North Central Idaho newbie schoolie!

[northidahofisher]

Hey y'all, Glad to find a place like this, we have so many questions, and we know they will probably all be answered by y'all on here!

So we bought a 1996 International 57pass school bus with a DT466 engine and an Allison automatic tranny about 2 weeks ago. We have pulled the seats out, the rubber and plywood floor up and now are working on grinding all the surface rust off, then are going to paint with industrial rust converter paint.

I know most of y'all are way ahead of us, so I can't wait to soak in all your knowledge!!! Thanks in advance!

 

[Dapplecreek]

Hey y'all, Glad to find a place like this, we have so many questions, and we know they will probably all be answered by y'all on here!

So we bought a 1996 International 57pass school bus with a DT466 engine and an Allison automatic tranny about 2 weeks ago. We have pulled the seats out, the rubber and plywood floor up and now are working on grinding all the surface rust off, then are going to paint with industrial rust converter paint.

I know most of y'all are way ahead of us, so I can't wait to soak in all your knowledge!!! Thanks in advance!

Welcome from Appalachia... though our hearts are in Moscow, ID

 

[northidahofisher]

Welcome from Appalachia... though our hearts are in Moscow, ID

I grew up hiking/skiing those mountains! Parents still live right near the Chesapeake Bay. Moscow is about 2hr west/north of me. We moved here because the mountains remind me of "back home", just they're taller here!

 

[ameanderinglife]

I work in Boise in the summer!

Hi!

Where did you get your bus, if you don't mind me asking? I'm currently in Kansas, but work out of Boise as a wildland firefighter in the summer! I was planning to rent this summer, but if I could find a good bus in Idaho I might try this sooner!

Rachel

 

[2kool4skool]

Welcome! \\\\\\\\\\\\

 

[northidahofisher]

Hi!

Where did you get your bus, if you don't mind me asking? I'm currently in Kansas, but work out of Boise as a wildland firefighter in the summer! I was planning to rent this summer, but if I could find a good bus in Idaho I might try this sooner!

Rachel

Rachel, We bought our bus from Western Mountain Bus Sales in Nampa, just outside of Boise. When we bought our bus they had 6-7 others for sale in various sizes and prices. Some for less than what we paid, some for more. We got our bus for $2600 out the door, and immediately drove it 250 miles home with not a single hiccup. They are great people, and if you call them, talk to Cliff. He's a great guy, and goes out of his way to help you. Here's their web site..... westernmountain.com and their number is 208-467-3047.

 

[EastCoastCB]

Man, that's a pretty good price for a great bus!

 

[ameanderinglife]

Thanks

Thanks so much for the info! That is a much better price than I've seen on Craigslist so far!

Rachel

 

[northidahofisher]

Thanks so much for the info! That is a much better price than I've seen on Craigslist so far!

Rachel

No worries!

 

[dredman]

Man I LOVE Idaho, just left a few months ago - the smoke ran me out AGAIN this year!!

 

[northidahofisher]

Man I LOVE Idaho, just left a few months ago - the smoke ran me out AGAIN this year!!

Ya the smoke was thick this year, but not nearly as bad as last year, we actually had fire about 2 miles from our homestead and the wind was blowing towards us. We had stage 2 evac orders (have everything ready to leave within seconds). The year before that we had a fire about 5 miles from us down on the Selway River, but that's as close as it got.

We will definitely not miss that when we get on the road.... no fires on the beaches of Oregon and Washington!!!!

 

[northidahofisher]

updated pics of our build

Hope this works, Here's yesterday's picture of our build, it will be the master bed and the start of the walls for the toilet and shower rooms.
By the way, here's my blog on our build, that will become our on the road blog once the bus is done. http://godsgraceskoolie.blogspot.com/