Bus Roof Raise

There are several different popular techniques for achieving this.

Bus roof raise.

The humans began the roof raise by constructing four equal walk boards. Our new 6 ton car jack. 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. From full bus conversion services to roof raise services we are the industry leaders in converting buses into homes on wheels.

Apr 25 2017 explore amanda mendoza s board bus raised roof on pinterest. 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. This school bus conversion video is about the roof raise process in our skoolie. View from under the bus.

The roof is actually part of the shell structure integrity. Cutting the last hat channels and raising the bus roof. We originally wanted to cut off the entire top of the bus and lift it to have a full roof raise. Raising the roof on a bus can be a very dangerous task without the proper skills and equipment.

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. Need something on amazon. We hope this video can give you ideas when it comes to converting a bus into. These handy aides are used in the construction industry to help workers using scaffolding.

As most of you probably know we have a flat nose front engine bus. I really didn t want to use the car jacks for the whole roof raise. See more ideas about bus school bus conversion bus conversion. It s all very exciting so let s get into it.

They fit our rented scaffolding. Mci s in particular are a monocoque design meaning they do not have a center or lower chassis structure. Be very careful if you do this yourself.