Really good, usually too hot but better than too cold, uses about a 40 lb. bag a day unless it gets below -20 or so then uses a bit more but only that cold here a few days a year, only problem is I have a hard time getting heat to transfer to the back of a 45 ft. bus, you should have no problem in a shorter bus, see if you can find a smaller one than I have for a short bus as you will cook to death otherwise, got down to -30 last winter and had no problem heating the bus and way cheaper than diesel, the short exhaust exiting outside the bus has been no problem either, no need for a vertical exhaust... hope it works out for you...wood stoves are an option too but you have to keep getting up in the night to refill, pellets you just fill the hopper, set the thermostat and forget about it, needs 120v AC power though... only about 150 watts continuous but something to keep in mind when deciding

Cool, can you send me a link to where you got them?... I still need more, Thanks

@@JamesEDennisonactually I looked at what you have and what I have a second time. Mine are for the Budd wheels that are square lugs at the end . Your lugs even look larger in diameter than mine so I can see why yours are so expensive. In summery I stand corrected.

@@jimmiller4951 Damn... that's too bad...was hoping to find them cheaper, I can see why they are so expensive, they are threaded on both ends so a lot of work to make, no idea why they built them that way but they did, truck ones are press in... about 7 or 8 bucks each and work just as well, Oh well, that's how they are, I still need 20 studs for the tag axle

@@JamesEDennison , I really like what your doing Sir glad that I subscribed .

Good to hear from you hope you're doin ok, been a while cause my parents are requiring more of my time as they get older, Dad has dementia now so mom is struggling to look after him, still trying to get as much done on the bus as possible though

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Thanks for watching, hopefully somebody gets some useful information out of it

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Thanks Pops, I appreciate you hanging in there... bus looks like a workshop most of the time... tough when I'm living in it too but I hope to be done with major projects soon so can clean it up and keep it cleaner.... hopefully.., hope you are doing ok... James

Thanks Glen, I see you've been having some fun with your bus too..😁😁

Technically I suppose you could but your steering system would be relying completely on a weld, if that broke, you and your passengers are most likely dead, I don't know about other areas but where I am from, welding steering components is illegal, not saying it hasn't been done but not legal and I personally wouldn't trust a welded steering part, race and off road vehicles will weld steering parts all the time and most of the time are just fine, if the way I did it didn't work I was going to drill it out, cross bolt it and then put a weld pass on it for good measure, still not legal but way stronger than just welding a piece of tubing to the top of the splined shaft, thanks for your comment, I'm glad people are watching these videos and thinking of alternative solutions to what I'm doing, I've gotten some good ideas over the years from peoples comments, things I hadn't even thought of, Please keep it up

After thinking about your comment for a while, I think I came up with a solution in between yours and the one I went with, I could have cut flats on that adapter and slipped a length of that female shaft over it, set screwed that on and had it long enough for my 3/4" shaft to slip into and set screwed that as well... wish I'd thought of that sooner, thanks for pointing me in the right direction, not that it matters now cause it's done but for a future one...... this is why I appreciate peoples comments, even though your idea wouldn't work as you described it, you weren't far off and with a little thought could come up with something that would work.... Thanks Again... James

Howdy, thanks for the comment, the aluminum is brushed and then clearcoated , not polished so I don't think glare will be a problem but I guess we'll see

Just have to step around the shifter...not a problem

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Thanks, it's a crapload of work but I think it came out alright

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Ok.. I'll video it...it's ok if you fall asleep watching it..🤣🤣

@@JamesEDennison I’m Rewiring my 1947 GM PD3751 Silversides so this might just help me out with my wiring

@@rodneymiddleton9624 Nice Bus...love the old silversides, I made a video on wiring my bus back in 2019, I pulled all the original wiring out and replaced it with an aftermarket wiring harness for a hotrod or custom car, if you haven't seen that take a look.... might give you some ideas

@@JamesEDennison This bud sat behind a house on jackstands for 50 years in Charleston South Carolina. The rodents had completely destroyed the entire wiring system. I pulled 37 circuits from the front dash to the rear electrical panel for the engine controls. Now the hard part is connecting and activating the circuits.

Ya...I pulled over 50 circuits out of mine when I did it...only really needed about 20 when I re did it....was going to pull all the wire out but found the main harness was fine...like brand new...just both ends that were exposed to elements were bad so I left it in and spliced into both ends with new wiring....I'll need to use a few more wires for some of these gauges but theres lots there...all identified already so can just tie into them...huge job isn't it...

Thanks... I appreciate the comment

@@JamesEDennison Ur welcome! U do good 😊👍 work Question: what do say about those that builds scoolies and are they doing it right 👍?...

@@HenryRoss-wu4lo nothing wrong with schoolies, I prefer the passenger coaches personally but schoolies can be a viable project, I've seen them done right and I've seen complete train-wrecks, it's like anything else... it all depends on the skill level of the builder, as long as they don't do anything dangerous... let them have fun and build their skill level. My biggest pet peeve is those who don't have a clue what they are doing but title their video's "the way to do this" or the way to do that", it's ok to be a beginner but don't profess you are a professional and lead others who don't know any better down the wrong path. Watch CHROME YELLOW's channel if you want to know how to do it right, they aren't in business anymore but lots of good information... thanks for the comment

@@JamesEDennison Ur welcome and thanks 👍😊 for ur honesty answer!👍🏿👍🏻

Look at a mid seventies corvette

Thanks...we'll see how it all works together I guess

Ha... Thanks Tim... I watched it to and I am thinking.... I had no idea what I was getting myself into... well not really, I knew how much work it was going to be... just didn't think it would take this long but sometimes life just gets in the way... thanks for hangin in there during this crazy journey

Thanks Tim.....

Ya...that's what I'm afraid of too, this is textured so it may not be too bad but I'm prepared to change my mind..😁😁... I'm hopin' one day to find one that works...my mind that is..🤣🤣

Yep...little by little..Thanks for hangin in there

Thanks... and ya... got it from 4 State Truck Parts... it's a 359 peterbilt fiberglass reproduction

Ya... thought about that too, I can still do that one day if I choose, I can't do upholstery so I would have to get someone to do it for me and that's pricey, maybe once the bus is done and I've licked my wounds for a while I will pull it and get it leather wrapped

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Nothing wrong with school busses.... I prefer the air suspension on a Highway coach but schooly's are way cheaper and typically have less miles, more modern powertrains so there are a lot of Pro's to a school bus... you have to remove the school bus windows and replace them with RV windows as school bus windows notoriously leak and there is no way to stop it other than replace them, personally I would choose a Prevost or MCI but that's just my preference.... a large highway bus intimidates a lot of people and schooly's are available in a variety of sizes so you can find something you are comfortable driving

I extended the bus for more room inside which also gave me more room for the cooling system but that's not the reason I did it and it should be fine over bumps, most motorhomes have more overhang than I do, I will put wheels at the end under the rear frame just so if it does hit now and then it will run on casters rather than drag the frame, I'm also going to be able to raise the suspension 3 or 4 inches with the air bags as well, so should be fine

@@JamesEDennison casters....i would have never thought of that. pret-ty craf-ty.

I thought about that but after researching it found that being in parallel is actually more efficient , the way it was explained to me is with 95 deg. air to cool 180 deg. coolant you have almost 100 deg. difference in temps, if in series the first set in the system would see that but the second set would only have around 140 deg. coolant going into them so only a 45 deg. temp. difference @ the same 95 deg. air temp. so not as much heat can be pulled from the second set of rads... not sure if that is actually the case but makes sense so I ran them in parallel

@@JamesEDennison I am guessing that once you get them going down the road a thermal camera will be the best test for flow testing. Thanks James!

@@rodneymiddleton9624 Ya, that's right

the original system had 2 radiators but twice as thick, I wanted to incorporate electric fans which means I needed thinner radiators, these are about 25% more total surface area , the original rads weren't big enough to cool it either, larger original fans would have been around $8000.00 .. I'm into this for around 5 grand...maybe a little less the thinner rads allow more air to pass through with the electric fans so should be more efficient...hope that answers your question

@@JamesEDennison Cool it looks like there is plenty of room for air Circulation

You Too huh?? building race cars and hotrods is where I learned to do them, I like the original red and blue ones over all the new colors and powdercoated ones...guess that makes me an old fart....😛😛😛

Thanks, it's been a long haul so I appreciate you sticking around so long, I wish I could do it quicker but such is life... don't think I'll be building another one, I'd like to travel in this one as well as live in it but I don't think they are truly ever completely done ... always something to do so I hope I can continue to keep you entertained... even if it's showing how not to do it...🤣🤣

I used GOVEE outdoor string lights with an aluminum mounting track with a lens/cover...I'll see if I can find links and get them to you.... all Amazon stuff.... I don't think I could have built this bus without Amazon... I'd still be wandering around stores tryin' to find stuff

Getting there.... adding a coolant filter now, won't be able to order the other fans till next week so be a couple weeks to finish yet... weather is starting to turn ugly too so that could throw a wrench into my plans... but hopefully all finished up before the end of October and I can take it for a test run... Thanks for hangin' in there

Ya...should...especially with double the fan airflow