more school busses!

http://www.swicoauctions.com/pictures/-1/bus99.jpg
forkin sweet:
IH diesels, allison autos, "ran when parked" and will probably go for under $100 apiece
I figure those things have about 20 rows of seats. With six rugrats per row at about 100 pounds apiece, that sucker should comfortably carry 12,000 pounds. Cut off and seal the cab behind the first row of seats, put in conversion van benches and a bumpin system, platform everything behind it to carry 2 rigs, add hubcap spinners and neon and she's ready to go!
:gigem:

Where are they located at, it sounds like a good investment, you could even rig it up so the bus could tow another trailer and carry even more rigs.

in bryan
www.swicoauctions.com
My grandma would kill me if I took one out to our property :D

do you have to have a cdl to drive one of those or can you just not carry passengers for hire.

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Cut off and seal the cab behind the first row of seats, put in conversion van benches and a bumpin system, platform everything behind it to carry 2 rigs, add hubcap spinners and neon and she's ready to go!
:gigem:

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Something like this ya redneck? :p

not something...exactly :p
actually I'd want a wall behind the first bench, then a storage compartment where the second bench would be (for generator, tools, etc), then platform behind that, just long enough for 2 rigs....get rid of all that overhang.
the stacks are a nice touch...but mine would be chrome with those neon tips
and have some chrome trucker girl mudflaps
Think my neighbors would mind that in front of the house?
Dunno about the CDL license...Doug?

I would imagine you'd need a CDL for something that large, but since you're not technically driving a bus with passengers I don't know if it would be the same CDL Steven and I (and others) have from BusOps...

here
edit: MSPaint doesn't have 'scalade white or chrome

so I'd have to get a job with BusOps for a week or two each year? :D

ooh...they're 72 passenger busses...that's 2 light rigs tops.
Maybe cut it long enough for one rig and flat tow another?
Or maybe I should get back to work...

btw nice sig, freddy :laughing:

just remember you get what you pay for...we have been selling aTm busses on ebay and lets just say that i feel for the people that bought them. parts are extreamly expensive and just cause they tran when parked dont mean they run good now

Yes you would have to have a CDL for it. ANy bus that size (it is probably the legal limit of 45 feet long) you have to have a license for. Unless it has a bathroom and then sometimes it can be considered a recreational vehicle and you can get out of DOT inspections and such.

Not like I would know or anything :D

in that case chop a hole in the floor and call it a pisser

Steven are there any gas engines IH's there?

Could make a cool rig...but what about this thing?

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Steven are there any gas engines IH's there?

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negative ghostrider...all the ones we are selling have cummins 555 v8...allison mt643....eaton rear axle

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Could make a cool rig...but what about this thing?

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btw pretty sure that's a photochop

It was on eBay a while back, believe it said it was a custom built version for a School Basketball team, or something along those lines. Of course, it could have been both a fraud, and a photochop. But I have seen stretched burbans, etc. for schools before. Never to that extent, but hell...who knows.



It would have to be a good photochop. Here's the only other picture I have..

not a chop, i don't know who made them but i have seen them before, after I win the lottery on saturday I am going to have the coolest one you have ever seen...

If you were to make a flatbed out of a school bus, what would you need to do in order for it to be able to support the weight of a vehicle on the back? Surely the flooring on it is not strong enough to hold up a vehicle. And can the leaf springs handle that load?

by my matchbook estimations, they should be more than sufficient to carry 7200 pounds of rigs. there's a frame under there, so build ramps off of that

and the fuzzy grass and trees on the scout look suspicious

I think thats the ****ty digi-cam effect.

If it's got a place to cook, a place to sleep, and a place to ****, you've got an RV... People register Class 8 tractors (big rigs) as RVs. As an RV you don't need a CDL to drive it and RV even if it has air brakes and is over 26,000.

Also, you only need a CDL if you are towing something and making a profit. However, if you are driving something over 26,000 pounds for personal use you need a class B or A I forgot which, but it's still not a CDL...

So, if you bought that bus, but a little cot in it, a porta pot, and somekinda of stove, and got it registered as an RV, you don't need a CDL, or expensive ass insurance.

that would have to be a really really good photochop of that scout. look at the doors in the pic where they're all open. notice the progression as you can see less and less of the door panel? the only thing that looks funny to me is the pass. side window frame thru the 3rd door...kinda blurry. i think its real.

if i were to do that to a bus i'd leave a couple rows of seats and put a sleeper behind them. still plenty of room and capacity for tools and a rig.

must be why all the race trailers say "private vehicle...not for hire" on the side
they're still only at $125 right now!
I'd have to bump my AAA coverage up to RV

i say keep paint classic yellow. this would be badass.
http://collegehumor.com/img/s/scan44.w492.jpg

I say go for it and if we can't get it to work, I am sure the scrap value is about the same as the cost of the bus.

wanna store it for me?
:D

You can keep it at my dorm. I promise PTTS doesn't hide in the bushes with their scanners waiting to nail any one who parks illegally...

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I promise PTTS doesn't hide in the bushes with their scanners waiting to nail any one who parks illegally...

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Maybe you should open your eyes the next time you walk by the bushes:gigem: I've acually been seeing them sit at the picnic tables stuffing their faces and then getting up when they see a car park.

You should go for a classic roadster look...chop the top and slam it. Then we could get it into my parking garage :gigem:

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You should go for a classic roadster look...chop the top and slam it. Then we could get it into my parking garage :gigem:

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oh hell yeah...cut the windows down to half size, tilt the windshield back...




and hubcap spinners :D

Well **** if you're gonna use hubcab spinners why stop there. Go balls to the wall gay and get neon undercarriage lights a ****ing disco ball to hang from the ceiling inside. While you're at it paint it that smutty cadillac white color that all the rappers' escalades are in their videos.

disco ball--good idea!


and 'Scalade pearl white is the coolest color ever


go read your winch mounting instructions :flipoff2:

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If it's got a place to cook, a place to sleep, and a place to ****, you've got an RV... People register Class 8 tractors (big rigs) as RVs. As an RV you don't need a CDL to drive it and RV even if it has air brakes and is over 26,000.

Also, you only need a CDL if you are towing something and making a profit. However, if you are driving something over 26,000 pounds for personal use you need a class B or A I forgot which, but it's still not a CDL...

So, if you bought that bus, but a little cot in it, a porta pot, and somekinda of stove, and got it registered as an RV, you don't need a CDL, or expensive ass insurance.

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Holy crap here goes krebs on his 18 wheeler crap again :flipoff2:

Biiiooootttccchhhhh :flipoff2:

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disco ball--good idea!


and 'Scalade pearl white is the coolest color ever


go read your winch mounting instructions :flipoff2:

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had to resurrect this thread. i found a pic.

Is that a WARN sticker on the side of the bus? Now thats funny.......I would be worried about the drivability of something like that, My dad has a winabago, and the tail sticks out rear far past the rear wheels, like the bus.... And he has to be real careful what he pulls with it, one time he tried to pull a 20' trailer that was about halfway loaded down ,and he was having trouble at highway speeds.... Any small turn would make the whole thing wobble back and forth, so much that you would have to slow down.... His winabago is smaller and lighter than a bus, but that seems like alot of weight inthe backend of that thing, past the rear wheels... I think I would of trimmed more of the cab off so that the scout sets about the rear wheels...

Check out what is on ebay right now, here is your bus hauler w'hyd. tail...


http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...category=84151

i used to ride around in a 45' eagle motorcoach and we got 4mpg with that thing and a 20' trailer. I dont see how one of those thigns would be practical.

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i used to ride around in a 45' eagle motorcoach and we got 4mpg with that thing and a 20' trailer. I dont see how one of those thigns would be practical.

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how practical is a chopped to pieces blazer????