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How to raise the roof bus.
Why raise the roof.
But having not done a roof raise myself and given the structural engineering implications of cutting your bus in half and then putting it back together exactly how to raise your roof is outside of the scope of this bus conversion manual.
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It s all very exciting so let s get.
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So we prepped the bus for the raise most of the day on saturday removing rivets removing windows setting up the scaffolding and putting the whole bus up on blocks.
That being said go for it.
Skoolie bus conversion roof raise on today s post.
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Cutting the last hat channels and raising the bus roof.
Every bus is different which means every roof raise will be different but the concepts are similar throughout the roof raise process.
At first class motorhomes we can do any structural modification work with engineer certificates supplied with our specialty in raising roofs or lowering floors.
I really didn t want to use the car jacks for the whole roof raise.
As most of you probably know we have a flat nose front engine bus.
The most popular reason is value.
12 inch roof raise in a school bus conversion sow the land.
A raised roof coach is easier to sell and usually is about 15 000 20 000 more value.
Without raising the roof we would have already been half way through building out the interior of our bus at the same point in.
Whenever you buy a commercial passenger coach there are modifications you will need to make it a comfortable private coach.
We guarantee you will be provided with quality work when you need a motorhome roof replacement in melbourne or nationally.
Construction of the walk boards using cribbage and a bottle jack strategy.
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We greatly underestimated the amount of time and energy required to cut up a perfectly good bus and put it back together again.
We originally wanted to cut off the entire top of the bus and lift it to have a full roof raise.
They fit our rented scaffolding.
Roof raise costs will vary of course depending on how you do it the cost per hour.
How to complete the roof raise using the walk board method including.
Today we raised the roof on our new school bus conversion.
One of the most popular structural changes to make is raising the roof.
U be lucky if someone will do it for 1k and is why if coach costs like 3 k more it is worth it to start off with so much done not to mention the much better drivetrains with like series 60 detroits.
Like 75 steel costs etc.
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