We originally wanted to cut off the entire top of the bus and lift it to have a full roof raise.
Bus roof raise.
The most popular reason is value.
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Every bus is different which means every roof raise will be different but the concepts are similar throughout the roof raise process.
There are several different popular techniques for achieving this.
As most of you probably know we have a flat nose front engine bus.
How to complete the roof raise using the walk board method including.
Construction of the walk boards using cribbage and a bottle jack strategy.
View from under the bus.
A raised roof coach is easier to sell and usually is about 15 000 20 000 more value.
Whenever you buy a commercial passenger coach there are modifications you will need to make it a comfortable private coach.
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.
They fit our rented scaffolding.
It s all very exciting so let s get.
Cutting the last hat channels and raising the bus roof.
Skoolie bus conversion roof raise on today s post.
Why raise the roof.
We hope this video can give you ideas when it comes to converting a bus into.
One of the most popular structural changes to make is raising the roof.
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I really didn t want to use the car jacks for the whole roof raise.
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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.
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