school bus

  1. Matt Derrick

    News & Blogs Why a Converted School Bus Makes a Great Home

    by Will Sutherland Converting a school bus into a skoolie offers a comfortable, affordable living space that can go anywhere the road might take you. When you think of a school bus, you might not consider it as a potential dwelling. That’s understandable. We are familiar with pull-behind...
  2. Matt Derrick

    Photos School bus length infographic

    I found this interesting infographic on the Rolling Vistas blog, and thought I'd repost it here for anyone that might be interested in seeing a great comparison between the different sizes of school buses out there. I've also included their YouTube video on the subject since it's pretty...
  3. Cornelius Vango

    Video Leaving Slab City - packing up my bus and saying goodbyes

    This is the first of the videos I'll be uploading about my on-going adventure rubber-tramping poor (as fuck) from Slab City to Alaska where I have tentative plans for adventure!
  4. Matt Derrick

    News & Blogs A Couple Convert An Old School Bus Into A Light and Efficient Family Home

    A Couple Convert An Old School Bus Into A Light and Efficient Family Home By Melissa Dalton – February 27, 2018 The Mayes family transformed a Thomas High Top into a well-organized and airy humble abode, using thoughtful storage and a minimalist color palette. When Gabriel and Debbie Mayes...
  5. Cornelius Vango

    Video School Bus Descends From Over 6000 Ft - A playlist

    This is a video of my mountain drive set to a doom metal playlist. There's a little tour of the interior of my bus at the end.
  6. Matt Derrick

    News & Blogs After 5,843 miles on the road, this couple discovered bus life isn’t easy, but it is magical

    After 5,843 miles on the road, this couple discovered bus life isn’t easy, but it is magical (photos) SAMANTHA - NOVEMBER 28, 2016 “For the past decade, I have made the road my home, I have traveled at different paces, on different budgets across many countries and continents.” Meet Matt...
  7. Matt Derrick

    News & Blogs Life on the Road as a Millennial - The Vagabus Disaster?

    Life on the Road as a Millennial Ah, life on the open road. So American! Kerouac! Easy Rider! The kid from Into the Wild who ate those seeds and died! Kids are still unplugging and trying out The Hobo Life—but what happens when you add Wi-Fi and Indiegogo campaigns and iPhone apps to the...
  8. Matt Derrick

    News & Blogs Australians Build Awesome School Bus for American Roadtrip

    Came across this on reddit:
  9. grief1989

    old white school bus?

    just saw a white school bus with a couple dirty kids pass through the town I'm in. Palestine, Texas. woulda been cool to smoke with em
  10. moopy

    Insurance for a 17 person passenger bus (short bus)

    I'm looking into buying this shortbus from a church and I realized that I have no idea what the insurance is like on these things. Can anyone gimmie a clue as to what to expect to pay? I'll give you some details: - 1992 Ford E350 with 113k miles on it. Automatic transmission, takes unleaded...
  11. Dirtbaguette

    Getting a school bus Wednesday

    Will know Wednesday if I'm getting it. Not sure of the year but it's an International Thomas with a Diesel motor. Sadly I never paid much attention to all the busses I've been in until I decided to get one. It drives but has a pricey motor issue so I'm just putting it on my land before I take...
  12. L

    Drove my school bus down to Portland

    So I got a call from a friend in Portland about doing a remodeling job/flipping a house for a friend of his. Perfect for me, as I can bid lower, and living in a skoolie, I can pretty much take my home, tools, girlfriend, dog, and everything I own with me anywhere. Kick ass. The first thing I...
  13. zoidbergthedog

    first solo ride: 3 trains, 3 days and a school bus

    Ok, so i parted ways with my friends cal and jared in evansville, IN. They were going back to the east coast and i was headed to new orleans. I got to the yard and then i started making my way to the bridge that is the supposed waiting spot for SBDs and sure enough the bull is there. So i have...