New here from West Valley, Phoenix, Arizona

[Ray13]

Hello.


I am watching these Skoolie conversions since quite some years now. Have watched Transcendence (Wess), Chris, Life is a Joy (Jim and Debbie), BussyMcBussface, the Knapp Family and others build their busses and went several times to Skooliepalooza (I guess spelling is wrong again ) here in Ehrenberg, AZ to meet them and others and to see those busses in person. If you ever have the opportunity to go to a Bus meeting..... DO IT !!! These people are mostly awesome, open minded, love to show their Riggs, are willing to give tips and hints.
Since years now, I have the dream to build one by myself. I haven't bought a Bus yet, but most likely will get one from Toni, owner of AAA-Bus here in Phoenix. Right now I am trying to figure out all the solar stuff I will need for the Bus and how to install everything without causing any shortages in the system. Plumbing should be pretty straight forward as well as the building itself. One milestone will be the roof raise though.
I am making a living as a Handyman so I hope I have enough knowledge and the tools (except Pex and rivet tools) to do this all by myself.

At this point I'd like to thank each and every one of you for your posts on this platform, hoping to be able to learn a lot from them.

 

[desrtdog]

Hello.


I am watching these Skoolie conversions since quite some years now. Have watched Transcendence (Wess), Chris, Life is a Joy (Jim and Debbie), BussyMcBussface, the Knapp Family and others build their busses and went several times to Skooliepalooza (I guess spelling is wrong again ) here in Ehrenberg, AZ to meet them and others and to see those busses in person. If you ever have the opportunity to go to a Bus meeting..... DO IT !!! These people are mostly awesome, open minded, love to show their Riggs, are willing to give tips and hints.
Since years now, I have the dream to build one by myself. I haven't bought a Bus yet, but most likely will get one from Toni, owner of AAA-Bus here in Phoenix. Right now I am trying to figure out all the solar stuff I will need for the Bus and how to install everything without causing any shortages in the system. Plumbing should be pretty straight forward as well as the building itself. One milestone will be the roof raise though.
I am making a living as a Handyman so I hope I have enough knowledge and the tools (except Pex and rivet tools) to do this all by myself.

At this point I'd like to thank each and every one of you for your posts on this platform, hoping to be able to learn a lot from them.

Welcome! You will find a lot of resources here and as many opinions - so I will put mine out there as far as solar goes: check out faroutride.com for some excellent tutorials and calculators...Don't need to go with their recommendations on equipment, but the learning there is pretty good.

 

[Ray13]

Thank you very much for your warm welcome and for the info you’ve provided. I’ll definitely check this side out in the next few day’s and make my notes. Again, Thank you very much

 

[Bus'n it]

Welcome Ray! I am in the far East valley . I was building a skoolie but was offered to sell it. We bought an older Newell coach I have been working on.

 

[Ray13]

Thank you

Welcome Ray! I am in the far East valley . I was building a skoolie but was offered to sell it. We bought an older Newell coach I have been working on.

Looks almost like no one want's to live over here in the west valley or west of Phoenix at all

 

[Bus'n it]

I wouldn’t say that. The west valley is the fastest growing area of Phoenix. That said, my wife and I put our house on the market. We are looking to move to South East Springfield MO. We just can’t take the heat anymore. Been here for almost 24 years. Each year it’s been getting hotter and hotter with no rain in sight to cool things down.