Essentially they welded in four custom spreaders onto the ribs removed all the rivets cut the upright ribs in the middle and sliced through the roof so the bus was entirely in two pieces.
Skoolie raised roof.
I have a 2006 thomas built bus and im looking to do a roof raise.
Cutting the last hat channels and raising the bus roof.
Like 75 steel costs etc.
Jim debbie retired about 2 years ago to get their skoolie up and ready for full time travel.
Conversion general discussions.
How to prepare square tubing in advance.
Im looking for advice on how to over come this issue.
How to complete the roof raise using the walk board method including.
Skoolie bus conversion roof raise on today s post.
Roof raise costs will vary of course depending on how you do it the cost per hour.
U be lucky if someone will do it for 1k and is why if coach costs like 3 k more it is worth it to start off with so much done not to mention the much better drivetrains with like series 60 detroits.
I did my roof raise at the windows also.
We offer several paths to start living the skoolie life.
They also helped me get my skoolie going and i will be forever.
10 thomas roof raise.
Roof raise building my own flat roof.
Chris of the off grid skoolie raised his bus roof with some help from other og skoolie community members and made a helpful video on how they did it.
Ive heard its difficult with thomas busses due to slanted hat channels.
Moving out of the barn.
We offer a bus listing service resources to diy your skoolie adventure and a few shortcuts to speed you along on your journey to buslife.
Roof raise cutting roof above windows.
Construction of the walk boards using cribbage and a bottle jack strategy.