Raise Bus Roof

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Raise bus roof.

As most of you probably know we have a flat nose front engine bus. They fit our rented scaffolding. Why raise the roof. Whenever you buy a commercial passenger coach there are modifications you will need to make it a comfortable private coach.

There are several different popular techniques for achieving this. It s all very exciting so let s get. This school bus conversion video is about the roof raise process in our skoolie. I really didn t want to use the car jacks for the whole roof raise.

2003 bluebird all american roof raised skoolie platform titled as an rv. Cutting the last hat channels and raising the bus roof. Apr 25 2017 explore amanda mendoza s board bus raised roof on pinterest. 15 roof raise structurally reinforced back to oem specs professionally engineered custom transition 8 3l cummins diesel rear engine less than 4 years and 70k miles on.

How to complete the roof raise using the walk board method including. 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. Construction of the walk boards using cribbage and a bottle jack strategy. A raised roof coach is easier to sell and usually is about 15 000 20 000 more value.

Every bus is different which means every roof raise will be different but the concepts are similar throughout the roof raise process. Essentially you need to disconnect the roof from the body of the bus raise it to the height you want it build in supports to reattach the roof and then cover the gaps in sheet metal and put in either the original bus windows or add different windows as needed. Skoolie bus conversion roof raise on today s post. One of the most popular structural changes to make is raising the roof.

We originally wanted to cut off the entire top of the bus and lift it to have a full roof raise. The most popular reason is value. We hope this video can give you ideas when it comes to converting a bus into.