Members rebonn Posted October 18, 2005 Members Share Posted October 18, 2005 Good luck on trying to obtain insurance for a converted school bus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members sventvkg Posted October 19, 2005 Members Share Posted October 19, 2005 Originally posted by rebonn Good luck on trying to obtain insurance for a converted school bus. I have a highway coach, not a school bus but plenty of people do convert those and they get insurance..It's out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Terry Allan Hall Posted October 19, 2005 Members Share Posted October 19, 2005 Originally posted by madjack I've toured in three different school buses, several different vans, a 24' truck, a cube van, a pickup pulling a trailer, and a van pulling a camper trailer. Of the various configurations, by far the most comfortable and economical was the late 50s 36 passenger "short bus" (this was in the late 70s). It had a Chevy big block 6 with a 1 barrel carb, and got 16 mpg with all gear and all 6 band members. We walled off the back end for the gear, and built side-way bunks in the front end, where the top bunks folded down to make back rests for the bottom bunks as couches. We slept all six in it as needed, all rode together, and didn't have any problems with it until the sound man forgot to tighten the transmission bolts after doing some work, and the tranny fell out on the highway, totally destroying the drivetrain. That said, all three school buses were purchased used for very little money compared to the price of trucks. All three had no problems with the suspension, differential, or transmission, except one which needed the compression fitting replaced on the split axle shifter. The two longer buses both had problem engines, but it was easy to find decent replacement engines for reasonable money. The biggest problem was that the regular length buses (70-90 passenger) only got 7-10 mpg. I'm sure the diesels do better than that, though. For local playing, I now use a trailer and pull it with my S-10. It works great and is quite reasonable expense-wise. Thanks for that info...maybe a short bus might suit my needs better...will look further into it! Originally posted by rebonn Good luck on trying to obtain insurance for a converted school bus. Our insurance agent (house, land and vehicles) told me it'd run about an extra $450 annually...not as bad as I'd originally figured. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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