Just an idea for someone with time and a wrecking yard.

http://www.allowe.com/Humor/sightgagbrowser.php?j=1755

 

thats coool i see the front end of a U haul truck

 

I'd hate to see how many carrier bearings are in that drive line!

 

Wouldn't an old school bus been a lot simpler?

 

wow that looks like something that would be used in transporting illegals across the border.

 

Speaking of school buses, I saw a school bus that had the rear part chopped and raised so a super stock tractor could be pulled in there and the front part was kind of set up like a camper. It would have fit right in with that rig.

 

Ma & Pa Kettle can haul many many children in that ride. LOL Riflemanusmc try to find the driveshaft vibrations in that thing. It only takes patience "and lottsa money" to finish it now.

 

Looks like the stoopid Hummer limos up here!
And, yes, stoopid is with 2 "o"s

 

Yep, I've seen several old buses set up as haulers for various pieces of racing/recreational equipment. You can buy 'em dirt cheap and they are plenty strong to carry whatever you might need to carry although they tend to be underpowered and geared to run slow. Even if you cut half the body off there's still room for a couple of bunks. Not as cool as a toterhome, but it gets the job done.

 

Cool is in the eye of the beholder! I would rather look at something someone built from junk than a mass produced rig. I love looking over someone's "engineering" and thought process in a "one off" Now, the "more door" at the beginning of this thread is no engineering feat (probably more "photoshop" feat) but I have seen some neat stuff built in someones garage. And when I was Drag racing, I did see several ramp trucks made from old busses. Some were well done, some were less so. But they all got to the track, and had fun.

 

That reminds me of the old Checker airport limos that had four doors on each side. I don't think it's photoshopped, it would probably look a lot better if it was! Looks like he just took a U-haul truck and moved the axle back. That thing has a way longer base than a school bus, it's probably borderline undriveable.

Retired school buses really do pretty much go to waste. After a certain mileage/age school districts won't allow them to be used for students anymore, regardless of their condition, so there's a glut of them which is a perfectly good bus will sell for less than scrap price. They're generally way more heavy duty than they need to be, too. My favorite modification was a guy who'd cut the back cap off, moved it all the way up to the front, but left the sides of the body below the windows and used it as a cattle hauler.

 

 

Thats sweet!

 

[laugh That'll have ya pullin your hair...

 

that black truck is just plain sick