Hey who has the school bus tow rig? I'm thinking Camo or someone. My buddy and I got to talking tow rigs at lunch (he's building a BIG Blazer) and I mentioned the school bus idea to him. He was rather intrigued.

Tried search but it doesn't like 3 letter words???? wtf??

i have tought about it real serious but i just hate how they look. you can pick up a diesel one with a allison and get the rear cut off into a flat bed and hit it. i think mudlite has one done up the way i have described.

I remember seeing a Suki on the back of that beast. Maybe Mudlite or someone?? I can't remember.

You can add a * to your three letter word (bus*) to get the search to work btw.

Mudlite has a bus convertited into a tow rig....... i'll see if i can find a pic of it for yas but you'll have to talk to him about it all i know is its a choped bus..........:D .......
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Web search is your friend :D:D:D

http://www.orisus.com/sbc/

not me i have a hotorhome

I know there is guy around me who has one whacked off and flat bedded, to my knowlege it has working AC and was done up as a moble home on the un chopped part. They may be ugly as hell but I want one.

Now I'm starting to want one. C'mon somebody post some pictures!

:D

mudlite is the only one i have ever seen. sure makes me want one... but i think i'm going to get a 1971 cadillac hease. think it has a 473. and it will sleep at least 1 :D


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heres the hease i think i''m gonna buy. :D anyone think it will have probs towing my zuk?
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Originally posted by poppycock
mudlite is the only one i have ever seen. sure makes me want one... but i think i'm going to get a 1971 cadillac hease. think it has a 473. and it will sleep at least 1 :D


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Cool. So the vehicle drives into the back of the bus, using the drop down ramp?

I would think for a trail built FJ40 I would need to chop off more of the back of the bus and make kind of a flat bed.

The wife's gonna love it when I pitch the whole bus idea.:eek:

Originally posted by Cruiserhaven


Cool. So the vehicle drives into the back of the bus, using the drop down ramp?

I would think for a trail built FJ40 I would need to chop off more of the back of the bus and make kind of a flat bed.

The wife's gonna love it when I pitch the whole bus idea.:eek: I just pitched it to mine, her response was "Geeees, that's you" :D:D:D:D.

imagine if you could some how make a door at the back simular to that on a semi trailer. then you could drive the jeep, or other inferior vehicle :flipoff2: , into the back and close the door. it would be kinda like those huge tractor trailor things that dragsters use


my breain is reeling and it hurts

Only bad thing is that I am pretty sure that the Speed Limit for a bus of this sort is 55, at least in Ohio. That's what a guy that I wheel with says, he has one for his rig. I don't have a pic of his though.

I just saw one last week - this guy had chopped the bus part off after the 4th row of seats and put a flat bed on it. It looked like it had enough room on the back to haul something big. I think he was using it to haul a truck built for mudding because there was one parked next to it.

Jackie

The speed limit thing is only for a school bus being used as a school bus. Once you turn it into your school-a-bago, then all bets are off. Make sure you paint it.

One of the guys in my club has done this to haul his XJ around. I'll see if I can get some pics. Better yet, you could just come over to the Badlands on the weekend of the 9th(i think) and check it out.

Easy

Originally posted by Dick Hertzer
Only bad thing is that I am pretty sure that the Speed Limit for a bus of this sort is 55, at least in Ohio.

That was never a problem for the guys I knew who used to tow their mud racers this way. One guy on tractor tires even had the floor molded to fit his front tires :rolleyes: All of 'em with some "chop" in the rear so the vehicle actually rode ON the bus. When I joined Missouri Mud Racing in '93, there were at least half a dozen guys doing this. There are NONE today. Most just switched to pickups with campers, a couple have RV's. None of them would go back to the bus.

TEX

here you go. it's over 11' tall :D you could definatly put a rig in there and tons of room left over. it's on ebay

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I think in most states if you're towing a trailer the speed limit drops to 55 so that wouldn't be a loss.:D

you'd have to drive into the side though, as the motor is in the back. I want it though.

Easy

Originally posted by EasyXJ
you'd have to drive into the side though, as the motor is in the back. I want it though.

Easy

I believe it is also possible to convert lots of these rear engine busses to a mid engine setup, although as with any large scale conversion you're talking a LOT of work

Originally posted by Sloan
I think in most states if you're towing a trailer the speed limit drops to 55 so that wouldn't be a loss.:D

Not in Missouri. 70 MPH for everyone. Pretty sure I didn't have to slow down in KS or CO either (75 in KS) :)

TEX

Other way 'round. '70 in KS, 75 in CO. And no, you don't have to slow down w/a trailer, at least in CO. WY is the same.

Pete

Originally posted by Dick Hertzer
Only bad thing is that I am pretty sure that the Speed Limit for a bus of this sort is 55, at least in Ohio. That's what a guy that I wheel with says, he has one for his rig. I don't have a pic of his though.

Dont forget that in most states you add a permanet crapper and a kitchen/bedroom you can register these big ass tanks as a RV. No special license & registration cost drop from a couple hundred to about 35.00 for an ol' school bus. One of the hidden benefits is when the ol lady is ragging you have some other place to go!