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.
Raised bus roof rv.
The roof raise not too many busses have had their roofs raised so this one is pretty unique.
Extra wood from the flooring was used to create a bench under the tv with a built in dvd player.
I really didn t want to use the car jacks for the whole roof raise.
The most popular reason is value.
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View from under the bus.
We originally planned to raise the roof a full two feet.
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They fit our rented scaffolding.
The raised roof was inspired by another youtuber in a skoolie transcend existence they furnished the living room with a convertible couch across from a samsung smart tv.
The roof was raised a total of 18.
Whenever you buy a commercial passenger coach there are modifications you will need to make it a comfortable private coach.
Things we had to consider.
Our bus was a little less than 9 tall in its original state.
This turned out to be unnecessary even for bart who is 6 4.
They also helped me get my skoolie going and i will be forever.
In order to keep things legal the bus cannot be more than 13 6 in height.
Roof raise of 14 inches brings it to a total height of 12 feet including the height of the rack.
Our new 6 ton car jack.
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Why raise the roof.
A raised roof coach is easier to sell and usually is about 15 000 20 000 more value.
In this episode i go through the details of the process i used to raise the roof on a 1993 bluebird bus named transcendence.
One of the most popular structural changes to make is raising the roof.