Off Grid School Bus Conversion - FULL TOUR - The Voyager!
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- Опубликовано: 8 окт 2023
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4 year old tiny home on wheels! Fully custom skoolie designed and built by Wolf Dog Buses in Sedro-Woolley, Washington.
**This bus has a new owner! If you see it on the road, it is now the Bunny Bus!!**
I have officially started my second personal bus build... and it starts with 4WD! follow the channel for any updates :)
Ever wonder if a skoolie can withstand the test of time? Converted in 2019, this 1993 Blue Bird Bus is still lovin life. Inside you will find all the creature comforts of a standard home, and so much more.
Winter off grid capability with just a 1020 watt solar array, 675 ah lead acid battery bank, and an Aquahot 450D heating system! Made for sub zero climates, this bus is was built to snowboard, take long drives and live in the mountains. I had this bus for about 4 years, and loved every moment spent in it, hit me with all of your questions in the comments!
Questions on this build or need advice on your DIY build? Feel free to comment below or contact Brianna at Wolf Dog.
Built by Wolf Dog Buses LLC
www.wolfdogbuses.com
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Instagram @wolf_dog_buses
Video film and edit by Andy Grant
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Music provided by Epidemic Sound
Omg her bus is absolutely a beast. It’s beautiful and very practical. She’s super intelligent.
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2 vids down and tired lets see how many more i can watch before i crash! The voyager is epic!!!!!
I was watching this video and was thinking "Wow, I understand why this video would have millions of views!" Such an underrated build. Best of luck to you and your future journey!❤
This made me smile, thank you so much! Enjoying the journey everyday, hope you are too!
Millions? It's a VERY good video (and I watch A LOT of vanlife videos!), but I see 114k views.
So as I binge watch your videos I cannot help but think of my daughter who built her own e350 lives in it full time. I just hung up with her and said you must be lesbian as I'm perplexed how you are single. Sooo educated. I had to ask my daughter to watch your videos as I thought maybe I'm tripping as I did consume some mushrooms but are you not a bee keeper? Like I'm seriously tripping!!!! Love you already
How is it she doesn't have a gazillion subs? And millions of views? I've been on the phone with my daughter at least 5 times since finding your channel?
Adding the floor heating around your tub was genius!!
Streight up you are awesome! Along with Chuck you've become my favorite builder because you get it. I'm pushing 70 and my bride has become afflicted with Alzheimer's. It's a sucky disease but the hardest part is that it tends to make everyone and everything involved in her care completely home centric. As her sole caretaker I've figured out that pretty much everything we need will fit into bus. We're hoping to have a 40 foot dog nose for me to build out in the next few months. Just to add, when you talk about the safety stuff it's from the same point of view my wife has always expressed and it's something I need to keep in mind, so thank you!
Wow. You have a great heart and id love to follow your build. Alzheimer's is a sucky disease.. such a cruel disease. Glad she has a person like you, best wishes on the conversion journey!
@@WolfDogBuses ❤️
Someone should interview you ive learned alot from this video great job!!!!!!!!
Thank you! maybe some day, I plan to start focusing more on videos :)
What a fantastic build and by a super smart young lady. Many, many great ideas in and out of this bus. Thanks for this video. I'm from Central Oklahoma
Wow! You really seem to have thought of everything! GORGEOUS build and you added many lovely touches, like your shelf table and kitchen counter. And I love your bathroom...large and cozy. Honestly, I can't say enough about the quality and functionality of this bus. Bravo!
Thanks so much! 😊
cute lovely style 🩵🔮🩵🩵🔮🩵🔮🩵🩵🔮🔮🔮🔮🔮🔮🩵🩵🩵🩵🩵🩵🔮🔮🔮🔮🔮🔮🩵🩵🩵
Shoutout to the safety mindset, especially the tires!!!
Tires are huge!
Great info and very informative. Just a note, we used to have a Malmute Arctic Tundra Wolf cross and I still miss her after 20+ years.
Ahhhh i cry just thinking about how Kiara is already 4.5 yrs old... wish they lived forever
I don't think I have ever seen a more perfect build. Just incredible.
Awesome bus/home! That beautiful headboard needs to be raised so people can see it. That is one of my favorite things on your bus! Wonderful job!! 👏 👏 😍 👌 😊
thank you! are you referring to the snowboard?
Haven't seen a deer whistle in years! Didn't even know the still made them. Great build! Lots of good tips!
Haha, my mom made sure i had one! thank you!
Automatic thumbs up for explaining what to do on a popped tire. Would've never thought, thanks!
The more you know!
I do drive big rig. I’ve at least taken the simulator and passed!
Probably one of the best bus builds I've seen. She did a great job and really thought it through. Hope she has amazing adventures with it.
Nice conversion. You put some good thought into this build. Being from south west Georgia (I usually say we are from almost Florida) I would have never thought of adding heated floors. Had them when I was in Korea and fell in love with them.
That bathroom is AWESOME and very beautiful!! One of the nicest ive seen in a bus or rig!! Overall an amazing bus very homie feel to it and you did a really great job with it. One day I plan to build my own (currently Im 46 and take care of my Mom who had 2 strokes in July so its a future dream) I have watched dozens and dozens of builds and honestly your build is a top 3 favorite! You really did an amazing job! Also you have a beautiful dog!! Thank you for sharing your bus build with us!!
Your knowledge and Skills (and I don't mean Money-wise although that cab be too) is Sooooo SUPER valuable in changing people's lives to who also want to do this. You have no idea.
I appreciate it! I have been shifting more towards consults in recent times.. its nice being able to help DIYers, something so amazing about the type of people who take on these projects!
@@WolfDogBuses Maybe I myself might need your services one day. I have an RV and come to realize Buses are 10,000 times more solid and longer lasting.
The algorithm brought me here and I must say I am STUNNED. This is a huge inspiration. I love the foresight that went into little planning odds and ends, like the dividing wall between the driving and living quarters. All in all this is an incredibly thoughtful and well-executed project.
As a single guy eyeballing skoolie life, this vid is pretty much exactly what I needed to get a fire started under my butt! You're an inspiration and you have earned my sub! Please keep posting :)
This is exactly what i had hoped for with making this particular video ❤
So glad to of helped start the fire! Building a rig is such a fun avenue to take in life, and making all the little things cater to you are the cherries on top! Hope your journey is the best!
@@WolfDogBuses do you share any of your creative plans
As do we..( old real quick) people that do it while they are young enough to enjoy the fruits of their labor should never regret it. Yay Chuck 🎉, I follow him also. Great video kiddo 😘.
Amazing and impressive built. I hope someday I can venture in a build like this. Thank you for sharing it!!
Great video and sweet build and the eye candy is not to bad too. One foxy and tough gal.
Hahaha thank you
❤❤..LOVE the bathroom
I always said if I was EVER able to design/build my own RV it would have to have 2 things.
A bathtub 🛀 & a good size kitchen area.
thank you!! and we must think alike....
I like the idea of keeping It as original looking as possible and keeping the windows and no roof raise.. My wife liked your video as much as I do..
Something pretty cool about the look of an old bus ❤
love it... well done... I can see why the Navy had you as a Nukie..
Thank you! Lol smart enough to be a nuke.. but not smart enough to say no 😂
@@WolfDogBuses My kid is at GL right now and will be in Charleston for all that. I"m retired Navy. I also work in Japan and lost my **** when I saw shoes on the bed. LOL
This bus is awesome. It's my goal to go skoolie when I retire the 2nd time.
Your the first one I have seen doing under floor heating which I definitely want!!!!
I love your bathtub. I used them for horse water trough. Lol. Very well done. Bravo
Incredible!
You do stellar work! And i'm grateful for the fact that you didn't let folks stomp you down because you are a woman.
Proud dad of 2 daughters, and we raised both girls to move whatever mountains they needed to, and to never take sh*t from men that looked down on female capabilities.
You are a pristine example of exactly that! 👍😀👍
Grateful for both the example you set, and the exposure to the awesome detail you bring to your work.
Thank you! Its a crazy world out there, but itd be even crazier to let others opinions dictate what you do 🙂
I'm so glad I came upon your video. I want to do exactly the same thing with my door.
I'm fascinated by bus and van builds and enjoy watching the build and tours. Yours is well planned, designed & executed and having grown up in the Saginaw, Michigan area myself I know how frigid those winters can be. Nice tour.
Great bus and beautiful dog!
Bus windows are sooooo cool
That's Nice !!
Wow This Is a Beautifully well Built Bus. The Attention Too detail is Fanominal. You are Very Talented and Very, Very Smart. Thank You So Much Dor This It's Inspirational. God Bless You in All You Do.
Thank you very much!
Thank you for being a wealth of Off-Grid know-how! Looks like you've pretty much got it all figured out. Enjoy your coming adventures. 🤙🏼👍🏼
The info about a tire blowing out is basic CDL training..
you can go to your secretary of State office and get a manual for cdl training.. good luck 😊
You're awesome 👌 👏 . I'm working on a bus for my mom , so far the plan is coming together.!
Have fun! So many possibilities at that stage ❤
Very sweet skoolie! So many awesome design features. So many smart features. Great vid thanks
Thank you!
Yours is my favorite thus far.
Wonderful ❤🎉😮
Thank You For Your Service. 🦅🇺🇲🇺🇲
Beautiful bus build
Sky light with ladder I'd be so jealous if I wasn't so old, but if I have time and funds I would do it.
I started watching this several weeks ago. Tonight I came to your channel to sub after watching Chuck's video and that's when I realized I've been here before. Finished watching it this time. Like the comment about the "ROOF RACK" not a Deck. 😉in case the ins co is watching. A bad brake chamber does NOT have to leave you stranded if you know how to crimp off an air line and cage the brake open. Now this means that wheel will have no braking power whatsoever since you disabled it, but drive accordingly, it can get you to safety or a shop to get it fixed. Always carry a couple brake caging bolts if you have air brakes. Watch a YT video and learn how. That is an awesome build. EVERYTHING done serves a purpose. Pretty sure I could still buy it, but I know where there's a bus like that with the 5.9 mechanical cummins, Ford B700 but it'sa Wayne Coach. I think it's a 95 or 96. But hey, I had 5 busses, just sold 1 I don't need another to add to this bus addiction. I hope to start mine soon.
Happy travels and God Bless
Top notch job, well done!
Thank you!
Really cool build. I'm also from Michigan originally. Considering building one of these myself, thanks for putting up the vid for some ideas!
Thanks for your service.
I watched this video, for about an hour & ten minutes, cause i kept having to pause it to leave the room, & then i would rewind a little to not miss anything. May i say that you, your dog & your bus are awesome. And the fact that you didn't have to do the tour in bra & panties just to get views was refreshing..
Thank you !
Haha thank you! Glad you liked the video! Its nice to see people care about the actual build 🤙
Absolutely amazing build !!!
Just the right blend of wood, white & a dash of dark to keep it bright yet cosy.
Also love the clean layout and Plan A, B, C thinking - #GoNavy .
I know who I would hire if I got the money to get me one of these :)
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This is my best one yet i could just live there. Good job im in love ❤️
Beautiful design ❤
Thank you so much 😊
Wow! You do beautiful work.
Thank you so much!
This was very informative. Thank you.
If I ever go the tiny home route, I am doing a skoolie (and it'd be fitting since I am a teacher lol)
Wow! That's one hell of a bus! I wonder what the cost was?. She sure is a power house full of information on bus builds! I'm really thinking bus build, but a shorty.
with more solar power, I can see it would be nice to add a mini split air conditioner in the back... where the snowboard is hanging and the compressor out on the back deck..
Funny… thats exactly what i added for the buses new owner 🤙
The rig now has about 2200w solar, eg4 lithium battery bank with victron system components … and a 12k mjni split in place of the snowboard
Wow! Awesome build 😍
Cool bus & great safety tips
thank you!
I LOVE HOW YOU GOT YOUR BUS 🚍 SET UP ❤❤
Excellent video, one of the best! Mad respect to you for where you came from and where you've "become." I'm so glad you addressed the windows and your water mitigation for them. I bet you added that so you wouldn't get razzed too much by Chuck! ;-) I am inspired by the two zone in-floor system and, and, and. What a great build and video!
Lol. Everyone loves to talk smack about bus windows… but i have no regrets with them ❤
Highly recommend rixen systems (different brand.. basically an aquahot), its hard not to love them with all that they do
And and and… Thank you!! 🙂
That’s the nicest shower I have seen on a bus, plenty big ❤️ Outstanding. Lots of cool stuff. 👍✌️
I'm so glad I found this channel. You're awesome and you referenced Chuck!! Seriously impressed on how thorough you build kudos major kudos keep it up!
Thank you! Building is a wild ride that i just cant seem to get enough of 🙂
He is nobody special at all. Just thinks he is.
@@lesleyhughes3174 to each their own
I really like your plan A,B and of course C approach. Great Bus thank you for sharing your ideas.
Always plan a, b, and c! Glad you enjoyed it, thank you!
Lots of great information, thanks for the detailed explanations and congrats on an awesome build.
Thanks for watching!
Seriously…. One of the best bus build vids Ive seen. Im have way through my build and no where near as elaborate…. Im on the solar phase now… ✌️
Great RV. Great video. Thank you.
I have been fascinated by schoolies for a long time and have watched large number of videos, and this is one of the best videos on the subject bar none…..Looking forward to many others……thank you…
Well done, very nice job 👍
One of the most beautiful bus conversions inside and out i have ever seem. It’s like you thought of everything. Very smart!!
an amazing build well thought out love it
Boy, I hear you about the epsom salt baths! I go to dog obedience trials which means a lot of tromping around on hard floors. I could sure use a bus like this for my dog events!
You are an incredible motivational speaker!!! I've been thinking about building a box truck for the last 3 years. been in the industry of construction for the last 40 years. The few mistakes that you have made you end up using it for something else, was that really a mistake or just something unplanned for the future. Forward to getting a consult from you. Good luck in all your dreams🎉
Happy little accidents :) thank you! and look forward to hearing from you!
Awesome build Brianna! In the future have you thought about converting a diesel electric hybrid school bus? That way if gas if too high you can go into electric mode. If there's not enough solar from weather, you can use diesel.
Counter tops are beautiful
Great rig! Very knowledgeable self-sufficient woman!
Man, you were very thorough and intentional with this build. This is incredible and I’m sure it took a _long_ time
This is probably the smartest rig build I've ever seen so far. I've watched dozens and dozens of these videos and saw people design and build a schooly with all the custom creature comforts, but this rig was build with contingency avoidance in mind. I absolutely love the mindset behide it. Very extremely helpful when I finally find a contractor to help be build mine this year. Hope to see you all out there.
Joe Figueroa
I'm in Santa Barbara! I know jump on the bus crew, see them around town often. I want to buy some of their buses, since the new CA smog law is taking most of them off the streets. SB is great. Bring a group down and we can grab busses and get footage in the mtns. Gorgeous views.
I love your bus! Your heating system is amazing. I love the tub and can see your Navy roots in the deco 💙My motivation takes me WAY off the beaten path so my rig can get up those tight FS roads and high elevation-much smaller but home. What's funny is I'm adding more power for working on the road...my current system has served my 'non work' lifestyle well but I need to add power to support internet and running a computer for 8 hours a day...oh well, gotta earn money one way or another.
Just excellent content.... one of the best builds ... definitely the best tour.
Thank you so much!
Sweet job Awesome person ✌️
Thank you! 🤙
My Pleasure and you are definitely an inspiration ✌️
I love what you’ve created! Very purposeful and well thought out. You planned for every contingency and in the end you have an amazing home! Thanks for sharing ❤
Been thinking with at least 4 dogs, one day I'll be getting a bus... not sure what size but I'm thinking one like yours would be best for crates and everything. 😊💚💚
Love the build! This is how I think too and am building mine out with the same base ideas. Awesome!
Thank you! Have fun with the journey, its arguably as fun as the adventure ❤️
Thanks for this vid. Nice pup. I learned a lot. I've been watching a lot of videos. Nobody talks about gas mileage.
You rule! This video was great. The beautiful environment you created has me totally sold on a bus, rather than a military vehicle, for example. So cool!
Very cool !! I have a 2004 International 38ft bus I'm working on designing for completely off grid in all seasons. Both mountains and desert traveling all over the west. I'm always looking for ideas and you have given me several things to consider with this video. I'm really interested in the Aqua Hot system. I am subscribed to Chuck's channel (watched every video he has done) and now subscribed to yours too. I'm 66 and retiring soon and this is my retirement project so I'm trying to learn everything I can. Thank you so much !!
I would want two of those marine roof hatches... another over the stove area..
Honestly, i wanted 20 more lol. Love the light they let in.. but at the time it wasnt in the budget and i sided for the roof deck 🙌
Great video and presentation,super nice rig, Happy Trails…
What a great but build!! Well done!!
Thank you!
Your rig looks top girl!!! 🔝 the floor heating system is🔥🔥 Looking forwards to see more videos about the details in your next build 💪, like the holes to drain the windows (I also want to keep my windows). Greetings from the Netherlands!
Thank you! I cant wait to get cruising on the next build, cleared my schedule for it, i have big plans 🫣
Do you use any 3d modeling softwares to lay out your plans? BTW, I think that your planning tips and tricks would make for killer video content!@@WolfDogBuses
@@DustinBowen1 i have in the past for clients but as for my own rigs… i lean towards dreaming up ideas and letting them come to fruition naturally. Im a big visualizer
@@DustinBowen1 might just make that video 🫣
One could paint on a product called Red Guard to treat the window drain area & drain holes.. or Rustolium Rust Stop Both products would keep the water from ever getting on the metal..@@WolfDogBuses
Phenomenal rig. Love your attitude also "cause its my bus and I'll do what I want" LOL
Thanks for video. One suggestion: when you speak of weather temperature, it’s not negative 6, it’s minus 6 degrees.
Incredible job.
Great explanation. Enjoy your travels.
Holy cow! You've thought of everything! This is amazing! My very favorite, of every RV or bus I've seen!
you do excellent work, your bus is 10 times nicer than a few apartments I rented , I had the deer whistlers years ago , a few deer jumped in front of my truck so I took them off , later on I saw a news show about them and they tested them and said they actually attract deer to run out ,no deer ran out after I I removed them .