Bus Roof Raise

We originally wanted to cut off the entire top of the bus and lift it to have a full roof raise.

Bus roof raise.

We hope this video can give you ideas when it comes to converting a bus into. Cutting the last hat channels and raising the bus roof. I really didn t want to use the car jacks for the whole roof raise. Apr 25 2017 explore amanda mendoza s board bus raised roof on pinterest.

From full bus conversion services to roof raise services we are the industry leaders in converting buses into homes on wheels. See more ideas about bus school bus conversion bus conversion. There are several different popular techniques for achieving this. These handy aides are used in the construction industry to help workers using scaffolding.

This school bus conversion video is about the roof raise process in our skoolie. Essentially you need to disconnect the roof from the body of the bus raise it to the height you want it build in supports to reattach the roof and then cover the gaps in sheet metal and put in either the original bus windows or add different windows as needed. Our new 6 ton car jack. The roof is actually part of the shell structure integrity.

As most of you probably know we have a flat nose front engine bus. The humans began the roof raise by constructing four equal walk boards. View from under the bus. Shop with this link http amzn to 1r7hfqe subscribe for more travel videos.

Raising the roof on a bus can be a very dangerous task without the proper skills and equipment. Be very careful if you do this yourself. Need something on amazon. It s all very exciting so let s get into it.

They fit our rented scaffolding. So we prepped the bus for the raise most of the day on saturday removing rivets removing windows setting up the scaffolding and putting the whole bus up on blocks. Every bus is different which means every roof raise will be different but the concepts are similar throughout the roof raise process.