We Bought A Bus • First Step of Bus Conversion to Tiny Home on Wheels 

Awesome! I see you’ve been doing a bit of binge watching. Love it

reuben cornell thanks I’m glad you are enjoying them. I’m sure the audience will grow with time.

Good to know, I never thought about that!

Awesome! Yeah after talking to many bus mechanics this seemed like the best choice. Thanks for the info!

Thank you! Appreciate the support. We put a lot of work into our videos.

Awesome! Hi Don in Australia!

Thanks Edward we are eager to share the progress. Fun project for sure and so fun to share the videos

Yes! Agree. But we did take the toilet out. That thing was stinky! ha ha......going to get an upgrade ;)

Yeah, definitely. Once we start traveling, we'll be spending time in locations and feature more on the area. But first.....we have to get through the bus conversion!

Thanks Elisabeth. Lots of work to go but excited to share our progress

The Grumpy Bus!!!! I love it :) Thanks Marshall. I love the angled windows in your GM model. The older buses definitely look cool

Thanks Dolores!

Hi Varian! Oh yeah the carpet came out for sure. Keep watching and you'll see the ceiling, walls and floors ALL come out :)

nice! do you do long distance or shuttle?

Yes totally! Thanks for the comment Robert! There are a few boondocking options we'll be looking into when we begin to travel like Harvest Hosts, Cracker Barrel and Walmart often let you park in their lots for free and BLM land. We did find an app too that lists a spots for boondocking with all the details on each. I'm blanking on the name of the app too.....so if anyone remembers the name of the app or website please share!

SirWalri thanks sir walri. We are keeping faith that those who do watch are enjoying what we share

Yes, we were lucky to be able to work it into the deal with our seller that they remove them.

@@Rehabit8 Okay, cool.

Thanks SDO! Planning a "mobile" studio as we speak!

Thanks so much Dave

@@Rehabit8 no problem, this is inspiring and motivational! we need more of these stories in these times!

Hi Brian, thanks for the comment. We answer that question in this episode: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-pJW_KYDdleI.html

We sure hope to share road trip videos one day as well. :) thanks Han

@@Rehabit8 That would be nice!

you are absolutely right Richard! diesel fuel only! thanks for watching :)

Hi Jose, We looked and looked for almost a year. I used SearchTempest.com to search all of craigslist 3-4 times a week and also search all of Facebook market place. We eventually narrowed our region of search to just west coast and south west because we found that buses that lived in winter/road salt parts of the country aged hard and rusted . We also called the number of MCI’s used bus department and they were really helpful. Even if they don’t have a bus your looking for they might know who does. Good luck!

Thanks for the question, we actually answer this in this FAQ video ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-pJW_KYDdleI.html so check it out!

technically no, you do not have to have it as a livable home, however, you do need it converted the title to an RV/Motorhome/House Car as a personal vehicle and not a commercial vehicle. In CA it can be difficult to change the registration as many DMV employees/managers don't understand the process or paperwork. Look into hiring a licensed CA VIN verification services. A guy will comes out and look at your bus and fills out a form that the CA DMV will accept as proof that your vehicle has been converted into a RV/Motorhome/House-Car. At that point the DMV will be able to issue you a registration. Our guy charged about $100 bucks for visit and VIN verification. Many of the VIN verification guys will do the form if you simply have bus seats removed and talk them through your plan to add necessary changes to make it a RV/Motorhome/House-Car. This will save you from having to go to the local police department or have the DMV approve your conversion really is a RV/Motorhome/House-Car and NOT a commercial vehicle. Be sure and read through the official DMV documents to make sure you are prepared as they do make updates and changes all the time.

@@Rehabit8 thank you so much for the information !

Hey Cory, possibly :) a Recreational vehicle isn’t necessarily designed to be lived in full time like a home is. We’ve looked at dozens of manufactured RVs and even rented a couple RVs and we would never want to live in those full-time as a house. I guess for our thinking we want to build this house out as a home customized for us to live in it full-time and since it’s on wheels.... thanks for the question

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We were gutsy for sure and had no idea what we were in for 🤣

$17,500 We answer this question and more like it in this FAQ video ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-pJW_KYDdleI.html

Hi Monk, we are getting 8-10mpg thanks for the question

yes, paid in full.

Hahah you are right about that! If only this chewing gum could talk!

Haha. Hi Eric thanks for subscribing! We would love to leave behind an earth with clean air and water for the next generation but I don’t know if we are tree huggers ? Since we started our journey we’re gone from a 2 car household putting 22-25k miles a year to a 1 car house putting less than 8k a year and our bus is California emissions compliant (less than 2k miles last year!) Thanks for the comment and I hope you enjoy the videos.

With lots of patience, determination and money! ;)

Hi Laurin, we spent 17.5 for this bus. It was a lot more than we originally set aside especially considering we started by looking at school busses for 8k! But after looking at over a dozen busses ranging from 8-20k this was the best one we had seen. No exterior visible rust and only 200k miles on the current engine. Plus the seller was a "proper" bus company with 15 years of maintenance records and our contact at MCI knew the bus and the owners and gave us his approval.

Rehabit8 awesome!! Thanks for the response!

I was just going to ask! Thank you :)

@@--MOONCAT-- we found several older buses (MC9/MC12) and a few D3s for less but this one had Zero visible rust as compared to all the other D3s we looked at.

Just found you guys today and subscribed! Love what you’re doing here! I’ve been toying with the idea of doing something similar (and have been leaning more toward coaches than school buses) so I’ll be watching your whole series to learn from you two. Cheers!

It was a condition of the purchase, the bud company we bought it from removed them before we took possession

Ha ha! That’s what my cousin calls the bus!

@@Rehabit8 😁😂

lol

source/links for a $20k prevost?