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TLDW: hire someone

is jan-feb a good time to ride Big Bend? Looking for a winter moto camping trip location- great video!

For anyone who find this, DO NOT CUT YOUR PLYWOOD TO BE TIGHT. Cut it to have AT LEAST an 1/8 inch gap on EACH SIDE. I'd go with 1/8 to 1/4 inch gap on each side. You DO NOT want the plywood touching the side wall of the bus. This will create a thermal bridging factor and transfer the outside temp into your bus. Also will not allow the wood to expand and contract with different temperature and humidity conditions. So leave the gap on BOTH sides. Then you can fill in that gap with the somewhat flexible Great Stuff can spray foam. That foam will seal the gap and break the thermal bridging. It is OK to cut the formular foam board tight if you wish, but not the plywood. To have a full floating floor means just that, it is floating and is NOT touching the side at all. Also, stagger your joints of the foamboard and plywood. DO NOT lay them sheet for sheet and have their joints almost match. I'd want my joints staggered at least a foot of each other. So this means, I'll measure the full length of the space I am installing foamboad/plywood. Depending on where it's going to land at the end, I may start with a 3 foot section of foamboard instead of full width 4 feet. Or, I may start with a full width sheet of foamboard and then cut off a foot of the plywood, or 16 inches or 18 inches, all depends on where it'll land at the end. In fact, it's probably better to start off with the shorter plywood, so that you're cutting off the tongue of the plywood so you have a full edge at the very back of the bus, not a piece that can easily be chipped off and away from the plywood. Sorry for the long post. Just do it right peeps. These materials are not cheap, and you have a lot of time and effort invested, so do it right and make it last.

Another one bites the dust !!! Both choices have pros and cons. The van is going to have just as many cons as the bus. Pick your poison. No perfect choice. You spent a ton more money on the Van, and you'll spend a ton more on insurance on the Van too. It';s been 2 years now, so you know this by now.

I"ll add a tip to TRY. I've seen it work on many of these floor bolts including seats. And I"ve also seen it fail too. But, for what it's worth, if you have a strong impact/drill driver and a good quality bit or socket, set your driver to tighten instead of loosen. Make sure you have the bit/socket set in/on the fastener very good and give a quick full pull to the trigger. That will Zap the bolt very tight and snap it. The broken bolt will fall through the floor with the nut on it. Once you get all the bolts broke, pry up on the anchor strip and it'll come up off the floor with ease. Worth a try !!! Tighten insteadof Loosen !!! Good Luck to all !!!

What kind of bikes do you and your husband have now in this video posted? Thanks!

I feel for you guys I only have 2 rows of 14 bolts I am just cutting slats in my floor insulation

I feel your pain, been doing my rails now for 3 days straight probably got another 2 day then taking out heater

I just checked out your other video where you did the water crossing (and graciously fell). Was that the infamous James River crossing?

Excellent video! This is the best Big Bend/ADV riding video I’ve seen yet (and I’ve seen a lot). Keep’em coming.

Glad you guys had fun.

I love it she did good she is always going to do good in my eyes. I love her so much she makes me so proud to be her grandma just like her mama. and just like you have done for me and make me proud of Love 💖 both of you.

Have a fun rest of your trip! You guys worked so hard, you deserve a break.

👏🏻 Yay!

I💗tiny Bob!

Sorry for grinders, I think you used the wrong metal disc

Tommy the transit!

Frankie

Good work! Thank you for the video.

We did glued foam to the floor, glued the wood to the foam then put screws through the wood into the metal floor underneath. We definitely did not have the issues you had. We got ours done in a day.

Just curious to know if there is any progress, how are you going to make the smaller space livable?

How much did Bob sell for?

Wow, amazing job! I wish I had the money! Perfect for what I want to do!

Love the message at the end. Thanks for the reminder. Hope it finds its way to many others.

I've been working on my skoolie since the whole covid started...I put a floating floor in, but didn't glue the foam or the plywood down or use any screws at all. I did use the same poly construction adhesive you use to glue the tongues into the grooves on the plywood, so the floor is effectively one big sheet of plywood laying on top of tightly fitted foam board insulation. The wall coverings I am putting up hold the edges of the floor down, and the walls, wheel well boxes, etc hold it all down as well. It works! Anyway, glad I found your channel and looking forward to more!

i think that is a great price for this bus

The ex door has a light TV at comes in when they door is open or wire is not attach. It stops the bus from starting and also not moving.

I have them same bus and have doent 3 weeks trying to figure the wiring. We are also changing all the lamps and changing to lESs. What a mess. Im a electrician.

Is Glen available for hire and willing to travel? Lol

vivian

Glenn has a new retirement job as a Skoolie Savior, renting our his skills!

Wow! We all need a glen!

Vanessa ;)

Much better idea!

Mine hase rubber on the subfloor. Glued so well I had hard time getting it out. My wheel chair rail screws are all stripped out! I have to take out the rails to repair sub floor water damage... 😒

It’s going to be gorgeous!

Rose Agnes after your 6th grade teacher. She’ll be a tough ole girl for sure. haa!

If you had Bob the Bus, how about Vick the Van? 🤔

Beautiful ❤️ I especially loved the message at the end!

This is the best episode ever! I love your motorcycle adventure. You need to have more activities away from Bob!

If you had to have an unscheduled lay down of your bike- looked like a mighty fine place to do it!

solid content, love that multi tool ;)

Curious on the purpose of the construction cement before the fiberglass? I was thinking about doing the fiberglass on mine, but didn't know if I should also do the cement.

I bought a bus a few years ago and still on the roof raise stage. Building back now, but good weather always runs out and I put it up for the winter. Think this is my year this year. I'll get it finally finished. I love how you two are doing this together.

New sub here. I absolutely love the ways you weighed down the foamboard, especially the truck part. 😂

So how much open space is behind the walls sheetmetal cover plates below the windows .... I was thinking of not touching them and just cover them ...as I live on the Gulf Coast and shoe string budget. But now I'm not sure

Along with "live" and "love", you can always do "laff". It's your bus, so it should be your rules, too! 😁

All in good time is a fine attitude! Otherwise what should be an enjoyable process becomes something else. Having not gotten near the flooring point, I do appreciate your insights.

Algorithm fed me your wiring video and I just watched all your vids. Really enjoying your stuff, thanks for all the effort. Hopefully the views will come, you deserve way more.

Happy New Year! Can’t wait to see you on the road!