Category: Bus Updates

More plumbing. I need to get the blank tank situation squared away before the snow flies. It will not be fun spending a day under the bus in the snow. I decided to skip the …

Worked on a couple things today. Wired up some lights and 12v sockets for the kids bunk beds, the lights are repurposed from the old luggage racks on the bus. I just need to replace …

I bought a domain and a hosted wordpress site to create this site! I’m familiar with GoDaddy for work so I bought the domain through them. I got a 5yr deal for $45, not bad. …

Maxxfan day. I’ve had this thing sitting in the basement for a year and a half now. It’s bout time to put it in. The days are getting colder and winter is approaching it was …

Spent the last couple days under the bus. I found these sweet threaded rod self tapping anchors at Menards. I welded up the black tank frame, ground the welds down, and painted it in several …

Cut holes for the shower drain and Toilet Flange. I went with a 3″ hole for the shower drain. For the Toilet flange I went with a 5 inch hole through the floor and a …

Decided it was time to upgrade the solar charge controller. The old cheap one worked very well but since the bus sits for quite awhile the starting batteries kept draining. So this charger can charge …

Got quite a bit done this weekend. I cut in the latches for the drawers. That was stupid hard to get right. I only messed up on one drawer. I originally glued in a piece …

I started on the electrical closet the last few days. I’m going with a fixed panel on top to mount the switches and a door down below. I’m going to add in a shelf right …

Started on the shower walls. I put some 1×2’s in the corners and some more horizontal bracing. I’m forgoing the manufacturers instructions on using plywood backing and troweling powergrab all over it, hope it turns …