Raising A Bus Roof

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Raising a bus roof.

They fit our rented scaffolding. Raising the roof on a bus can be a very dangerous task without the proper skills and equipment. Most school buses come with a stock height of six feet and it can be a majorly discouraging factor if you or your family members are over six feet and don t want to permanently hunch over inside your future home. I really didn t want to use the car jacks for the whole roof raise.

This school bus conversion video is about the roof raise process in our skoolie. Cutting the last hat channels and raising the bus roof. It s all very exciting so let s get. We originally wanted to cut off the entire top of the bus and lift it to have a full roof raise.

Thanks li and can t wait to do the next build school bus camper school bus house rv bus bus remodel converted bus bus living tiny living school bus conversion camper conversion. Raising the roof of a skoolie can take the space from cramped to airy and livable especially if you are over six feet tall. Construction of the walk boards using cribbage and a bottle jack strategy. How to prepare square tubing in advance.

Skoolie bus conversion roof raise on today s post. I would highly recommend li for any of your projects. How to complete the roof raise using the walk board method including. Mci s in particular are a monocoque design meaning they do not have a center or lower chassis structure.

Apr 25 2017 explore amanda mendoza s board bus raised roof on pinterest. See more ideas about bus school bus conversion bus conversion. Be very careful if you do this yourself. View from under the bus.

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. The roof is actually part of the shell structure integrity. As most of you probably know we have a flat nose front engine bus.