Conversion Progress: Week 1 | Slow Rolling Home Journey

On June 27, we picked up and took captainship of our slow rolling home! As you can see, our bus is enormous.

Interior measurements show approximately 7.5 ft x 35 ft (up to the engine hull + driver's seat) at about 6'1 interior height. This equates to about 260 square feet of usable interior space.

Woah.

Google 250 square foot apartment and people a doing a LOT with spaces this size. Though we don't have the option of a loft, our floor space holds a lot of opportunities.

While we turn this into our living space, we've had some logistically challenges come up that we didn't quite expect. One of them being: Insurance. We purchased our bus in Florida, and Florida, as fickle as it is, doesn't allow anyone to register a school bus as a personal vehicle. And, they don't allow it to be a commercially insured vehicle if it isn't owned by a commercial agency.

Luckily, I happen to own a photography company formulated as an LLC!

Our first order of deconstruction is to gut the bus.

• Seats
• Metal flashing
• Rubber floor covering
• Plywood floor
• and eventually every. rivet. in. the. bus. (Approximately 1500, maybe more?)

THAT'S THE PRICE YOU PAY IN SWEAT AND HOURS IF YOU WANT A BUS INSULATED FOR CANADA AND MEXICO WEATHER!

At this point, Alhen and I have both left our jobs to work full-time on the bus and prepare for the move. This means packing a box here and there, waking up early for the cooler temps, and getting done what we can each day before we either need another tool or simply run out of steam.

Once our slow rolling home is gutted down to the metal, we're packing it with everything we own and moving to Tennessee!

These posts are coming from our blog to get fellows on Steemit up-to-speed on the conversion of the Slow Rolling Home. We're nearing week thirty and are preparing for another move! So, stick around for the full conversion. :)