Raised Bus Roof Rv

We originally planned to raise the roof a full two feet.

Raised bus roof rv.

The roof was raised a total of 18. See more ideas about bus school bus conversion bus living. In order to keep things legal the bus cannot be more than 13 6 in height. Whenever you buy a commercial passenger coach there are modifications you will need to make it a comfortable private coach.

Our new 6 ton car jack. One of the most popular structural changes to make is raising the roof. View from under the bus. Apr 25 2017 explore amanda mendoza s board bus raised roof on pinterest.

A raised roof coach is easier to sell and usually is about 15 000 20 000 more value. Things we had to consider. In this episode i go through the details of the process i used to raise the roof on a 1993 bluebird bus named transcendence. They fit our rented scaffolding.

The most popular reason is value. Standing room inside the bus is 7 feet 5 inches. The raised roof was inspired by another youtuber in a skoolie transcend existence they furnished the living room with a convertible couch across from a samsung smart tv. Roof deck and rack for storage or hang out area.

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 bus was a little less than 9 tall in its original state. This turned out to be unnecessary even for bart who is 6 4. Extra wood from the flooring was used to create a bench under the tv with a built in dvd player.

I really didn t want to use the car jacks for the whole roof raise. They also helped me get my skoolie going and i will be forever. Jim debbie retired about 2 years ago to get their skoolie up and ready for full time travel. Subscribe for more videos.