Short Bus Roof Raise

They fit our rented scaffolding.

Short bus roof raise.

We plan on living in it full time so we definitely want a decent kitchen shower and permanent bed space. View from under the bus. Make offer 2003 international school bus t444e diesel 72 pass air brake allison auto trans 2015 ford e 450 school charter bus school activity bus 44500 original miles 21 500 00. Every bus is different which means every roof raise will be different but the concepts are similar throughout the roof raise process.

Short bus skoolie roof raise. Chris of the off grid skoolie raised his bus roof with some help from other og skoolie community members and made a helpful video on how they did it. We originally wanted to cut off the entire top of the bus and lift it to have a full roof raise. We offer a bus listing service resources to diy your skoolie adventure and a few shortcuts to speed you along on your journey to buslife.

So we prepped the bus for the raise most of the day on saturday removing rivets removing windows setting up the scaffolding and putting the whole bus up on blocks. Our new 6 ton car jack. Apr 25 2017 explore amanda mendoza s board bus raised roof on pinterest. I really didn t want to use the car jacks for the whole roof raise.

I am new to this sub as me and my partner just purchased our short school bus yesterday and are working on the floor plan. Essentially they welded in four custom spreaders onto the ribs removed all the rivets cut the upright ribs in the middle and sliced through the roof so the bus was entirely in two pieces. If you have ever wondered who creates content for this channel this video is for you. As most of you probably know we have a flat nose front engine bus.

I will have a follow up video next year with the finished skoolie buil.