Skoolie Lane Timeline
December 2021-Decided we wanted to buy a school bus to convert to a skoolie!
January
January 10, 2022-looked at a bus locally. It wasn’t the right bus for us.
January 23, 2022-Drove 3.5 hours east to look at a bus for sale. We didn’t buy it.
January 29, 2022-Drove 3.5 hours north to look at a bus for sale. We DID buy it!
January 30, 2022-Removed all seats
January 30, 2022-First of MANY trips to Home Depot
January 30, 2022-Also, first skoolie conversion injury-Macy tripped and scraped her hand with a metal screw. Tetanus up to date!
February
February 5, 2022- Began working on subfloor
February 6, 2022-Grinding off surface rust
February 11, 2022-More grinding
February 12, 2022-Subfloor treated for rust with Por 15
February 12, 2022-Rustoleum primer applied to subfloor (it hailed that day!)
February 12, 2022-A/C lines disconnected
February 13, 2022-Rustoleum paint applied to floor-it was a gorgeous GREEN!
February 13, 2022-SuperBowl Sunday! We watched the game projected on the side of the bus!
February 19, 2022-Began prep to set up bus as a ‘temporary’ motorhome to apply for Texas motorhome title. Read about how to do that HERE. We will add our story soon!
February 19, 2022-Interior side panels removed
February 19, 2022-Bus decommission process continued
February 26, 2022-Running water in the temporary motorhome set up!
February 28, 2022-Began taping off initial layout ideas
March
March 3, 2022-Motorhome requirements for title are in place. These include: water source, place to sleep (air mattress), heating/cooling source, a way to cook (we used a hot plate), and a way to store food safely (dorm fridge)
March 4, 2022-new tires for the bus so she would pass inspection. We got a full set of Falken
March 15, 2022-Bus inspected. It passed!
March 17, 2022-We are titled in Texas as a motorhome! Got our plates to put on the bus.
April 2, 2022-Ceiling panels removed
April
April 9, 2022-windows out of the bus; rivet removal begins
April 13, 2022-Skoolie.com supplies arrive for roof raise to begin! We ordered: hat channels, rivets, and DIY roof raise racks
April 18, 2022-Macy spots her first skoolie ‘in the wild’ in Round Rock, TX
April 24, 2022-initial marks are made for roof raise
April 28, 2022-Ethan helps Richard install the DIY roof raise jacks
April 30, 2022-initial cut is made for roof raise; Macy sands frame to prepare for rust prevention treatment
May
May 29, 2022-Roof raise happens with help of our 72 yr old neighbor(I have no idea what happened to our May? I guess it was rivet removal)
June
June 9, 2022-Metal ordered to use as ‘skin’ after roof raise
June 10, 2022-Metal delivered!
June 11, 2022-first portion of metal skin attached around back of bus
June 20, 2022-more metal added to side of bus
June 25, 2022-more metal to side of bus
June 26, 2022-more metal to other side of bus
