Thanks Instagram family for inspiring this post. We have been asked quite a few times about the wall heater we have installed in our bus, so here’s a post all about it. It is a Dyna-Glo model . It runs on Propane or Natural Gas. There is a small space on the back to make
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1. Take your time. Everything takes longer in the bus. What will show as a 4 hour drive will really be 6-7 hours. We like to stop frequently. Sister Golden Hair needs her breaks and so do we. We will drive for a few hours (1-3) and then make a stop for a while (an
Engine, Drive line, and Suspension maintenance list and tips from our school bus conversion. T444E engine with Allison AT-545 Transmission.
A few days before finalizing our home sale we are left with a lot of questions like “where are we going?”.
Our Christmas was made extra special by the fact that we officially moved into our school bus tiny home and spent our first night at a campsite in this rolling home. We decided to stay at this park because it was relatively close and was fairly inexpensive; and it had openings when I booked the
This corner is one of Destoni’s favorite spaces in the bus. We decided to keep an entire 7 foot counter space on one side of the kitchen space, meaning we cut in the sink and stove on the other side. This allows us to use the counter space for other things like prepping food, desk
Our house is up for sale and we are moving into our bus today. We have many things left to do to make this Tiny Home On Wheels complete in our eyes, but we are ready to jump in and move out of our traditional house. As happy as that makes us we wanted to take a moment to talk about a serious issue that we want to address. Homelessness
Replacing a tire on a school bus conversion. Here’s a few tips and tricks on how I did it cheaper.
This isn’t the first time we’ve built or lived in a tiny home, but building and living in a Skoolie is definitely different.
We are from Florida, 10 months out of the year it is hot and humid and the other 2 months it is hot and not as humid. Along with dodging hurricanes and everyday showers, snakes and alligators, and trying to not get killed by the notorious “Florida Man” (Google that and see the insanity that
There are a lot of reasons people are choosing to downsize their lives and live tiny. We have multiple reasons. One of our tops reasons is the ability to get rid of the massive amount of debt we currently carry and to learn from the mistakes of our past with credit consumerism. According to the
This isn’t a story about how our life fell apart the moment we bought our bus, so sorry about the clickbaity title. This is actually a self-realization story about how our life has changed since we took on the challenge of converting our bus, downsizing our possessions and are searching for new life experiences. We’re
We are not professionals builders by any means but we have surprised ourselves with how much we have been able to accomplish on our own. One thing we have noticed though with our build is that the amount of time we think a project should take is always off. We are spending about double the
3 Totally Free Things Every Bus Converter and Van Dweller Should Have.
Downsizing our life led to a difficult and emotional decision to find our cat a new family.
Yesterday we were able to get a few things done. Inside panels off. Insulation out. All of the stickers off the windows….finally! Roof washed and prepped for elastomeric paint. Floor getting prepped for sealant and framing. Batteries charged. Productive day. Subscribe to our YouTube channel for the latest videos and updates. Coming soon… Roof paint.
My wife and I bought a school bus to turn into a tiny home on wheels. We found the bus on Craigslist. It’s a 2000 Blue Bird International 3800 with a 7.3 liter Navistar T444E Engine and only 170,000 miles. The plan is to build this into our mobile home to be used as we
