Raising A Bus Roof

Raising the roof on a bus can be a very dangerous task without the proper skills and equipment.

Raising a bus roof.

I would highly recommend li for any of your projects. Skoolie bus conversion roof raise on today s post. School bus raising the roof. Cutting the last hat channels and raising the bus roof.

They fit our rented scaffolding. How to prepare square tubing in advance. Every bus is different which means every roof raise will be different but the concepts are similar throughout the roof raise process. This school bus conversion video is about the roof raise process in our skoolie.

How to complete the roof raise using the walk board method including. The roof is actually part of the shell structure integrity. Construction of the walk boards using cribbage and a bottle jack strategy. 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. As most of you probably know we have a flat nose front engine bus. It s all very exciting so let s get. Mci s in particular are a monocoque design meaning they do not have a center or lower chassis structure.

We hope this video can give you ideas when it comes to converting a bus into. View from under the bus. Be very careful if you do this yourself. 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.

Our new 6 ton car jack. 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. Raising the roof of a skoolie can take the space from cramped to airy and livable especially if you are over six feet tall.