Raised Bus Roof Rv

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I really didn t want to use the car jacks for the whole roof raise. Extra wood from the flooring was used to create a bench under the tv with a built in dvd player. We originally planned to raise the roof a full two feet. This turned out to be unnecessary even for bart who is 6 4.

Subscribe for more videos. See more ideas about bus school bus conversion bus living. Jim debbie retired about 2 years ago to get their skoolie up and ready for full time travel. They fit our rented scaffolding.

Apr 25 2017 explore amanda mendoza s board bus raised roof on pinterest. Standing room inside the bus is 7 feet 5 inches. The most popular reason is value. Roof deck and rack for storage or hang out area.

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. The roof was raised a total of 18. View from under the bus.

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. A raised roof coach is easier to sell and usually is about 15 000 20 000 more value. 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. 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 also helped me get my skoolie going and i will be forever. Why raise the roof. Roof raise of 14 inches brings it to a total height of 12 feet including the height of the rack. One of the most popular structural changes to make is raising the roof.