![]() ![]() My conversion gets about 18mpg on a good day, parking has never really been an issue. Even though parking is a bit harder with a bus those who have them, I find, do have places to park, or they manage to find some place on BLM, that sort of thing. I guess it just boils down to how you plan on using your vehicle, how much time you're going to be spending in it, that sort of thing. If you want a place to spend all your time do yourself a favor and get a short bus or extended high top van. My office is the closest library, usually, working remotely. My shower is my gym membership or a camp ground, baby wipes are awesome. I say live out of because I don't spend my life and days in the van, only late evenings for sleeping and relaxing. Hope this helps.Īs someone that lives out of a conversion van I'm just going to say they blend in well and the insurance is negligible. Have you considered a truck with a cab over? Any shop will fix an old truck (or it is super easy to do yourself) plus you can seperate your dwelling space from your vehicle if issues arise, and they will if you are on the road long enough. It is way easier (time = money) to fix and parts are like an 1/8 the cost of electronic fi. Also go for mechanical injection, not electronic. Its silly to get a diesel with an auto because the shift points are not set in the correct rev range unless extensive ($$$$$) modifications have been done. Get one with a manual tranny (bus or van) you will not regret it. Also transmissions are your weakest link usally. Just go to a mall parking lot, grab what ya need and go if you go for a van get either an idi or cummins engine. Vans are really easy to get a shop to fix, and parts are every where. Dont get an old chevy tho, any thing pre duramax is shit, unless someone did a cummins swap. If you have issues you might be shit out of luck finding a shop to work on a bus tho. I agree with the above if you know how to fix your own vehicle. just keep searching, high and low, ebay and craigslist, local paper, hell even call school districts directly to see when they're decomissioning buses and where you can pick them up at auction (there's very little competition at those auctions).Īnd is amazing for searching multiple craigslist sites. ![]() you can fudge this a little (my bus came with 116k on it) maybe as high as 150k (on a deisel) but any higher than that and you can probably find a better deal somewhere else. ![]() Okay, last thing (seriously this time), don't buy anything with over a 100,000 miles on the engine. you won't get that with a conversion van. i've seen short buses on ebay for $5,000 but they were immaculate, running perfectly, and really polished, guaranteed to run for years and years, so that's the upper end for short buses.Īnother thing to keep in mind is that school buses are ridiculously well taken care of during their service (they are required to be by law) so the sooner you can buy a bus after it's been decommissioned the better shape it will be in. i got my full size bus for 1800, and i never had a single problem with it in two years, but i did get lucky with an exceptional deal. personally, i wouldn't pay any more than 3-4 grand. meaning that short buses (and full) are in very low demand, so it's easy to pick one up for two to five grand. The last thing i wanted to point out was that if you get a school bus, it's a total buyers market. the only unfortunately thing about both his website and his book is that he completely ignores bus conversions entirely. you should also buy his book which is available for $3 on amazon (you'll find it on his website) it's worth a look. If you're interested in that route, i highly recommend visiting a great website for stealth camping in a vehicle. if you want to stay hidden and not let people know you're living in your vehicle, a conversion van might be the way to go. parking a short bus is easy, parking a full size bus is not (i speak from experience with both). So, if this is a vehicle you want to keep around for years and years, go with the short bus.Īs for parking, the only real difference is how stealth you want to be. also, your average gasoline engine will run a maximum of 300k miles before you start having serious problems, where a diesel engine will last around 500k+. the gas is more expensive, but mechanically the deisel engine is more efficient, hence the better gas mileage. someone correct me if i'm wrong, but i've seen plenty of short buses that get around 15mpg, which is about as good as you're going to get from a conversion van. So, i had a full size (35ft) school bus for 2 years. ![]()
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