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New owners want more rent than I can afford so I recently gave notice for the old barn that I was using as a shop/storage facility. Now I'm forced to figure out how to store all my sh..stuff. Two weeks ago I bought an old oilfield trailer, a 20' doghouse style mounted on a 24' flatdeck frame with 7000lb axles. paid $2500.00 and put in another $300 for reg. and to rewire the lights. My 1/2 ton truck is maxed out with this trailer empty so I wanted something else to pull it. Minimum I was thinking was an old 1-ton truck but I came across an ad for "camperized" propane powered school bus for $900.00 obo.
I answered the ad and brought a propane tank and cheater hose, drove an hour to where it is. We couldn't get it to start and soon realized there was a massive leak where the fuel enters the regulator. The reg. inlet was cracked. We ended up making a deal for $250.00 because of the no-start issue. I felt I could get my money back by scrapping it out if necessary but thankfully didn't have to. The next day I went out with parts that I have been saving for a possible 4x4 propane conversion and got it to fire up. The starter Bendix is weak and the Chev BB366 motor is showing lots of oil. It has a cracked exhaust manifold and sounds like the exhaust piping needs a good look. Tires are starting to show weather checking. The interior has a half-assed conversion done in it but that can wait for a while as I'm planning on using it for storage and towing the oilfield trailer for now. I do have a gutted late 70's chev motor-home with a good 400ci/t400 auto that I can use if this motor is no good.
Due to lack of forethought when I was younger and physical degeneration now I'm forced to rent. I don't have a place to move all this to as yet and in a worse case will rent some spots in a rv storage facility. I am hoping to find a small piece of land to rent instead. Plans are to make my bus and trailer self sufficient and off-grid capable. I already own an old 7500 watt generator that can power my welders and other tools, and have plans for a battery bank and solar panels for lighting.
Pics to come.
Richard
I answered the ad and brought a propane tank and cheater hose, drove an hour to where it is. We couldn't get it to start and soon realized there was a massive leak where the fuel enters the regulator. The reg. inlet was cracked. We ended up making a deal for $250.00 because of the no-start issue. I felt I could get my money back by scrapping it out if necessary but thankfully didn't have to. The next day I went out with parts that I have been saving for a possible 4x4 propane conversion and got it to fire up. The starter Bendix is weak and the Chev BB366 motor is showing lots of oil. It has a cracked exhaust manifold and sounds like the exhaust piping needs a good look. Tires are starting to show weather checking. The interior has a half-assed conversion done in it but that can wait for a while as I'm planning on using it for storage and towing the oilfield trailer for now. I do have a gutted late 70's chev motor-home with a good 400ci/t400 auto that I can use if this motor is no good.
Due to lack of forethought when I was younger and physical degeneration now I'm forced to rent. I don't have a place to move all this to as yet and in a worse case will rent some spots in a rv storage facility. I am hoping to find a small piece of land to rent instead. Plans are to make my bus and trailer self sufficient and off-grid capable. I already own an old 7500 watt generator that can power my welders and other tools, and have plans for a battery bank and solar panels for lighting.
Pics to come.
Richard
