trying to finish the bus so we can live on it. Were trying to figure out some tips and tricks and...

We are trying to figure out this online network so please excuse us. We recently bought a 1999 Chevy Bluebird school bus. We've already have the subflooring in and would like to know if because our subflooring is intact can we just finish and stain them? Has anyone done this? thank you for...

Hi everyone in the skoolie community. I’m new to this website but have read many threads on here before signing up, and having a skoolie was always a dream of mine and my husbands. Well, life works the way it does, and long story short my move out date is the 19th and I intend on moving into a...

Hey i am new to this forum and life style. My girlfriend and i just bought a 1990 chevy school bus, automatic transmission, gas, with 90,000 miles. I'm just looking for a comprehensive list of things that i might need to do or purchase in this process. i am completely unfamiliar with solar...

I'm new here. Great site! I'm in Oregon and looking for some fellow schoolies on the coast. I'd like to find free camping with other like-minded schoolie people. I hear there are many around Coos Bay, but a search for that turned up nothing. If you have any suggestions please let me know. I'm...

hey y'all I'm new here and am so excited to have found this forum. tomorrow I'm going to pick up my bus(yay) but before I do I was wondering if you guys can give me some feedback. so it's a 1998-1999 blue bird bus, 6 cylinders, diesel, automatic, Engine is a Cummins diesel straight six, 24...

Hello everyone!! I just found these forums last night and was reading through a bunch of posts and it seems like there's a bunch of really nice folks here so I just registered this morning! (our story)short version So my partner and I are looking to buy a bus. We want a shorter one for fuel...

My husband and I are seriously considering this skoolie...would love some advice from this community on whether this is a fair price and what questions you would ask the seller. For context, we're planning to live in it full time and eventually park it on land in Colorado. :Thanx: !

Hey all, My wife and I are at the beginning stages of skoolie planning and are hoping to get an idea from this community of how long it'll realistically take to complete the renovation. We don't have the bus yet, but are looking for a 10 or 11 window dognose. The bus will be fitted with...

Howdy fellow skoolie owners, lovers, builders, and dreamers, Charles here. My lady, 4 year old son and I purchased our first bus about 90 days ago. It’s been a ride, to say the least. 1995 International / Carpenter T444e 6 window. I’ve learned a lot from this site and look forward to sharing...

Hi guys!! We purchased our bus on December 31, 2017 (great way to end the year), and have since torn out the seats! There are so many threads and opinions on how to do, basically everything, it can almost be too much. BUT THAT'S NOT HOLDING US BACK. Now that the seats are out, we're not quite...

I'm going to buy a bus and need to get insurance, do I need to get the title changed to an rv title? My insurance company said it needs to be done by a professional to be insured as a rv. Also does having your bus insured as a rv is your belongings inside covered? And does anyone know what this...

I've posted a few times around here but wanted to finally introduce myself now that I'm a bus owner! The bus is a 1992 40' Thomas RE, it has a Cummins 8.3 mechanical and an Allison MT643. Currently has 210,000 miles and 7,000 hours on the engine. The engine has never been rebuilt but has been...

Hey My name is Nathan I'm new here! I just bought a but 2004 72 seater Thomas built With the 5.9 cummins AD200 transmission 75,000 Miles. I kinda bought on impulse what everybody tell you not to do I know. :hide: Like my user name implies, I didn't look at it other than pictures so of course it...

So I just got a bus and on the way home the ABS light would intermittently flash on and off. It was pretty random. Any ideas? Also the speedometer and tachometer do not work, any "easy" fix for this that you know of? Thanks. PS. painting this w/e, any tips?

So we picked up a bus after months of looking! 1999 GMC Bluebird 38ft front engine 3126 cat with a 545 allison transmission. A little rust since its a New England bus. We paid $2500 for it and they put on a hitch and removed all the seats for us (hope that was a good price). It was serviced by...

The pictures say it all :campfire: :campfire: https://photos.app.goo.gl/ZyUwuNdbBBEHNg872

Hello Skoolies, Been working toward getting a bus or van and found this beauty! Any advice on registering a minibus (as something other than a school bus) in PA would be very welcome! Have a lot of work and learning ahead of us, but I'm so excited for the journey. My name is James and my...