Buslife: Replacing a shuttle bus door with a house door
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- Опубликовано: 18 сен 2024
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A little About Us: "We are a 'think outside of the box' couple who find ways to create our big dreams with very little money. We built a floating river house and turned a chevy van into a camper. Now we are turning a shuttle bus into a tiny home camper as well. Follow along as we build, travel and play!
Good job guy's! I'll be getting my shuttle this weekend
I am renovating my shuttle bus and you have great material on your channel. Thank you for sharing your ideas and know how.
Great job. You got another sub. i am doing the same build. I might go with half light steel door and i think i might ad a threshold to the floor to keep the water out? maybe a gas strut to hold open and a frame for screen inside.As Happy said window tint for sure. Im looking forward to see your build.
Nice work bro, impressive 👍
Great job. We have six kids and bought one for our catering and to get around in comfort. I want to put a door on it like that for the same reason. Thanks for the ideas
Thank you. Very nicely done.
I will need to do the same install.
I pray all goes well with my install.
God Bless you both
I would suggest that you put tint on it to keep the glass from going everywhere in case of accident or attempted break n
We just got a 26 foot model given to us with a 7.3 diesel and allison 5 speed. Engine is not running but with only 200k on it I can surely fix it.
Oddly enough, I'm about to buy the same bus, in Minnesota. With the same rusted out stairs, which will have to be cut out. Great timing with this video.
That is awesome!! I would love to see what you do with it.
Us too. Our stairs are ok but we are chopping and welding all the rot and rust. The styrofoam was literally structural as the metal beams rotted away. You just never know how much rot there will be until it is opened up!
That is a great Idea and it looks amazing too !
I would add a latch Gaurd on the outside to prevent easy tampering with the latch.
I too am in the midst of converting my E350 25 pass Shuttle. This is the video I was looking for. I work too many hours so I have Howie Roll (Van Dweller and YT'er) building mine. Thank you !
He is awesome. I can't wait to see how it turns out.
@@DreamingBigSC Check out his channel for the build vids. Hope others get some ideas. I'm figuring out now how to install a 12,000 btu split unit a/c heat pump. Going to have to cut hole in floor and let 14 inches of the 22 inch tall outside unit hang underneath for the fans/vents. Other wise it would drag on stuff. Going to be a real challenge...and prob first one ever done.
I am. I have been subscribed to him for a long time. :)
Lowes has a door Venetian blind attachment that attaches to the door's glass frame on the inside. It fits over the doors glass, and "sandwiches" the blind between the glass frame and the door's glass. You can raise and lower the blinds, and adjust the blinds angle by two knobs on the side of the attachment.
Thank you for the videos! I just bought a shuttle bus! I have zero experience building anything but plan to try to do it myself with hopefully some help from friends! I’ve been watching tons of videos! My question is regarding insulation. Yours is the only build I’ve seen where are you did not put in insulation. Even before seeing your build I was very curious as to if it could be done without doing all of the insulation and have it still be very livable and comfortable. I was excited to see your build! Seems so much easier! Especially for someone like me who doesn’t know what I’m doing! However I do plan to be in very hot and very cold places. I don’t want to get done with my build and wish I would have insulated it in the first place. What are your feelings on this? Do you feel you would be more comfortable had you insulated it? Do you feel it doesn’t really make much difference? Thank you so much!
welcome back, wonderful start to your build.
Kim Japhet thanks so much! :)
First time viewer 👍🏼
We are building out a bus too and I just found that exact same door on our local market place. After seeing your video I feel more confident in purchasing it and how to install it.
Great video 👍🏼
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Thanks for watching. I'm so glad we were helpful to you. Good luck with your bus
great idea, I have a shuttle bus very similar. But- thats not auto safety glass on that door is it?
Beautiful!!!👠🚌👠
That looks like such a fun project! What a great idea to use that door as a replacement. You couldn't lock those other doors could you?
You guys be safe with that hurricane coming at you!
bransonhauntedhills No we couldn't lock the other doors. This is much safer.
Great video! Looking forward to more. I can't remember if you sold your other van and trailer. Stay safe with the hurricane!.
Cheri Sparkle we still have the van and trailer, thanks for asking. :)
Thanks for your videos. I have subscribed. I hope you will read and respond to my comments and questions. I bought my shuttle last month. The door really rattles and squeaks! I was wondering if you could tell us how fitting this insulated house door made your vehicle quieter and warmer and by how much, in your opinion. Thanks!
Have you thought about adding the same perforated vinyl that you have on the windows to the door?
Great door idea.😀
Pam Cox thank you. :)
You may want to have a piece of aluminum bent to put over the top of your door to keep water💧 from sleeping in through the top and having the door swell up on you in the future.
It's recessed under the bubble roof of the cab. :)
i want to do this to my shuttle bus, but i really want mini blinds between the glass :)
How exactly did you repair your stairs? Ours is rusted to bits and we need to replace it but not sure where to begin. TIA
I also live in SC , I would like to hangout with you guys one day
Have you had any issues with the glass breaking? Did you put anything on it to protect it?
The doors are still holding up fine. :)
You have the video of how to remove the previous door, I need it, please, to do the same. Thank you
Your audio is poor. Need to boost the volume significantly.
sound is bad talk closer to the cam
Should show a view out the door from the driver's seat. I might do something like this with mine, too. Looking to get rid of the slight air gap at the bottom of my door.
How has this held up? Any problems with the glass?
Nope it's still great. Thanks for watching.
I would like to do this to my bus I have for my mobile massage company. I haven’t gotten an inspection yet. Any idea if it would pass inspection with this type of door?
How did you remove the bus doors?
Can you add a door to the rear end like camper vans?
Ours came with a back door. :)
@@DreamingBigSC like where the tail lights are? I'm looking into buying this shuttle bus but it doesn't have a door in the back and I wanna be able to create one so I can have the garage aspect like the vans and be able to open the doors and sit on the bed with openness
What type of traveling do you guys do in this baby? Are you full time living in it? Curious how parking and driving in the cities is with it
what did yall use for the anti rust product on the bottom of van and other rust spots ?
Por-15 is the best rust paint
House door? I don't know about that modification.
So far it has been wonderful! It gives us a great view when we are driving (no blind spots) and the door has taken the occasional rock from a passing car with no issues. Our only problem so far was the original door handle was the cheapest one Walmart sells. After about 7 months of driving the vibration broke something loose inside the lock and we had to replace it with a better one.
Anybody in So Cal (Sand Diego or Riverside areas) have experience with installing this type door on my e450?
Sorry we are too far away but if you have specific questions we can answer we are happy to help.
Thank you
Couldn't someone just pull the pens and pull your door off and walk right in ?
I mean bus lol Sorry so confusing when you own a van lol
You are cool... I have heard them called shuttle vans AND shuttle busses. I have a hard time calling a Cutaway fiberglass body a 'bus'. :)