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In order to make any recommendations you need to be a little more specific about what you are looking for in a bus to convert.
Are you looking for a highway coach or a school bus? To answer that question you need to determine how exactly you are going to be using the rig. If you are going to be doing nothing except freeway driving, a highway motorcoach would be the way to go. If you are going to be doing a lot of traveling on secondary roads or even into the real boondocks a school bus might be the way to go.
Regardless of what type of bus you choose to convert, the actual conversion will cost virtually the same.
Another consideration is cost of operation. A gas school bus can be purchased very cheaply and parts and pieces are generally available almost everywhere. The downside is they are slow, fuel mileage will be 2-7 MPG. A diesel school bus will have a little more power and get 5-10 MPG but will still be sort of slow unless you get into a top end Type 'D' school bus like a Crown or a Gillig. Motorcoaches were designed and built to travel long distances at speed so they make great platforms if you plan to travel lots of miles. The downside is all of the systems on a motorcoach are expensive to rebuild and maintain properly (think in gallons not quarts when you change the oil).
Once you decide which type of bus you are going to convert, you then will have to determine which manufacturer you choose to convert. And most of the discussion with others will be pretty much a Ford vs. Chevy sort of discussion.
Good luck and happy trails.
Mark O. |
RV and bus conversion info since 1996.
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