starting out

HELLO!!!!! I've been creeping here for a while and been collecting a lot of good information. Hubby and I are starting to look at buses and collect our information for converting a beautiful big girl into our next home. We looked into the option three years ago and just kept hitting our head on...

I went and inspected 8 potentials I liked, test drove them as well, all were pretty good but my initial one turned out to be the one I like most. I now own a 1992 Thomas Vista! Time to start the demo so I can install new metal walls in the summer so they wont warp from expansion! I'd like to...

Hi everyone, im Gia :greetings: Currently a college freshman living at home in the wonderful state of New Jersey. I've always been interested in bus conversions/living on the road and with my life flying by, I finally decided to finally act on it. Obviously there are a lot of complications, I am...

Hey guys, Hoping you guys could help me with a few things. My wife & I are in our late 30's early 40's and we want to make a change in our life. For the better. We have three kids adults now 20, 18, 17. The wife and I were thinking of joining the tiny living community. At first we thought about...

So we are picking up our first bus tomorrow, she's a 2004 international with 156,345 on her clock, a CAT C7 under the hood and a manual 5 speed trans. She is also a 10 window. I'm gonna try and be consistent with my updates to this thread and would love any feedback y'all are willing to give.

So I am a single father of 1 I have a son named Marley he is 5. I was recently part of corporate America living the dream they call it. Not really my idea of the dream but I was doing what society expects. Get a job have a kid buy a house and do on. Well I got as far as renting a house and was I...

Hi everyone, So I'm a total newbie when it comes to mechanics. I bought a 1992 Thomas MVP Saf-T-Liner with my mom, and like the carpenter ants that we are, we converted the **** out of the cabin and got a professional mechanic to worry about engine stuff because that's not our realm of...

Hey everyone! I live in oakland ca and i'm looking for a short bus! I want to turn it into a mobile photo studio for portraits / an adventure camping mobile so that I can take it on extended road trips all over the USA. I'm looking to gut the entirety of the bus and start from scratch with my...