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RE: Dreams & Aspirations of a life on the road - 6 Month Update
We are in a similar situation. We have modified a school bus and are trying to get our family on the road FT. It is definitely an adventure!
Here's to happy travels ahead!
Thats so cool! how did you find modifying the schoolbus? any major hurdles to overcome? we will going the boxer/ducato route as there is only the two of us.
The major piece of advice I will give is, with an older schoolbus, it is definitely worth your while to take out the subfloor and rebuild. There was a lot of rot under the rubber flooring, so taking it down to the metal, while it was a pain at times, was definitely the wiser choice.
When we bought the plywood for the subfloor, we didn't have anything big enough to haul full sheets, so I had the sheets cut in half (4 x 4). This was also a timesaver, as the bus width was right at 7 1/2 feet, and we were able to lay the half sheets down one side and then cut the other side to fit. Fewer cuts, less hassle with obstacles, and easier to handle all around.
I did a couple videos before I was on steemit, I may put in some tutorials eventually.
Sounds like you did end up saving yourself a lot of future headaches! Posting some tutorials up on steemit would be a great idea!
Its looks like such a nice lifestyle, we are going into it with eyes wide open and do realise it wont all be perfect, but waking up wherever you choose and going wherever the wind take you is priceless.