Bus hacking

[Dreadbelly]

So... I thought I'd take a shot knowing that there are all kinds of weird people here with varied interests.

I am interested in Skoolies. Bus hacking. People that convert old school buses (And even old panel trucks) in to homes on wheels. I've seen a bit of stuff online, and I gotta say, something about it sparked my interest. I was hoping to find somebody here that might know a bit more about it, or maybe even own one.

How cool would it be to be a kilted bus hacker?

Edit. There is something appealing about a home you could just roll away with. Been thinking about this a bit lately. Maybe some solar panels on the roof for electrical stuff. Convert the diesel to a veggie oil burner. Some of those veggie oil conversions can hit over 20 miles to the gallon, much much better than the 5 to 10 (8 average) on many standard diesels. Plus all the obcessive compulsive fun of making every square inch matter when you lay out your floor plan! I could have hours and hours and hours of fun doing that.

Ah, wishful thinking.

[KiltedCodeWarrior]

Don't know that I have much in-depth info Dread, but my Dad converted a bus for camping purposes, and my wife and I almost bought one that was converted (with a wood burning stove!) about 10 years ago. My Dad also has owned a converted ambulance (think Ghostbusters type of ambulance).

[Fearnest]

(Envisioning Dread & Company debarking from a school bus marked up in Partridge Family livery... the horror... the horror... the horror...)

[Kilted KT]

(Envisioning Dread & Company debarking from a school bus marked up in Partridge Family livery... the horror... the horror... the horror...)

or, worse yet, Dread & Co. going down the road with sails unfurled, and cannons ready to fire with Dread on the roof holding a line while brandishing his bonnet!

[Dreadbelly]

I already found a Skoolie converted to look like a riverboat, compleat with paddle wheel...

I'd have to make mine look like a pirate ship. AAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRR!

[Dreadbelly]

Ok, a link.

http://www.skoolie.net:16080/gallery...ies/Riverboat/

[Dreadbelly]

You know, I know a school bus mechanic. A rather good friend. I wonder...

[wsk]

Not buying the claim for a 100% to 400% improvement in fuel mileage biodiesel over petroleum diesel. Neat biodiesel (B100) has less energy content than diesel #2. More interesting is the reduced emissions. More here.

I don't know anything about hacking a bus but in 1967 in Alaska during the sesquisentenial, we met a man who had hacked a bus. He had cut the roof off and inserted a riser and then put the roof back on so he could stand up in it. He also gave us some sour dough starter. I got mine form my Dad and he and I have restarted each other's starter ever since. Doesn't taste the same though - been contaminated by too much local flora so it really isn't the same starter. So, nevermind.

[Warlock]

Memphis used to have buses that looked like that paddlewheel.

[GMan]

While I was in college many years ago, I lived in an old school bus for a year. It was a fun experience.